Silent Hill f’s director believes ‘I am not qualified to tell you how women should feel’ and instead relied on female devs for insights to Hinako’s fears

Silent Hill f isn’t the first of the series to include a female protagonist, it’s not even the second really, what with the likes of Heather Mason and Cybil Bennet having graced our screen decades ago. But Silent Hill f did still manage to deliver one of the best performances and narratives with a female…

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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that 43% of you care the most about a game’s world when it comes to RPGs

RPGs have the blursed task of catering to many a different type of player. You’ve got your huge story nerds who’ll go around reading every book, journal entry, and notice stuck to those little wooden boards they can. Then there’s your good old-fashioned battle-brained gamers who love all of the skills, levelling, and combat flexibility…

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Forza Horizon 6 has reportedly already sold 500k on Steam a month before launch, while my beloved Motorsport has crashed into a brick wall

Ever since Forza’s first foray into open-world racing back with Horizon in 2012, it’s gone on to define the series, outpacing the original mainline Motorsport series. That’s certainly not slowing down with Forza Horizon 6, which takes the racing festival to Japan after over a decade of fan requests. I was already on board when…

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Design lead on the first Elder Scrolls fondly recalls the days when Bethesda would finish a game, then the team would ‘assemble boxes, inserts and use the heat gun’ to get it shipped

The Elder Scrolls Arena launched in 1994 and, with the benefit of hindsight, you can see the beginnings of much that would come to define the series: here’s PC Gamer’s own 1994 review. It was the first game in a series that would go on to become Bethesda’s golden goose, and make the studio one…

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It’s not just Intel that investors are loving right now: At over $450 billion, AMD’s market cap is the highest it’s ever been in 54 years

Earlier this week, Intel’s bean counters were buoyed by a spot of good news: Its market capitalization had pushed well past $300 billion for the first time since October 2000. Now it’s AMD’s turn to celebrate because its cap is now the highest it has ever been, since the chip giant went public back in…

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