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The launch of heist-shooter Payday 3 last week has not gone well. Persistent server problems have frustrated players, and the game’s always-online requirement means that even people who want to play solo are having trouble getting into the game. The net result: A disastrous “mostly negative” user rating on Steam, where 68% of the nearly…
I was a fool for worrying that Separate Ways, the Resident Evil 4 remake’s remake of the old Ada Wong-focused expansion of the same name, might get too caught up in its own tangled lore-web to remember to have a little fun. That concern was immediately blown away by this side story’s frivolously entertaining opening:…
Like many of you, I suspect, each year sees me juggling more and more games in an effort to play all of the good stuff and avoid the dreaded FOMO, and when 2023 dawned I was well and truly in burnout mode. But it turns out that the solution to this was a summer fully…
Reinstall This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 386 in July 2023, as part of our Reinstall series. Every month we load up a beloved classic—and find out whether it holds up to our modern gaming sensibilities. What exactly is a god game? It’s a question that I’m quite sure if you asked…
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A free market cat-pitalism simulator set in an alternate-reality Japanese island. Release date September 26, 2023 Expect to pay £TBC / $29 Developer Meowza Games Publisher Humble Games Reviewed on AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10 GHz, 12 GB RAM Steam Deck Tested Link Official site I don’t dream of labor. My thoughts…
If you’ve met Adelina in Lies of P, you must have already made your way through Rosa Isabelle Street and its myriad hazards to the Estella Opera House. Krat’s most beloved singer became trapped on the upper floors after the puppet frenzy began, and to make matters worse, she’s got a nasty case of Petrification…
I genuinely have a great level of affection for Quantic Dream games—they’re all weird, ambitious, narrative rambles with more ambition than sense. Say what you want, I don’t think I’ve ever been bored by one. Detroit: Become Human is a clumsy civil rights metaphor that doesn’t quite handle the subject well enough to justify hewing…
Explore Dogtown with these Phantom Liberty guides (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) How to start Phantom Liberty: Enter Dogtown Cyberpunk 2077 Restricted Data Terminals: Get Relic Points Cyberpunk 2077 airdrops: Loot unique rewards Cyberpunk 2077 Iconic weapons: The best guns in Dogtown It’s not every day a robot sends you to find photo locations but…
Jacob Ridley, cloud streamer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been testing: a brand new, and very adorable PC handheld. The Ayaneo Air 1S is compact yet still, almost unbelievably, packs a punch. This month I have been playing: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. The new releases keep coming, and I can’t make my…
Out of all the Phantom Liberty weapons you can grab in the new Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, Iconic weapons are the most powerful. These unique guns and blades each come with their own special ability that massively alters the way you play. It might be something simple like Kyubi X-MOD2’s extra mod slots, or something more…