PC Gaming
One time in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, I decided to put its unarmed combat to the test against an armored bandit. I sheathed my sword, started throwing punches, and immediately discovered that I’d made a terrible mistake. For reasons that don’t need explaining, fists deal almost zero damage to full plate armor. I got cut…
Ubisoft and Tencent have announced a new “dedicated subsidiary” that will “will focus on building game ecosystems designed to become truly evergreen and multi-platform” in the Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six brands. “As we accelerate the company’s transformation, this is a foundational step in changing Ubisoft’s operating model that will enable us to…
As someone who grew up with point-and-click adventures, it’s hard not to feel a pang of nostalgia every time I see a new game like Rosewater rolling into town. Of course, those fond memories are often tempered with childhood trauma instilled by unfair puzzles, deadly staircases, and dead ends that required cycling save slots to…
I’ve been looking around the past few days for the RTX 5070 Ti, and to my surprise, you can find this graphics card on the shelves and ready to buy. That might not be the glowing review it sounds like, as this card left a lot to be desired in our first experiences with it…
For my sins, I do occasionally scroll through TikTok. In between the usual suspects of ear worm music loops and memetic dances I generally lack the co-ordination to recreate but not the determination, there is a spattering of AI-generated content. On my ‘For You’ page, this usually takes the form of image filter videos that…
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…