2026

Dreamcore is a collection of first-person explorable “liminal spaces”. All the most obvious examples are included: There’s an eerily nostalgic labyrinth of indoor pools, an endless expanse of low-poly suburbia, a maze of barren children’s play areas, and—least interestingly, in my opinion—a “liminal hotel” styled on a Backrooms meme. Liminal spaces are incredibly popular on…

The Witchaven games are not the most beloved first-person slashers of the 1990s, but they’re an important bit of history. Developed by Capstone, they’re first-person slashers loosely based on a set of dungeon maps for D&D released by Wyrm Works. You’re a knight with a variety of mostly melee weapons and a few spells, and…

My favorite part of Smash Bros. isn’t even really the fighting. It’s seeing how in the hell you take characters like Minecraft Steve, Pac-Man, and that scum bastard dog from Duck Hunt and turn them into viable fighting game characters. If you feel the same way but wish there was more PC gaming representation in…

There are a lot of things Adam Jensen actor Elias Toufexis didn’t ask for, not the least of which is vitriol on social media, as he told PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield in an interview at GDC. “I was working on Marathon yesterday, and I was like, ‘Guys, tell me to stop engaging on…

As reported by TheGamer, Epic Games has announced Unreal Engine 6, the next iteration of its ubiquitous videogame and CGI middleware. The announcement came during the Paris Major of the Rocket League Championship Series. DiscussingFilm shared a brief clip of the announcement on X, “The Everything App.” It shows some snippets of shinier cars and…

2025 was the year of friendslop: bite-sized, inexpensive games that center co-op and proximity voice chat as vehicles for silliness, scares, and slapstick. One of the genre’s biggest smash hits, Peak, is a poster child for the slightly maligned, kind of derogatory label. But in an interview at GDC, Aggro Crab studio head Nick Kaman…

Forza Horizon 6 might be more of the same—in his 84% review, PC Gamer EIC Phil Savage said it was “riding a well-worn track”—but throw in some giant mechs, kei trucks, and Babymetal, and it turns out the world’s biggest open world racing series still sells like hotcakes. As I write this, it’s sailing comfortably…

Real life is terribad right now. What better way to cope than shedding this reality in favour of becoming worryingly invested in the lives of fake videogame people, watching them cock up a grilled cheese as I ignore the fact I haven’t eaten anything for several hours? Critical Hit Welcome to Critical Hit (formerly known…