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The TESRenewal modding group has been working on Skyblivion, a remastered version of Oblivion playable in Skyrim Special Edition, since 2018 “in earnest” though the project “officially started over 11 years ago,” as the latest progress video explains. Said video also mentions how close to completion Skyblivion is, fast approaching its scheduled 2025 release. “We…
Dave Pottinger has programming credits on all three Age of Empires games, was director of technology on Age of Mythology, and was lead designer on Halo Wars. He probably knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the RTS genre. Speaking to Videogamer to promote his new studio Last Keep’s upcoming RTS, Project Citadel,…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the past year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. I’m not usually one for all this New Year malarkey—time ticks over at the same rate as it ever did, and I’m no big believer in astrology, so what does the…
The third week of November 2024 was a rough one. I was alternating between playing two different games that came out that week: Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Neither was going well. When I say “playing” I mostly mean “staring at loading screens.” Between Stalker 2’s endlessly compiling shaders and…
Two years ago, I wrote about the fact that I had major Steam Deck FOMO but still wouldn’t cough up a few hundred bones for one. That changed last year, after a few too many festive beers led to an impulse purchase and an OLED model arriving at my door a few days later. I…
A “total conversion” is one of the most coveted and difficult modding projects one could undertake: Making a new, bespoke campaign using the mod tools of a pre-existing game, with the end result unable to be monetized due to copyright (unless you’re working with the beautifully open source Doom engine). At a certain point, you’d…
Earlier this year researchers at Japan’s National Institutde of Information and Communications Technology (NIICT) hit a record-breaking speed for internet over a standard fibre optic cable: 402 Tbps. With a T. That’s 402,000,000 Mbps, to put it in the speed measurement you’re probably more familiar with. No, I’m not going to try and put it…
Happy New Year everyone! Whether you’re adding to your ongoing Wordle win streak today or just starting out, you’ll find everything you need to succeed right here. We’ve got general tips to help get you in a guessing mindset, a clue for the January 1 (1292) puzzle, and today’s answer ready if you need to…
Here’s an adorable little game in the vein of the much-enjoyed Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator with the exception, of course, that it is free. And everyone loves free things. In Enscroll you’re a fresh magic academy graduate with hefty loans to repay using your newfound skills—but no prospect of full-time employment. To repay your dues…
Chinese-made action RPG Black Myth: Wukong has cleaned up at this year’s Steam awards, winning not just Game of the Year but two other categories in a community-voted awards event that only has 11 categories total. In addition to Game of the Year Black Myth: Wukong has netted both the Best Game You Suck At…