PC Gaming

For the first time in a while, I’m not so sure about Diablo 4’s latest loot experiment. The prevailing complaint about the current season in Lord of Hatred is that Blizzard made the benefits of its strongest items too random compared to what we had in previous seasons. While Blizzard is working on a solution…

For years we life sim players have stood ’round the summoning circle, chanting the ritual words: “The Sims really deserves some legitimate competition, you know?” Despite our efforts to manifest, likely competitors just kept getting delayed or outright canned. Now that Paralives has launched—and is, in fact, good—I think maybe the variety life simmers have…

CD Projekt finally confirmed yesterday that a new expansion for The Witcher 3 is in the works, called Songs of the Past. The announcement brought months of rumors and speculation (and one cheeky non-denial) to a close—ironically, a day earlier than planned, because CD Projekt accidentally let the big surprise leak out on its own…

It’s the fall of 2022, and everyone is reacting to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 open beta. Infinity Ward’s reboot sequel made a lot of movement changes that seemed subtle, but angered a lot of folks. The idea was to make Call of Duty more deliberate and consistent by slowing down the action:…

Thanks to a dysfunctional relationship with my own bones and muscles, I accepted from a very young age that I wasn’t ever going to be much of a golfer. Golf games, however, I’ve believed myself to be pretty good at, having achieved mastery over the subtle arts of pressing A when the meters make you…

Valve put the price of the newly-restocked Steam Deck through the roof yesterday, jacking the cost of the 1TB model to $949, a kidney-punch increase of nearly 50%. Ain’t nobody buying Steam Decks at that price, I thought to myself in the immediate aftermath of the price hike, and as with so many things, I…

Role queueing as a tank in 5v5 Overwatch requires you to have three things: the mental fortitude of a monk, the siteline knowledge of a OWCS player, and a heart of gold, because good lord can this role feel hellish. That is partially because a good tank can make and break your team, more so…

We’re continually warned about the prospect of AI-generated malware these days, but there is one important factor working in our favour: sometimes, it’s kinda rubbish. Ox Security researchers have discovered an info-stealing malicious npm package called mouse5212-super-formatter, designed to target Claude users. The nasty little blighter reached 676 downloads before being unmasked, after the apparently…

One of the biggest questions surrounding Subnautica 2 isn’t about the game at all, but rather the typically dull, staid business side of its development: When is Krafton going to eat that whopper of a bonus it promised Unknown World principals Ted Gill, Max McGuire, and Charlie Cleveland when it acquired the studio in 2021?…

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and video editing app CapCut, is developing its own CPUs in a bid to better support its AI infrastructure. Given the AI industry’s hunger for silicon, it’s hardly surprising another massive tech company is taking hardware into its own hands. Several external partners have already been approached with regard to…