Round Up: The Previews Are In For Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Switch 2)
Here’s what the critics think. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is arguably the best Indiana Jones adventure in years, and if you missed the original release, you’ll soon have a chance to pick it up on the Switch 2. Ahead of Indy’s return this month, the previews for the Nintendo version of MachineGames are…
Subnautica 2 is the latest behemoth to mess with other games’ launch plans at the last minute: ‘we need to dodge the Leviathan’
Despite months of corporate acrimony, Subnautica 2 got a firm release date today. The most-wishlisted game on Steam will launch on May 14, and even if you don’t plan to play it, you might want to follow the narrative of what has turned out to be one of the most controversial launches of 2026. Which…
April’s top 5 robots: they fail, they flail, they play ping pong and poop NFTs
Robots: they’re basically just computers that walk around, so we’re going to start covering them more regularly here at PC Gamer. And there’s a lot to cover: hardly a day goes where we don’t see a clip of a robot doing something weird, funny, alarming, impressive, or—and this is pretty darn rare, but it does…
The new ‘Xbox mode’ for Windows 11 has arrived, but don’t get your hopes up for performance improvements: it’s just a new UI
Microsoft announced in March that the new Xbox mode for Windows 11, a full-screen “dedicated gaming experience,” was set to go live in April. And on the very final day of the month, with most of those last 24 hours already gone, it’s finally starting to happen. “Beginning today, we’re excited to share that Xbox…
I played the MindsEye mission about the alleged game saboteurs, and it sucks so bad
The big MindsEye mission Blacklisted is out, and with it the promised revelation of “evidence of the sabotage” that has been alleged multiple times by Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) co-CEOs Leslie Benzies and Mark Gerhard. As a sort of sicko appreciator of MindsEye, I was looking forward to playing it, and last night I…
Starward: The Story Behind the Black Rock Shooter Collaboration
Category: ID@Xbox April 30, 2026 Starward: The Story Behind the Black Rock Shooter Collaboration Electra Xu – Editor, Shengtianyouxi Starward, a 2v2 mecha girl combat game, launched a major collaboration event with the renowned Japanese IP Black Rock Shooteron April 16th. Players can claim the collab character Black Rock Shooter by completing in-game event tasks….
Fortnite’s new partnered Star Wars games are a bad look for both Fortnite and Star Wars
Last week I drove down to a fancy studio lot in Los Angeles to play Fortnite. “Play Fortnite” isn’t a very descriptive phrase these days, as the battle royale has long since evolved into a platform with numerous games under the official Epic banner, plus thousands more community-made modes. What I was there to see…
Cyberpunk bartending sim VA-11 Hall-A devs’ first game in 10 years finally launches this summer
VA-11 Hall-A developer Sukeban Games unveiled a new trailer for its second game, .45 Parabellum Bloodhound, last week. We got a few more story and gameplay snippets from the anime-style action game, as well as a release window of this summer, just in time for VA-11 Hall-A’s 10-year anniversary on June 21. The explosively popular…
Hydroneer Brings Years of Updates, Building, and Refining to Xbox
Category: ID@Xbox Hydroneer Brings Years of Updates, Building, and Refining to Xbox Max Hayon Studio Director, Foulball Hangover Published April 30, 2026 What happens when a sandbox game keeps growing for six years? The result is a game shaped by constant updates that evolved into a deeper, more system-driven experience. The team at Foulball Hangover…