Ustwo Games CEO Maria Sayans recently came under quite a bit of heat for an interview with Game Developer at London Games Fest, people caught onto the following: “We’ve been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security,” when discussing Ustwo’s strategy—specifically how the…

There are two very different worlds out there. One is the world that you and I live in, the world of the consumer, where we scrape together whatever scraps of expensive memory we can find after the rest has been handed off to AI datacentres. The other is the world of chipmakers and shareholders, where…

Two weeks ago, a “glitch” caused one of developer inExile Entertainment’s games to temporarily be completely free on the Xbox/Microsoft Store. That’s a pretty big mistake to make when you’re a business. That game was Wasteland Remastered, a classic RPG reborn back in 2020. But this debacle was even more troublesome because the version players…

If you check the Steam listings for the Subnautica games, you’ll find the “Survival” tag prominently featured—mostly on account of the gathering, and the crafting, and the risk of drowning in an overtly hostile biosphere. In an interview with PC Gamer ahead of its upcoming early access launch, however, Subnautica 2’s developers say that’s something…

Getting ambushed by a reaper leviathan in Subnautica has, by now, become a canonical PC gaming experience. It’s distilled oceanic horror, confirming all the player’s thalassophobic anxieties in a singular moment of aquatic violence—and in an interview with PC Gamer, Subnautica 2 game design lead Anthony Gallegos said it had only become bearable after years…

Subnautica 2 will launch into early access on May 14, a new trailer confirms. If you’re surprised I don’t blame you: the sequel has been subject to endless controversy, with studio Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton at loggerheads about when and how it should be released. It’s a long story at this stage, but the…

There are times where, during our daily discussions of whether something meets the bar to be considered news on the good site PC Gamer, where I am filled with a deep sense of foreboding dread. This morning was one of those times, where one of my colleagues informed me that Joe Rogan—American podcaster and historic…

It’s always a pain finding trinket items for new projects and events in Arc Raiders, as they’re less predictable to find than standard resources. That strikes again with Riven Tides‘ new Avian Alarm project, which asks you to find three Red Coral Jewelry. Don’t worry though, once you know where to look, it’s not actually…