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On December 18, Comcast notified customers of a “recent data security incident” with one of its software companies that exposed their personal information to an outside party. In October, someone gained “unauthorized access” to customers’ usernames and hashed passwords for a period of four days. And it gets worse: Comcast says that “for some customers,…

Unlike Steam, the Epic Games Store has a hard-and-fast rule against adult content. Its content guidelines state very clearly that “products with Adults Only ratings cannot be distributed on the Epic Games Store.” But it recently updated those guidelines to allow AO-rated games on the store for one specific reason: If they were given that…

Overwatch 2 has had some trouble in the past year-and-a-bit since its release—between promised PvE content being absent, an outright admission that the game has been in decline, and a ‘colourful’ reception on Steam, the game’s freemium model has been a point of contention—especially for players who bought Overwatch 1 fully-priced. A recent controversy has…

I’ve never been to Universal Studios in Hollywood, but I have been to the Universal Studios Theme Park in Florida. It was so long ago that the Jaws ride was still around, and my main memory from it is the overwhelming stench of petrol from all the very real flames that surrounded the ride. Luckily,…

Cables are the bane of PC builder-gamers everywhere. Yes, we find creative workarounds to cable management, and buy desks with little cable cubbies and PC cases with secret compartments, but wouldn’t it be great if there could just be less of them to deal with altogether? Corsair i-Cue LINK consolidates your Corsair fan, cooler, and…

I’m just now getting to know Minthara in Baldur’s Gate 3—both on my evil necromancer playthrough and my Honour Mode run, where I intend to pick her up from Moonrise Towers after risking my neck to knock her out. Still, I’ve cast off the shackles of spoilers after completing my first playthrough—gleefully getting my mitts…

I love how Microsoft Flight Simulator exists in the background now, like the distant roar of an overhead flight path. Not only is it just nice to have a shiny, new version of one of the gaming OGs there to pick up and play at any time, every now and then it drops an absolutely…

Wordle was a lockdown phenomenon: one of those games that, merits aside, simply landed at the right time. I’ve kicked the habit now but like pretty much everyone else I had a Wordle phase with the family WhatsApp group and, yes, when I’m nearly out of chances I have gone running to my six-letter friend…

It’s the end of an outstanding year for PC gamers. Almost every major game release made its way into our corner at the same time as everywhere else. I didn’t have to listen to my console-playing friends gloat about Armored Core 6. I could jump into a mech and get nuked by a helicopter in…

Secret Level This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 389 in October 2023, as part of our Secret Level series. Every month we talk to the unsung heroes of games development, and explore what makes their roles vital.  During and after university, Kirsty Gillmore studied—and had a passion for—drama; after university, she did…