PC Gaming
I’ve always thought that I’m a particularly good judge of character, so I was happy to put my theory to the test with Deadline: Afterlife Processing’s new demo where you play as some corporate angel judging whether the souls of the recently deceased should go upstairs or downstairs (I think we all know what that…
As we’ve noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an unsuccessful game? Make the kind of game you didn’t want to make, but were pressured into? Layoffs. Make a successful game? Layoffs. Currently making a game? Believe it or not, layoffs….
It’s been 22 years, 11 months, 28 days and counting since we were first graced with Call of Duty. Over those two decades the franchise has emerged as one of the most lucrative in videogame history, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announcing that it’s passed the $40billion revenue mark. Speaking of Call of Duty: Modern…
Recently, I travelled to Guildford, England, to interview developer Peter Molyneux, the legendary game developer behind Populous, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable, among others. And, as part of that interview, which covered everything from Molyneux’s brand-new god game, Masters of Albion, which has just got a huge game-changing update, through the…
Recently, I travelled to Guildford, England, to interview developer Peter Molyneux, the legendary game developer behind Populous, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable, among others. And, as part of that interview, which covered everything from Molyneux’s brand-new god game, Masters of Albion, which has just got a huge game-changing update, through the…
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Community Edition must be what modders dream about—a big, impactful, community-driven project that enhances a beloved game, with full support from its publisher. It’s effectively an official upgrade for the orc-kicking immersive sim, released for free. And it’s heading to Steam. The list of improvements is impressive, and includes:…
Warhorse Studios, the developer behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance and an upcoming RPG set in JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, has announced it’s been targeted in a cyberattack, the results and details of which are yet to come out. In a post on X, the studio told followers that “We’re sorry to share that Warhorse Studios has been…
Playing a show while wearing the Frame from r/SteamFrame If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to be a bassist in a band, one Redditor has shared a video recording from their Steam Frame, and it turns out it’s purple and filled with strange costumes. Yeah, bassists live strange lives. Shared to the Steam Frame…
Half-Life: Alyx appeared to be all done and dusted, with no major updates or patches since 2022. Then along came the Steam Frame and we’ve a whole new port of the game for its Snapdragon processor. The good news is that you don’t need a Steam Frame to benefit from this recent flurry of activity…
Last week’s Steam Next Fest had over 8,000 demos; now Valve has revealed the 50 most-played among them. The results aren’t surprising: there’s lots of friendsloppy casual co-op, incremental games continue to be popular, and players have by-and-large rejected games with overt generative AI use, with only four of the games among the 50 declaring…