How Stephen King watching a train hit a kid led to Kiefer Sutherland making his videogame horse crap on command: A PC Gamer Causality Chain™

Causality Chain is a series at PC Gamer exploring the unlikely links between history, culture, and videogames. Humanity has witnessed countless tragedies—but occasionally, through the alchemy of passing time, moments of singular woe can serve as a foundation for future wonders. Depending, in this case, on how broad your definition of wonder is. Today, we…

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Redditor buys what looks to be a prototype for unreleased Xbox Elite Series 3 controller, posts about it on Reddit, then the thread goes dark

It’s been nearly seven years since the release of the Xbox Elite Series 2, which means we’re well overdue for a new one. It sure looks like that’s set to happen soon, as one Redditor just posted the motherlode of information on the unreleased pad—then their account mysteriously vanished and the thread was partially wiped…

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Videogame lawyer says it’s become ‘just boilerplate’ this year to include no-AI clauses in contracts: ‘It’s not worth the legal liability’

There’s a problem with new technologies, in that cutting-edge technology develops quickly—in the span of years. Meanwhile, us human beings with our wet flesh bodies and our complicated bureaucracies and legal systems are glacially slow. You can see this playing out with generative AI. For a few years now, we’ve heard a lot of overexcitement…

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PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a huge A1 poster and Top 100 games mini-mag

This month, PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Capcom’s much-anticipated new action sword-fighting game. For our awesome lead feature, PC Gamer travels to Osaka, Japan, to go inside Capcom’s headquarters and play plenty of Way of the Sword as well as interview seven of the key developers who have brought…

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