PC Gaming
Blizzard is always fighting a quiet war with World of Warcraft dataminers who scoop info out of the game files that they aren’t always supposed to see yet. These days, the discoveries are relatively minor, but they can still hint at future updates that haven’t been announced yet. During the alpha and beta testing period…
It’s the age of Stop Killing Games, but one of the biggest ROM sites around is about to become a graveyard. As reported by Kotaku, Myrient, a self-described “game preservation service” launched in 2022 with hundreds of terabytes’ worth of retro videogames, is closing its doors March 31. Myrient’s solo operator, Alexey, outlined why in…
Fortnite is hard when your crosshair sways like a drunk sailor on rough seas. Victory royales are rare. Every lobby has one or two players who could’ve turned pro, probably, definitely, judging by the way they land headshots and judge their shockwave jumps. Just making the final five is an achievement. But that challenge means…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
The next Warhammer 40k CRPG from Owlcat is already on the way, but Rogue Trader isn’t done just yet. Owlcat just revealed the 2023 RPG’s next DLC, and it stars a prominent character familiar to anyone steeped in Warhammer lore: Trazyn the Infinite, an obsessive collector of cosmic curios. For those unfamiliar with 40k lore,…
Another day, another payload of merchandise. This time it is pretty funny, though: Games Workshop just announced a coffee table book full of “sage wisdom and inspiring speeches” from every Warhammer 40,000 fan’s favorite green morons. The announcement on the Warhammer Community website reads, “Okay, ‘insightful’ might be a stretch, but it should come as…
More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. When I think about my favourite-ever RPGs, more often than not the memories that rush to the front of my…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Continuing to exercise in VR, and playing The Seance of Blake Manor. I don’t think anyone would challenge me on the assertion that ‘ergonomic keyboards look a little weird’. However, that’s not the thing that has kept me away from them for, well, ever….
What was the worst PC launch of last year? There’s no shortage of possible answers, everything from Monster Hunter Wilds’ no good, very bad PC performance, to whatever the hell happened with MindsEye. But allow me to nominate another contender for 2025’s most infamous award. The Bazaar is a charming, colourful auto-battler that, when it…
Sometimes in life, you just need to climb in a big helicopter and blow stuff up from an isometric perspective. Some people (me) might even say it’s an essential part of the human experience. Yet this foundational tier on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs has been cruelly denied humanity for decades. Fortunately, thousands of players are…