PC Gaming
Golf may very well be one of the most underrated videogame sports. I blame my own lack of interest in them on the fact that so many of them are stuffed with real-life golfers—celebrities to some, sure, but to me they’re mostly random geezers. Then, there’s Everybody’s Golf. It’s a series that’s been around since…
Half of the world may have been in a lowkey traumatic pandemic-induced lockdown on May 8, 2020, but something else happened that day that made the world a little better: Kimchiworm debuted their “I HOPE YOU STEP ON A LEGO” mod for Monster Hunter World. If the name didn’t give things away even a little…
Balatro wasn’t just PC Gamer’s game of the year 2024: pretty much every developer seems hooked on it (including Swen Vincke). But unfortunately things have now taken a distressing turn. There’s an official way to pronounce Balatro, and it’s not what I thought. I say Ba-lah-tro and so do most members of the PCG team….
Final Fantasy 14 has a major problem in its code. Back in January, it was discovered that Square Enix’s efforts to improve their blacklist system just made it terrible in an entirely different way. Essentially, the new system beamed account IDs straight to other clients, rather than player IDs. These IDs, easily scrapable by basic…
Streaming is more popular than it’s ever been, and that means manufacturers are clamouring to release streaming-suitable microphones into a market that’s starting to feel rather crowded. From cheap and cheerful desktop condenser mics to close-up dynamic wonders, if you’d like to capture your gaming-induced yelps and squeals for the world to hear (or perhaps…
One lovely side-effect of nearly every game coming to PC these days is that Nintendo Direct showcases tend to be full of great new announcements for us. Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is one that falls especially near and dear to my heart. Released way back in 2006 on the PlayStation 2,…
PC Gamer’s Fraser Brown wrote in his September 2024 preview of Greedfall 2 that the decision to completely overhaul the combat system of the original game and release it in a rough, early access state, was a “risky gamble” for developer Spiders. Prophetic words, as it turns out. While Greedfall is quite well regarded, especially…
The worst thing about loving beat ’em ups is that most of them are stranded on arcade boards or long-defunct consoles. Marvel is no exception to this issue, with games like Captain America and the Avengers, Konami’s X-Men, and Maximum Carnage all unavailable on modern systems. But if, like me, you need a fix of…
There are a surprising number of Atomfall endings for what is a relatively small game, but as you explore the Windscale quarantine zone, you’ll find plenty of characters who are willing to help you escape. That is, if you complete a series of tasks for them, or in some cases, even sell your soul. After…
Final Fantasy 14’s second major patch of expansion Dawntrail landed this week, and while I’ll have to wait a little longer for my most-anticipated addition—the field operation Occult Crescent isn’t arriving until late May—I do have the thing I was the second most-excited for: The next tier of the Arcadion raids. The first tier absolutely…