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Back in 2023, Overwatch harnessed the dread power of K-Pop, releasing a collaboration with Le Sserafim that included a debut song, five hero skins, and a new game mode. A lot has changed in the last couple of years, but one thing that has stayed steadfast is the Overwatch team’s love for K-pop collaborations, as…
Back in 1981, the original Wizardry, subtitled Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, was the first party-based CRPG. It was a hit both in the west and Japan, where it even had its own anime. The series it inspired has recently been revived, and the results are a bit of a mixed bag. There’s a…
Take a peek at our hint for today’s Wordle, and then combine it with our general tips to help get your daily puzzle gaming off to a flying start. Or put it to one side for later if you prefer, keeping it as a safety net for a mid-board mess of yellow letters. And if…
Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…
At the SXSW conference, Hideo Kojima hosted a 45-minute panel on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, as well as announcing its release date: June 26, 2025. That’s the PlayStation 5 release date, of course, and we’ll find out when it comes to PC when we find out, just like we did with the first…
Interviewing Doom: The Dark Ages game director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for PC Gamer’s upcoming print issue 408 (396 in the US), I was curious how the game’s new, robust melee and parries would translate to challenge runs. Could you beat the game with those mechanics alone, never touching the guns? While Martin…
The fertile world of Doom WADs never ceases to amaze me, and Vault 666 is a recent release that really tickled my fancy. Modder Carl Asami’s Vault 666 is a send-up of both Doom and Fallout that asks: What if the Doom Guy had to save the wasteland? It’s a goofy, parodical sort of deal,…
Talking to Doom: The Dark Ages game director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for the cover story of PC Gamer’s upcoming print issue 408 (396 in the US), I had to ask what they thought about “the prequel problem.” Doom 2016 begins with the Slayer locked in a coffin with all his friends long-dead,…
Path of Exile 2 has been out in early access since December, and now that the initial hype has died down we’re all in kind of a waiting room until they add more content. In the meantime, GGG is running some smaller events to engage the community, and an early frontrunner for the game’s worst…
Video gaming is currently in an arms race (or should that be ‘farms race’) to depict the most delectable virtual food possible. It’s a race variously led by the Yakuza series, Final Fantasy, and most recently, Monster Hunter: Wilds, which features a cheese naan so mouthwatering it caused a sales surge of dairy-filled bread products…