At the Future Games Show today, Vampire Survivors creator Luca Galante talked about making more Vampire Survivors spin-offs—noting the success of Vampire Crawlers as a motivator—which he’s calling “Survivatons.” It’s a “stupid” name that is “short for survive-a-ton,” the masked Poncle head said in the interview. We can expect a Survivaton to be like Vampire…
Gothic is no walk in the park, and the remake didn’t move the needle on that too much—PC Gamer weekend editor Jody Macgregor called it “an RPG for people who think Daggerfall was the last good Bethesda game” in his review. One thing the remake did overhaul was the lockpicking system, though players are still…
Wardogs, we learned from the new trailer that dropped during today’s Future Games Show, is not a battle royale. It is also not an extraction shooter. So… what is it? The video does eventually get to that part: It’s an “all-out warfare” FPS for up to 100 players. The trailer looks pretty straightforward as these…
Another month goes by, another highly-anticipated survival game is poised for a big launch. But Solarpunk, which has over 1.2 million wishlists on Steam, has issued a warning to players before they buy it on June 8: make sure you know what you’re actually getting. “Is Solarpunk for you?” developer Cyberwave asked in a post…
Wake up, Sleeper. We’ve seen enough ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Editions’ now that the promise of a replay doesn’t get us quite as excited as it did a year ago. When it’s one of our absolute favourites from last year, however, with so many branching paths that a replay feels completely warranted, then yes, we’ll get…
Who’s that behind the mask? SFB Games, the studio behind Snipperclips and Crow Country, popped up in the SGF Story Rich Showcase to reveal that it has another murder mystery in store for Switch 1 & 2. The Mermaid’s Mask is the sequel to 2019’s excellent Tangle Tower, and it’ll arrive on the eShop on…
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. As…
In a video blog published today, ArenaNet said that Guild Wars 3 won’t mean the end of development for Guild Wars 2. It and even GW1 will be getting new updates “for the foreseeable future.” “We are not replacing your favorite games. We’ll be supporting them,” said ArenaNet head Colin Johanson in the video. “We…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Guild Wars 2 review – PC Gamer issue #245 (UK, November 2012) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and newly taken screenshots. By Chris Thursten (Image credit: ArenaNet) Players gather on the staircase leading down…
I’m not sure when exactly I got hooked on collecting videogame and anime soundtrack vinyl, but I can remember the exact record that finally convinced me to really open my wallet: the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice boxset. This four disc collection has some of the most gorgeous interior art I’ve ever seen. Critical Hit (Image…