2026

Indie duo Talha & Jack Co are working on a disturbing, transgressive horror game in Abide, and they are keenly aware of the risks involved with such a project in today’s climate. “Horror seems to be under pressure from censorship, some subtle and some blatant,” The duo wrote on Abide’s Kickstarter page. “Sites are delisting…

Mark Frost’s The Greatest Game Ever Played tells the story of golf’s most legendary amateur, Francis Ouimet, whose victory in the 1913 U.S. Open stands as one of the most notorious upsets in the sport’s history. Legendary as it might be, that game was probably boring, that book is probably boring, and the Disney movie…

As if Los Santos and Blaine County weren’t already hostile enough, the latest survival mod to grace the murderous bounds of GTA 5 turns the actual map against us by way of an irradiated hellscape. Aptly named The Exclusion Zone, modder VelyXCore has rolled out a series of high-risk radioactive hotspots across the San Andreas…

There are few deckbuilding roguelikes more celebrated than Slay the Spire, which has ruled the genre roost since 2019 when it blew everyone away and got a 92% review from PC Gamer strategic director Evan Lahti. Its sequel where “everything is bigger” is releasing into early access March 6. Great news for the PC gamer…

Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. You,…

Night in the Woods and Tunic publisher Finji said TikTok is using its characters and art without its consent to run offensive ads “enhanced” with generative AI. As reported by IGN, Finji CEO Rebekah Saltsman called attention to the issue publicly in a February 5 Bluesky post. “If you happen to see any Finji ads…

It’s Saturday morning, you’ve just arrived at a convention, and you’re met with a huge crowd of excited cosplayers. In situations like this, I’m always amazed at how little I recognise. I don’t know if that’s because it’s always a blend of film, anime, television show, and video game characters, but there’s always a sea…