PC Gaming
Valve risks fines of up to AU$825,000 a day if it fails to respond to a transparency notice issued to it by the Australian government’s eSafety Commissioner. According to a statement released by the regulator, Steam is “reportedly a hub for a number of extreme-right communities”, and must explain to Australia how it is “identifying,…
The founder of laptop company Framework did something radical on Tuesday, setting him apart from nearly every other tech company in the world: He stood on a stage and said nice things about the personal computer. “For the first time in history, more silicon is actually going into the cloud than it is into personal…
Peter Molyneux is playing the hits with Masters of Albion, returning to the god game form he helped define. Towns can be built, townsfolk can be menaced—all through the awesome, lightning-bolt throwing, boulder-dropping, peasant-flinging power of an omnipotent, hovering hand, just as tradition demands. And it’s all happening when Masters of Albion launches in early…
It’s best to assume that nothing you do on a work-issued PC is private. But is there no limit? No breaking point where people start throwing their laptops out of windows and joining Watch Dogs-esque hacktivist groups? Meta sure seems to be looking for it. Reuters reports that the Facebook, VR, and now AI company…
It cannot be overstated how alien a concept “free-to-play” was just a few hardware generations ago. Long before we’d settled on a label for them, the only notable free-to-play games were browser-based MMOs, early MOBAs based on mods, and Korean games that had few players in the West. Free-to-play was niche in these parts, but…
In the year 2022, PC Gamer’s Morgan Park asked if the then-pre-release extraction shooter Marauders could “dethrone Escape From Tarkov with dieselpunk spaceships and impeccable vibes.” The answer, we would later learn, was “no.” Marauders launched into early access in October 2022 and came out of the gate with impressive concurrent player numbers on Steam,…
11 Bit Studios has revealed in its 2025 financial summary that it has two “completely new” and thus far unannounced games in development. It’s also working on a “return to the studio’s most important brands in a new, refreshed formula”: An all-new Frostpunk game, and “a reimagining of the cult classic This War of Mine.”…
I’m not the keeper of the grand “games with horses” spreadsheet but to whoever is: time to add Palia. The next expansion for the life sim MMO is adding one of those features players are always asking for in MMOs: mounts. Specifically: horses. I was expecting the stock-standard mounts implementation—a glorified ‘go faster’ button—but it…
Wordle isn’t quite the draw for me it once was. I still play it most days, but I’m not hitting it first thing in the morning and I don’t care about preserving a streak anymore. Sorry, Wordle: the spark is gone. If, like me, you’re on the hunt for a new daily puzzle game, you…
As well as announcing a new object of my affections with the Framework 13 Pro laptop, the eponymous company has done something altogether more unexpected: it’s unveiled a new wireless keyboard. A wireless keyboard with a built-in trackpad, specifically for living room or sim rig use. Not something I had on my 2026 bingo card…