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NetEase’s free-to-play hero shooter, which I will always think of as “Muvvel Ruvvels” after hearing my English co-workers mangle the pronunciation, is having a good launch day. When I started writing this story Marvel Rivals had just past 360,000 concurrent players according to SteamDB, and now it’s looking at 400,000 in the rear view mirror….
Sometime before Sony hero shooter Concord released, before it was even fully revealed to the public, the producers of Amazon TV series Secret Level—a collection of animated videogame shorts premiering on Prime Video on December 10—started working on an episode based on the game. They didn’t know that the short sci-fi tale they were animating…
There are some standouts among the 15 animated shorts in Amazon’s new videogame-themed anthology series—the New World episode is pretty darn good—but on the whole, Secret Level has all the flaws you might expect to find in a bunch of publisher-approved odes to iconic (and some not-so-iconic) brand mascots. Some of the episodes feel like…
Need to know What is it?: A first person, globetrotting adventure starring everyone’s favorite archeologist. Release date: December 8, 2024 (Dec 5 advanced access) Expect to pay: $70/£60 Developer: MachineGames Publisher: Microsoft Reviewed on: Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, Intel Core i5 12600K, 32GB RAM Steam Deck: All signs point to “no” Link: Official site I wasn’t…
“A scenic tram ride, for cats.” That’s the powerful sell for Short Trip delivered in its trailer, after which anything I say would be redundant. But I’m going to say it anyway. Short Trip is a hand-drawn game, all graphite pencil art on rough paper, about driving a tram up and down the hills of…
Every new Diablo feels more like a multiplayer game than the last, with co-op as the intended experience and solo play as a vestigial limb. There’s a reason the last two Diablo games have been always-online. Yet there are still a significant number of players who enjoy them as entirely singleplayer experiences, and some of…
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone knows his fans are eager for his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, and that some of them are disappointed in the apparent lack of progress and news on that front. He’s sorry about that, but in a new update says he’s been obligated to keep his focus on Stardew Valley—and while…
There’s a (not quite) new Humble Bundle that I really think you should know about, and I’ll cut straight to telling you why: It’s got Prey, System Shock, the 2016 Doom reboot, the full Crysis Remastered Trilogy, and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, all for just $19. The Humble Sci-Fi Shooters Bundle is basically a…
The council has spoken, and the votes have been finalized. This year’s nominees for the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted included over 100 PC games our group of experts narrowed down into a definitive list, ending this year with a Top 25 Most Wanted for 2025. We laughed, we cried, and through blood, sweat, and…
Okay, be honest; you’ve probably not finished too many full campaigns in the Civilization series. It’s okay, neither have I—there’s always some reason to tap out and start fresh. We’re not alone, and Firaxis has the numbers to prove it. Answering an assortment of interview questions from our sagely Council for The PC Gaming Show:…