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James Bond is a man of luxury. He wears the finest suits, drives the fastest cars, and his skin is Egyptian cotton. He smells like sandalwood and his pockets jingle with exotic foreign money. Every morning he wakes up next to a new porcelain starlet and washes down designer drugs with Nolet’s Reserve. The National…
There are a ton of King’s Field-inspired first person dungeon crawlers coming out of the indie scene these days, and I try to keep my finger on the pulse of which ones have the juice. Going off its demo, Hark the Ghoul is among that number. The vibes are very reminiscent of 2023’s killer Lunacid,…
Beloved actor Anthony Stewart Head, best known for his role as surrogate father Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died this week from complications with pneumonia. He was 72. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father,” Giles’ daughters Daisy and Emily Head said in a statement to…
The fated day arrives: Summer Game Fest is back, back again, with one world premiere after another to give 2026 a double-barrel of new games. The annual livestream begins at 5pm ET / 9pm GMT today, June 5. You can watch it via YouTube above, but we’ll also be live blogging the announcements right here…
“Well, I guess we won the console war,” PC Gamer’s Evan Lahti declared back in 2020. It was a time of clear skies and hope: Microsoft had embraced Steam, Sony was bringing first-party games to PC, and we were all waving flags and pounding vodka shots atop silent tanks in Red Square. Metaphorically, anyway. But…
You’ll likely want to pass time when you first arrive in the Old Camp in Gothic Remake. If you’re anything like me, you likely spent the whole first day exploring bits and bobs, so when you arrived at the main camp, it was already starting to get a bit gloomy and all of the town’s…
Finding and remembering where stuff is in Gothic Remake can be a bit of a pain, especially as there’s no compass. In fact, if you want a map, then you’ll have to acquire one yourself with your hard-earned ore nuggets. It won’t mark important NPCs or locations, but it does give you a useful lay…
Magic is very strong in Gothic Remake, especially early on in the game, where it can add a big boost to your firepower. This is why it’s a good idea to complete The Price of Magic quest in the Old Camp. All you need to do is find a couple of items for the mage…
One of the most captivating parts of Gothic Remake is that you start off as a poor sod with no gear to your name, and everyone’s trying to swindle you. Unlike basically every other RPG ever, you don’t even start with a basic weapon, so even little critters will eat you for breakfast. Naturally, finding…
I’m not sure I’ve come across a lockpicking minigame that feels quite as brutal as the one in Gothic Remake, especially when you’re untrained. I guess it’s probably quite similar to how it would feel if I gave you a lockpick and asked you to open a locked chest in real life (assuming you’re not…