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As if Los Santos and Blaine County weren’t already hostile enough, the latest survival mod to grace the murderous bounds of GTA 5 turns the actual map against us by way of an irradiated hellscape. Aptly named The Exclusion Zone, modder VelyXCore has rolled out a series of high-risk radioactive hotspots across the San Andreas…
There are few deckbuilding roguelikes more celebrated than Slay the Spire, which has ruled the genre roost since 2019 when it blew everyone away and got a 92% review from PC Gamer strategic director Evan Lahti. Its sequel where “everything is bigger” is releasing into early access March 6. Great news for the PC gamer…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. You,…
Night in the Woods and Tunic publisher Finji said TikTok is using its characters and art without its consent to run offensive ads “enhanced” with generative AI. As reported by IGN, Finji CEO Rebekah Saltsman called attention to the issue publicly in a February 5 Bluesky post. “If you happen to see any Finji ads…
It’s Saturday morning, you’ve just arrived at a convention, and you’re met with a huge crowd of excited cosplayers. In situations like this, I’m always amazed at how little I recognise. I don’t know if that’s because it’s always a blend of film, anime, television show, and video game characters, but there’s always a sea…
Soundtrack Sunday Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack from one of their favourite games—or a broader look at videogame music as a whole—offering their thoughts or asking for yours! Since British developer Lowiro launched Arcaea back in 2017, it’s had a real knack…
Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “how tidy is your desktop?” and “what game will you never uninstall?” As with many first-generation PC gamers, Stephen Kick was exposed…
I’ve had one eye on ambitious Doom 2 mod Trench Foot for a while, though it was, admittedly, my weaker eye that requires me to wear corrective lenses. I had assumed Trench Foot was a total conversion set in the First World War, but it turns out it’s much weirder than that. It basically combines…
Jess Kinghorn, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Taking to Discord to sell my favourite weirdoes on my current cozy games of choice: Starsand Island, Potionomics, and Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. Currently, I can’t check my Bluesky direct messages until I’ve allowed the Epic Games-owned KWS to look at either my…
If you’re looking for a management sim that’s a bit on the lighter side, you could certainly do worse than Megaquarium. Twice Circled’s aquarium construction sim is all about building oceanic attractions and filling them with weird and wonderful sea life. The base game released eight years ago, but Twice Circled has updated it consistently…