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I don’t like waging into gaming romance wars—things got a bit dicey with Ada and Claire—but it seems that I am yet to learn my lesson because here I am again with the news that Geralt’s one true love isn’t Yennifer or Triss, it’s his trusty and talkative bard, Dandelion. At least Geralt’s gaming voice…
Earlier this year, shots were fired and an incendiary device was thrown at the house of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In a recent interview with Time, he reflected on the past year: “It has been a painful personal experience. Clearly, people hate data centres—right now, at least. People are pretty negative on AI.” Does that…
One of the significant differences between most historical Total Wars and the Warhammer games is that the factions aren’t comparable with nations. In Total War: Warhammer 40,000, the Space Marines and Astra Militarum, for instance, are effectively two branches of the same military. So when I was playing Total War 40k at Gamescom as the…
I played an hour of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn at Gamescom, and despite doing it in a sweltering room with a dev judging me for every death, I came away pretty impressed. It deserves to stand on its own merits, but unfortunately I am about to talk about Mass Effect quite a lot—it’s hard not…
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…
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…
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 makes so much sense I can’t believe it didn’t happen years ago: as revealed at Gamescom last week, Lego is finally fulfilling its destiny by making a city builder. And I’m happy to say I got my eager hands on an early build of Lego Skylines for a little preview. I do want to…