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A toast to the wild west weirdos of the MMO goldrush—from the game that unleashed pandora’s lootbox, to a deeply strange mess based off a 1996 science fiction novel

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. About…

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Minecraft LIVE Recap

Category: Events Minecraft LIVE Recap Joe Skrebels, XBOX Wire Editor-in-Chief Published May 30, 2026 Related Stories for “Minecraft LIVE Recap” Category: Events Warhammer Skulls 2026 – All The News and Updates for XBOX Category: Events Watch a Bonus Minecraft Live on May 30 Category: Events Vampires, Werewolves, and Hunters Take the Stage at Nacon Connect 2026 The…

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The remarkable story of Unreal 2, the sequel rescued from development hell by dooming it to failure: ‘There was just no way we could succeed’

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday feature 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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Announcing the Minecraft Movie Build Challenge

Category: Entertainment Announcing the Minecraft Movie Build Challenge Joe Skrebels, XBOX Wire Editor-in-Chief Published May 30, 2026 Related Stories for “Announcing the Minecraft Movie Build Challenge” Category: Announcements April Xbox Update: Customize Your Console, Manually Add Your Favorite Games on PC, and More Category: Announcements Announcing the Hellblade x Passarella Capsule Collection Category: Games New…

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After more than two decades, the creator of Paint.NET finally owns the domain paint.net, and it’s all thanks to a ‘slam dunk case of trademark infringement’

Paint.NET is one of the best free tools on the Internet, a Photoshop-like program that comes with much of the functionality of Adobe’s software without the foreboding sense that you’re selling your soul, while also being more user-friendly than similar tools like GIMP. However, there has always been one slight oddity about the program’s existence….

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Robot watch: The weirdest things the clankers did this month including moonwalking themselves to death, losing a fight to a step, and drowning by the dozens in Sydney Harbour

As another month goes by, another mountain of evidence is collected suggesting that robots are just like us: dumb as hell and bad at everything. Whether demonstrating martial arts, cutting a rug on the dance floor, or attempting to delight people on the ground with an aerial lightshow, May was another busy month for robots…

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Paralives is home to the kind of architectural creative freedom I haven’t felt from a life sim since The Sims 2

Once upon a time I was a creator of Sims. A moulder of virtual people. Pushing and pulling at sliders to contort pixels like putty, perfectly preening them with makeup and hairstyles and outfits that would compliment the personalities I had invented for them. As I grew older, something shifted. An internalised domestication that suddenly…

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