2026

When people call the modern Fallout games “first-person RPGs” a part of me dies. A significant chunk of the appeal of them, just like The Elder Scrolls, is the option to flick back and forth between first-person and third-person at the press of a button. When I’m in a cramped tunnel full of ghouls with…

Ubisoft’s remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was one of six projects recently cancelled as part of a “major reset” of the company’s internal structure. One day after the announcement, which included a promise that more “player-facing generative AI” was on the cards, Ubisoft shares dropped to their lowest value in more…

In a new video on his YouTube channel, prolific RPG developer Tim Cain broke down what his average daily schedule looked like while working on the original Fallout at Interplay Entertainment. Along the way, he reflected on the grueling pace of work he took on, and why it felt more acceptable in 1995. Cain sets…

You can’t kill that which has no life, but you can apparently steal that which has no value. A UK judge recently ruled that stealing gold pieces in Old School RuneScape counts for the purposes of at least one judgment that was made on Jan. 14, as spotted by Gamesradar. The case involves an ex-employee…

XCOM: Chimera Squad was announced less than two weeks before it was released, and then was sold for an introductory price of $10. You’d think that would garner it some goodwill—given how often people complain about games being hyped up years ahead of release, looking at you Elder Scrolls 6—but instead it seemed to give…

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. There’s…

I don’t have children, but if I did, I’d probably love them less than I love Deadlock, Valve’s work-in-progress MOBA shooter. It might be unfinished, but its anarchic invite-only test has served up better live service than most live service games with its constant reinvention—a habit Deadlock’s carried into 2026 with the massive update released…