Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s system requirements are here, and you’ll need 155 GB of storage and some serious hardware to accommodate Cloud and his silly-large sword

If you’re planning on swinging your oversized sword around “The Planet” when the PC port of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth releases on January 23, you might need to say goodbye to some other games to make room—and perhaps take a look at upgrading some older components, too. The system requirements are here, and that big…

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Planetary Annihilation successor has a bumpy landing on Steam, and the backers aren’t happy: ‘So bare bones that it’s basically an asset show without a game’

Any game with the noble ambition of reviving 90s-style real-time strategy is going to have our attention here at PCG, especially when it comes from the great minds behind Command and Conquer. Industrial Annihilation, a follow-up to Planetary Annihilation and spiritual successor to Total Annihilation, landed on Steam Early Access the other day after accomplishing…

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‘It’s a whole new kind of blerp’: YouTube’s AI-enhanced reply suggestions seem to be working as well as you might expect

Have you heard of the dead internet theory? It’s essentially the idea that the internet is primarily populated with bots and AI-generated responses, intentionally designed with the overall goal of minimising human interaction and promoting products. The theory posits that humans on the internet are relatively rare, but bots responding in a manner just like…

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After 3,500,000 units sold and its Game Awards wins, Balatro does a victory lap and absorbs 8 new crossovers in its unstoppable march to turn all games into cute little cards that get you points and stuff

Dear reader, I have some sorry news to report—Balatro is taking over all of gaming. No RPG, no strategy game, no charming indie hit is safe. If you have a videogame, you are getting absorbed into Balatro, until all is rendered poker, praise be to the Almighty Blind. This is the part where you imagine…

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Fans reckon that Ciri’s on the path in The Witcher 4 because The Witcher 3’s endgame screwed everything up

CDPR dropped its Witcher 4 reveal trailer at big Geoff’s Game Awards last night, and surprise: You’re Ciri now. Little Zireael has followed in her adoptive dad’s footsteps and taken on the mantle of witcher, seemingly confirming the ‘Witcheress’ ending for The Witcher 3 and turning our Ciri into an itinerant monster-slayer and probable Gwent…

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