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One of film’s masters of horror has set his sights on adapting one of 2024’s spookiest survival games into a television series. James Wan, director of modern horror classics such as the original Saw film, Insidious, and The Conjuring wants to turn driving-survival game Pacific Drive into a TV show. That’s one hell of a…
This year’s crop of cozy games felt like it ran completely perpendicular to the trends in PC gaming as a whole. The main release calendar for this year was mostly lacking obvious blockbusters, leaving room for some really delightful surprise hits. Meanwhile, the best cozy games of this year mostly wound up being the ones…
The developers of Catly, a game about cats, have denied using generative AI to create the announcement trailer that debuted last week at The Game Awards, and have also rejected suggestions that their game is built on blockchain technology or makes use of NFTs. We missed Catly when it was announced during last week’s show,…
In news that’s only surprising on account of the fact that the game lasted as long as it did, Tuque Games’ co-op hack-and-slasher Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance will be shutting down servers and be removed from sale on February 24, 2025. The game will still be available to play single-player, but as things stand…
From ongoing buyout talks, to debate around whether Assassin’s Creed Shadows looks brilliant or a bit ‘meh’, there’s a lot of uncertainty looming over Ubisoft Towers at the moment. But whatever you think of the up-and-down studio, there’s no question that they have a bunch of great games in their back-catalogue. Now, for the negligible…
How bad could cutting into a pipe filled with highly pressurized corrosive goo be? A question I have asked myself many times in just the first few hours of playing Creeper World IXE (pronounced “icks”), the latest in a long-running oddball indie strategy series. The answer, somehow, is always “very bad”. And yet I continue…
Yeah, I get it, we already know that Nvidia’s sold a motherlode of chips and is laughing its way to the bank. But it hits a little differently to see the actual numbers. As reported by the Financial Times, the tech consultancy Omdia estimates that Nvidia’s biggest purchaser of Hopper chips in 2024 was Microsoft,…
I got a new telly during Black Friday. It’s an appalling beast that’s forced me to acknowledge that my eyes are too big for my belly, turning my humble living room into a tiny IMAX cinema. Honestly, I’m a wee bit embarrassed. Nobody needs a screen this big—though it’s far from the largest on offer….
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. There you stand, examining a crime scene…
PC Gamer’s Best Ongoing Game award celebrates an older game that had a great 2024 thanks to ongoing support from its developer. This year, we’re paying homage to Stardew Valley, the labour-of-love farming sim that’s still receiving major updates eight years after its release. For more awards, check out our Game of the Year 2024…