The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

The gaming industry’s in a bit of a state, defined these days by extreme consolidation, massive waves of layoffs as the pandemic boom fades into memory, and skyrocketing hardware prices we’re calling the RAMpocalypse. But that doesn’t mean less money’s going around: quite the opposite, in fact. A quarterly Global Games Market Report was published…

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Former Dragon Age writer says AI could make gamedev ‘frustrating as hell’: ‘How are we going to train up the next generation of devs if we eliminate every entry-level task?’

Much has been said about the way generative AI is worming its way into game development pipelines, and David Gaider—former BioWare writer and lead writer on the first three Dragon Age games—recently spoke to GamesRadar about some of the dangers he foresees for future teams working with these tools. “It wouldn’t be so bad if…

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The best D&D videogame you’ve never played is one guy’s outsider art, personal Baldur’s Gate saga

Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column. This week, junior cadet RPG correspondent Ted Litchfield is taking over for Fraser while he shanks a goblin for a studded leather jerkin, iron shortsword, and four gold pieces. The ongoing Neverwinter Nights mod campaign, Swordflight, feels like the CRPG equivalent…

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I spent an entire day with a fan-mod of North Korea’s homegrown operating system, and I’m sorry to say it’s not a Windows killer yet

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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This GTA 5 filmmaker is livestreaming every step of machinima production, from location scouting to live debugging when the game inevitably crashes

I’ve spent an inordinate amount of my life watching Grand Theft Auto machinima over the last decade. And while I can certainly appreciate the amount of editing and effort that goes into each video’s production—I don’t always think of that toil when gawping at the finished article. According to filmmaker Jordy Veenstra, however, that polished…

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