PC Gaming

Former Sucker Punch artist Drew Harrison was fired by studio parent company Sony in September, just one day after posting a joke about the murder of high-profile alt-right provocateur Charlie Kirk. In a new interview with Aftermath, Harrison says the firing, which ended a career of nearly 10 years at Sucker Punch, came about not…

You know the emergency lights are blinking at Bungie when the developer starts putting out balance changes with triple digit percent buffs in a bid to lure Destiny 2’s dwindling playerbase back. That was the case with yesterday’s ability tuning blog, which saw the Hunter class eating especially well. (About time too.) Today, attention turned…

It’s nearly time to sit down with awful TV, a full belly, and that new handheld of yours. It is the time for giving, and whether you’re treating yourself or sending links to your parents, these are our top recommended PC accessories to grab this holiday. The PC handheld scene has come quite a way…

When Moonlighter released in 2018, it was to a fairly positive critical reception. Players seemed to enjoy the combination of cozy shop simulator and dungeon crawling roguelite, inspired by the Rogue Legacies and Stardew Valleys of the time. Some grumbled about a lack of depth and incentive to keep returning to the dungeon again and…

After years of buyouts, consolidation, and layoffs referred to as “efficiency” in the game industry, we deserve a little win for the workers, as a treat. Our small ray of sunshine is this: One novelist and games writer has just bought back the rights to the zombie-themed fitness app that she’s been writing for over…

Over the last few years Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has become a significant presence in the games industry. It’s the owner of Monopoly Go creators Savvy Games Group, has stakes in Nintendo, Embracer Group, Capcom, and Take-Two, among many others,and most recently was involved in the $55 billion joint acquisition of Electronic Arts. But…

For many years now, the children’s character Thomas the Tank Engine has been something of a modding phenomenon. You can find Thomas in everything from Hogwarts Legacy to Elden Ring, but it all began with a 2013 Skyrim mod that replaced all dragons with the resplendent blue engine, as well as adding sound effects from…

I’ve spent precious little time in my life with a line in the water, but I admire fishing in the abstract as an alignment of man and his environment through pelagic contemplation. Based on what I’m seeing from upcoming co-op angling game How to Fish, however, I’ve apparently missed some critical bits of the fishing…

On December 2, Italian game dev studio Santa Ragione will release Horses, a first-person horror adventure telling a story of “the burden of familial trauma and puritan values, the dynamics of totalitarian power, and the ethics of personal responsibility,” using what the studio calls “grotesque, subversive imagery” of a ranch where nude human beings in…

Spellcasters Chronicles is Quantic Dream’s upcoming action MOBA that sees teams of three pitted against one another alongside hordes of grunts and mythical creatures as they fight for dominion of the map. It’s pretty cool, I had a great time with it in the preview, and now you can too, soon. Quantic Dream is opening…