Oblivion isn’t enough? Morrowind just got a whole lot bigger, as community mega-mod Tamriel Rebuilt adds the sprawling metropolis of Narsis

While undeniably a classic first-person RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind never quite lived up to its name. Sure, you technically were in Morrowind, but the game limited you to the volcanic island of Vvardenfell, with the mainland frequently spoken of, but teasingly just out of reach. Enter the Tamriel Rebuilt project, a colossal (and…

Read More

Lead Diablo artists say the best way to design endless spiky armor sets is to go look at anything that isn’t Diablo: ‘You can come back with a fresh mind and create new things’

In April, I had a chance to ask lead Diablo 4 developers how tough it is for their dev teams to continue coming up with ominous names for gameplay activities when they’ve spent 30 years exhausting every thesaurus in the demonic lexicon. Their answer: Pretty tough. Last week, PC Gamer spoke to the lead artists…

Read More

Grand Theft Auto 6’s delay makes me think we won’t be playing this thing on PC until 2027, or god forbid even 2028

Today brought the bombshell news that Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 until May 2026, a pushback of approximately half a year on perhaps the most anticipated game the industry has ever seen. Some fans were inconsolable, Take-Two’s shareholders needed the smelling salts, and my immediate reaction was, simply, god we won’t be playing…

Read More

Nvidia denies ‘tall tales’ that chips are being smuggled in fake baby bumps and alongside live lobsters

Nvidia and AI firm Anthropic are currently embroiled in a back-and-forth around claims the former’s chips are being smuggled into China, and the concerns that smuggling raises. Where Anthropic cites a systemic problem, Nvidia argues Anthropic is telling “tall tales”. In a recent blog post, Anthropic warned of the ‘major threat’ that is chip smuggling….

Read More