PC Gaming

Gentoo Linux has kicked off its long transition away from Microsoft’s GitHub to Codeberg, an open-source git-hosting service run by the Berlin-based non-profit Codeberg e.V (via Phoronix). Which is quite an intimidating series of nouns, but here’s why the average Joe/Jane might find it interesting: Gentoo is specifically migrating away from GitHub because Microsoft just…

It was only a matter of time until the cabin fever started setting in, I suppose, what with all the waiting for Stardew Valley‘s big 1.7 update and Haunted Chocolatier. It’s a similar phenomenon to GTA 6, where the eternal waiting inevitably leads fans to become untethered and start doing wacky things just for the…

If you’re looking forward to Lego Batman and are worried that the whopping 32 GB memory system requirement is too rich for your blood, I’ve got some good news. In a pleasant surprise, that figure has halved, going down to just 16 GB. That’s according to the Lego Batman Steam page, which notes “As part…

Need to know What is it? Goblin stealth goes semi-open world and hugely vertical.Release date February 19, 2026Expect to pay $40Developer Cyanide StudioPublisher NaconReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck TBCLink Steam I have a fractious relationship with the Styx series: I love its highly vertical and often punishing approach to…

Reports last week that the Steam Deck is sold out in the United States prompted speculation ranging sober through to outlandish, but the actual reason is simple and you’ve likely already guessed it: like the rest of the games industry, Valve has been hit by the memory crisis. “Steam Deck OLED may be out-of-stock intermittently…

“That was a very satisfying half of the year,” begin Artur Ganszyniec’s closing comments as the credits roll on CD Projekt’s original Witcher game from 2007. Five months prior, he took to YouTube to share a full let’s play of the cult classic RPG in a series appropriately called “The Witcher with a designer’s commentary.”…

One thing is immediately noticeable when you create a character in World of Warcraft as one of its newest races: The amount of customization options eclipses that of the older races. Play an undead man and you get to change what hue your rotting skin looks like and what kind of malformed jaw you want….

It’s not exactly Mirror’s Edge, but the robust free-running parkour system has always been a huge draw for Assassin’s Creed enjoyers. It changes a lot from game to game, and everyone has their favorite implementation, but it might be time to reassess: Shadows’s parkour just got a big upgrade with manual jumping. “It’s finally here,”…

NetEase’s tumultuous relationship with its own western studios shows no sign of abating, as action-adventure studio Anchor Point declares it’s parting ways with the corporation and going independent. The shift was announced by Anchor Point CEO (and former lead designer on Remedy’s Control) Paul Ehreth on LinkedIn (via Game Developer). “We will be transitioning to…

Is it just me, or does it feel like everything is just about to spiral out of control with this AI-memory-boom-chatbot-slop-crisis thing? We already know that memory prices have gone bananas and that the crisis is complicating the production of all kinds of computing-adjacent devices. Now the CEO of memory specialist Phison is reported to…