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As reported by Tom’s Hardware, the ubiquitous, nonprofit, user-driven reference site Wikipedia celebrated its 25th anniversary on January 15. Though threatened by AI and censorious repression in the US and UK, Wikipedia remains a staggering achievement and a rare bright spot on the modern internet. As Tom’s Hardware pointed out, Wikipedia founder and public face…

Former Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté left Ubisoft just 7 months after the release of Shadows, one of the most successful games in the series’ history. He stood up for the game as public figures like Elon Musk derided it, and the day after Ubisoft announced his exit from the company, he said it wasn’t…

If Steam’s big draw is the seasonal sale with an avalanche of ludicrous discounts, the Epic Games Store’s big draw is the freebie. Games are free to keep on the platform so often that the folks at PC Gamer maintain a living list with the latest offerings, and even though Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has…

2025 may have been a mixed bag overall, but as far as videogames are concerned, it was pretty great. If you’re a PC gamer, your cup runneth over so much that you may still be catching up on the year’s biggest hits even now, and you’re not alone. In fact, one industry analysis group reckons…

Videogame art is gorgeous. Year after year, we collect special editions, design works books like those from Lost In Cult, or videogame vinyl soundtracks, all flush with lots of lovely concept art. Hell, the reason I decided to hold this discussion is because I was leafing through my records and lingered a long time admiring…

FromSoftware is one of the most influential game developers in recent history, though most games inspired by the studio borrow the ideas of its post-Demon’s Souls output. For dark fantasy RPG Lunacid, however, developer Kira LLC took inspiration from the Japanese studio’s far lesser-known series King’s Field, which first appeared on the PlayStation 1. Despite…

I never have been (and never will be) interested in golf. I think it’s a boring sport for boring people. I am, however, interested in golf that’s been messed around with. That includes things like minigolf and crazy golf (is there much of a delineation there? Answers on a postcard please). But there are also…

The early 2010s was boom time for retro revival projects, as Steam’s ascendency and new funding models like Kickstarter prompted a swathe of developers new and old to cast aside pragmatism and build the games they truly wanted to make. One of my favourite projects to emerge during this era is Legend of Grimrock, a…

It’s happening. After three years of development, Terraria’s highly anticipated and supposedly final 1.4.5 update finally has a release date. It’s also imminent. Developer Re-Logic has set the date for January 27, less than two weeks away. Re-Logic announced the release date earlier this week via a Steam post. “We have a few more things…