PC Gaming

For the last four years, the hottest mapping event in the retro FPS scene has been the Quake Brutalist Jam. Here, mapmakers enthralled by id Software’s 1996 shooter have gathered to honour architecture’s moodiest style, constructing levels designed to evoke its austere, concrete minimalism. The first Brutalist Jam occurred in 2022, spawning 35 maps that…

Like a lot of Darktide players I was expecting the second DLC class, following the badass arbitrator, to be something exotic drawn from Warhammer 40,000’s deep well of weirdness. A skitarii cyborg maybe, or a ratling, or an arco-flagellant. Instead, we got the hive scum. If you were hoping for one of those alien orangutans…

I don’t know anything about you, reader. You and I are perfect strangers. Except, I do know one thing about you: you did not get to this article from a Google search using the PlanetWeb 3.0 browser on a Sega Dreamcast, the greatest console ever manufactured, because that’s no longer possible as of this week….

You might just associate New Blood Interactive with games like Ultrakill and Dusk, but the studio’s publishing efforts include more than the modern wave of boomer shooters. Games with an immsim bent like Fallen Aces, Gloomwood, and Blood West fill out its catalog; as it notes on the lattermost game’s Steam store page, “BLOOD WEST…

After almost three years as general manager of Call of Duty, Johanna Faries became president of Blizzard in 2014, replacing the outgoing Mike Ybarra. Under her tenure, Blizzard struck a new deal with NetEase, undoing a bitter breakup and reopening the lucrative Chinese market. Talking to Bloomberg as her second anniversary as president approaches, Faries…

Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (Image credit: Ubisoft) Developer: ArkaneYear: 2006 I’ve praised Dark Messiah’s open sandboxes designed for brawling in before, but its linear sections are great as well. Early on there’s one where you’re hurled into a…

YouTuber AnyAustin‘s playful, yet exacting style of videogame investigation has really taken off in the past year, garnering well over a million views per video. Whether he’s investigating the hydrology of The Elder Scrolls or taking Grand Theft Auto to task for its lax standards of airport realism, you’re in for a good time, and…

Immersive simulation games⁠—immersive sims for short and “immsims” if you’re a true freak⁠—are a lot like sandwiches, soups, or pornography in that it’s easier to give an example than a watertight definition. Dishonored, for instance, is definitely an immsim; it simulates a lot of factors that respond to the player, boasts open-ended levels, and encourages…