Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan was the public face of Overwatch before he left Activision-Blizzard in 2021. If you were interested in videogames between 2014 and 2021, it’s likely you’ll recognise his face. In a new interview on the Lex Fridman podcast, Kaplan details for the first time how and why he left Activision-Blizzard, and it’s…
The Switch 2 exclusive is off to a strong start. The relaxing life-sim Pokémon Pokopia for the Switch 2 has got off to a roaring start in terms of sales, with The Pokémon Company and Nintendo announcing global sales have already surpassed 2.2 million units. It managed to achieve this number in just the “first…
More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. Last year, we issued a challenge to Baldur’s Gate 3 fans with a quiz on its massive first act, and…
Silent Hill f is a part of a new generation for the legendary horror franchise, one that sees the ethereal and eerie titular setting extending its horrific manifestations into different places around the world. This title was an opportunity for us at NeoBards to harness what makes Silent Hill the psychological horror staple it is…
If I didn’t already own most of the games in the latest Humble Bundle, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. I almost want to buy it anyway, just for the thrill of the bargain. There’s probably 600 hours worth of RPG in this Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Masters bundle, and you can get all 9…
Last year Games Workshop announced there would be a new edition of Blood Bowl, the tabletop game of frenzied fantasy football ferocity. Cyanide Studio’s digital adaptation, Blood Bowl 3, is getting updated too. Only instead of a patch, it’s a whole new ball game. “This new adaptation will be free for all players who already…
Aaron Paul’s performance as Dispatch’s Robert “Mecha Man” Robertson III could hit a lot of notes. Robert could be sarcastic and cynical, but surprisingly compassionate; his story offers romance and chances for heroism. But what Dispatch developer AdHoc didn’t offer was any opportunities to derail conversations by deliberately choosing to stay silent, something players could…
One of the really interesting things that leapt out at me about Valve’s response to New York’s lawsuit against it wasn’t really about the lawsuit at all, but about comments made by the state about the negative impact of violent videogames—the sort of thing that sounds like it was ripped straight from the headlines of…
Real item crafting is finally coming to Diablo 4. I say “real” because the way you can modify items right now is so simplistic compared to what’s on the way in the Lord of Hatred expansion next month. The two developers I spoke to while visiting Blizzard HQ in January convinced me we won’t be…
Restoring old arcades rarely follows a set plan, yet these projects keep appearing across cities and towns. What starts as a few people fixing up a forgotten space often becomes a bigger effort as neighbors, friends, and even strangers join in. Without official rules or blueprints, these grassroots collaborations breathe new life into vintage arcades—and…