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Big news for followers of Lara Croft Unification Theory: Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has revealed a new piece of art for the character that may closely represent what she looks like in the series’ next game. This reveal has apparently been anticipated for years, as in 2021 Tomb Raider’s franchise director Will Kerslake said…
After a couple weeks of rumors, Xbox diehards were bracing for cataclysm today: Was Microsoft really going to announce that it’s going to give up on Xbox console exclusivity—or even consoles themselves—and start releasing its big games, such as Starfield, on PlayStation 5? It turns out: No, not really. Xbox boss Phil Spencer did announce…
Like a zombie you thought you shot in the head but actually just clipped in the thorax, survival game fiasco The Day Before is still twitching unpleasantly in the corner. Except, in this case, it’s not really The Day Before at all, but rather a game that for some reason is pretending to be The…
There may be a wider context of enormous industry layoffs, but the rate and volume of layoffs at Embracer Group over the last year is on an unprecedented scale. Everything seemed on an even keel until the collapse of a mystery $2 billion deal in May last year left its CEO gobsmacked (while the company’s…
In case there was any doubt, Starbreeze is not happy with how things are working out for Payday 3, the much-troubled heist-shooter that launched in September 2023. In its year-end financial report for 2023, CEO Tobias Sjögren said sales and player numbers are “at significantly lower levels than we would like,” but it’s not giving…
RSS Feed | Apple Podcasts | Spotify What’s up PC gamers? Welcome back to the PC Gamer Chat Log podcast! How has everyone’s week been so far? I hope you’ve been finding plenty of time to play games and do the other things you love outside of general life stresses. For the 10 or so…
No Man’s Sky nearly burned up on its atmospheric entry back in 2016—it promised the universe, and only delivered a sort-of-okay space game. PC Gamer gave it a middling 64 at launch in our No Man’s Sky review, with Christopher Livingston remarking: “I’ve touched an infinite universe and walked away with some nice vacation photos.”…
Survival games, what would we do without them? Much less rock punching, I would imagine, but it wouldn’t be a year in PC gaming without several of the little tikes, all competing to capture the lightning in a bottle of big survival games releases past. Potential contender Nightingale is due to release into early access…
Need to know What is it? The sequel to 2015’s Helldivers, an online squad shooter inspired by Starship Troopers. It switches the original’s top-down perspective for a fully 3D, over the shoulder view. Expect to pay £35/$40 Release date Out now Developer Arrowhead Game Studios Publisher PlayStation PC Reviewed on RTX 2070, i7-10750H, 16GB…
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3’s story and the Dark Urge origin. From the opening cinematic, where you find yourself trapped in a pod and watch as a razor-mouthed leech is lowered into your eye, Baldur’s Gate 3 makes it very clear that it is a game about the body—about what…