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After a week of rumors, Embracer-owned studio Piranha Bytes, the developer of the Gothic, Risen, and Elex games, has acknowledged that it is in “a difficult situation” but says it’s still trying to find a way forward for its next project. Should it be unable to do so, the studio will be closed. Word of…
The phrase ‘Nothing’s certain but death and taxes’ needs an addendum—because the inevitability of Palworld having Pokémon modded into it is, statistically, more likely than both of those things. Medical science could outpace death given a couple hundred years. A post-scarcity society could move beyond the need for taxation—but the moment someone could send Pikachu…
Do you have an old game that you wish was remastered to make full use of today’s graphics technologies? For me, it’s the original Deus Ex , and I’d love to see that with modern lighting and fully ray-traced. We’ve had some so far, of course, such as Quake 2 and Portal, but these weren’t…
It’s fair to say that all of us in the PC Gamer office were somewhat disappointed with Intel’s 14th generation of desktop Core CPUs. Fast as you could possibly want, sure, but only a few percent better than the previous gen, and still just as power hungry and hot as ever. It was to be…
Late last year Google settled a class-action lawsuit that began in 2020, which accused the internet behemoth of invading the privacy of millions of users by tracking their activity even when Chrome’s Incognito mode was activated. As part of the settlement Google has now updated the description of Incognito in Chrome to something… well, basically…
Oh Capcom. The Japanese giant’s love affair with DRM is long and well-documented, but recently it’s been making some aggressive post-release changes to games that are pretty old in the teeth, with some speculation that adding DRM after the fact to titles like Resident Evil: Revelations is mainly about crimping naughty mods (which may or…
Finding a way to get High Quality Pal Oil is vital if you want to craft gunpowder weaponry in Palworld. Once you’ve constructed the Weapon Workbench you’ll be able to craft your first musket. Though this firearm might seem a little old-fashioned, it’s a significant upgrade in terms of damage—if you can forgive its painfully…
Cubicle 7 has announced a new Warhammer tabletop RPG, based on Warhammer: The Old World. You may know the company already for its many other games set in Games Workshop’s worlds, including Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, and Soulbound. The Old World is Games Workshop’s ongoing revival of the Warhammer Fantasy setting as a wargame,…
Not every change or update in PC gaming hardware and software needs to be revolutionary. Sometimes, what you really need is just a bit more understanding about what something does and how it will affect your device. Valve is doing just that with the quick access settings in the latest beta version of its operating…
Palworld is already obscenely popular—knocking out 4 million sales in about three days. It’s also a far better experience on Steam, thanks to some certification process nonsense. The game’s developer Pocketpair has been wrangling with some thorny systems architecture that’s been impacting the game on both Xbox, Microsoft Store and—by extension—Game Pass. That’s according to…