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If you’ve checked in on Worms creator Andy Davidson sometime in these past few years, you’ll know he’s been hard at work on Worms: The Director’s Cut 1.5, an unofficial but nonetheless Team 17-approved expansion pack for the original strategy-party mashup’s Amiga-exclusive sequel. The goods have finally arrived: you can download the whole thing for…
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, Ted, and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in…
Smartly Dressed Games, developer of the wildly popular free-to-play zombie survival sim Unturned, has released the game’s source code for non-commercial use. “Unturned’s source code and project files are now freely available!” the developers wrote in a Steam post. “Whether you have a new feature or total conversion in mind, the sky’s the limit.” The…
Amazon’s God of War series has already seen one major recast, with Kratos actor Ryan Hurst having to depart the role after suffering a bicep tear on set. While Hurst has reportedly had surgery and is recovering, the injury was severe enough that production was paused and Amazon has opted to seek out a replacement….
Tencent’s ambitious attempt to build a rival to Grand Theft Auto appears to be floundering, as Last Sentinel developer Lightspeed LA has laid off 80 people following the publisher’s loss of confidence in the project. If you’re not familiar with Last Sentinel, that would be forgivable. The cyberpunk open world has been in development for…
Early on in Big Walk, as you and your pals are scurrying around the world solving puzzles, you might come across a curious sight: a structure near the beach with an oblong prize (here at PC Gamer we call it a nubbin) inside a frosted glass container. Hanging on a hook above it: a sign…
Let’s be real, come August 27, the Grand Theft Auto 6 “extended look” is not going to be exclusive to Netflix for six hours as advertised. It’s going to be exclusive to Netflix for however long it takes for someone to record it and distribute a torrent. You wouldn’t download a car, but would you…
Seasoned FromSoftware investigator Lance McDonald has shared a recently uncovered early internal showcase of Demon’s Souls, FromSoft’s crucial pivot point between King’s Field and Dark Souls, and the progenitor of its own subgenre. The demonstration consists of a PowerPoint presentation deck and early gameplay trailer. It was shown at “Gameshare 4,” an internal Sony event…
Causality Chain is a series at PC Gamer exploring the unlikely links between history, culture, and videogames. And ocassionally hedgehogs. The arc of history curves in mysterious ways. Beloved actor Keanu Reeves—Ted, Neo, John Wick himself—may not be Buddhist, but he does, in fact, owe the existence of one of his blockbuster roles to the…
Mark Darrah was a programmer on the original Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate 2, along with Neverwinter Nights and Jade Empire, and served as executive producer of the Dragon Age series from Origins through Inquisition before leaving in 2020—and coming back in 2023 to kick in on The Veilguard. He knows a thing or two…