SteamDB is an excellent resource—as someone who occasionally has to pull up a game’s concurrent numbers or pricing to make a point, I’d be lying if I said I haven’t used it in a professional capacity. What’s been more staggering is its status as a site run entirely on donations. Well, that’s ending soon. The…
Literary adaptations give us a direct way to step inside a story world. Playing through video games based on books lets us walk through settings we previously only imagined, giving control over movement, combat, dialogue, and sometimes the direction of the story itself. That added agency makes games especially interesting adaptations. You do not simply…
The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct is back September 20, and PC Gamer is happy to announce the fantastic Frankie Ward will be hosting, making it her second PC Gaming Show of the year. Frankie is a host and presenter with years of experience. She won presenter of the year at the 2018 inaugural UK…
And what we can do about it when we spot it. Breath of the Wild was one of my first video games after an unintentional gaming hiatus (#adulting, sigh). I was good at it—some of it, at least, things like exploring the map, completing side quests, and flurry rushing enemies. But getting the bonus treasure…
Those noses have never looked sharper. When Virtua Fighter smashed its way onto the arcade scene in 1993, it caused a helluva ruckus. Sega’s one-on-one fighter launched slap-bang in the middle of the fighting game explosion, with titles such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Fatal Fury already gobbling up the quarters in arcade centres…
Persona 5 was so damn successful, it’s unsurprising that Atlus has spent the years since A) milking the hell out of it and B) using its incredibly stylish visuals as a template to remake the other two games in its modern trilogy. Persona 3 Reload was the first utilisation of that template, and now we’re…
I have high expectations for Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil film. As a superb director and seemingly a genuine fan of the games it really feels as if he’s got the vibe of Resident Evil down, demonstrated by his inclusion of little easter eggs, choice of location, and now choice to highlight a staple of…
It’s often said that good artists borrow, and great artists steal. And given Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3, has been in the rare position of getting to see a character he’s played for years in videogames debut on streamed TV, portrayed for a stint by Henry Cavill…
It’s nearly time to rise from the crypt and build your kingdom! Our upcoming cozy puzzle game Fangtopia has been lurking in the shadows and is ready to creepy-crawl onto PlayStation 5 on October 26 – just in time for Halloween! Fangtopia is a world filled with merry monsters and goofy ghouls, crafted by your…
Misty-eyed. Y’know, given the fact that the first Pokémon movie was quite literally called Pokémon: The First Movie, we perhaps should have known that more would be on the way. But there are 24 now. 24. With a 25th on the way very soon, in fact. And so if you fancy playing catch up and…