PC Gaming
The Steam Machine is a peculiar device. Ever since it was announced, we in the PC Gamer hardware lair have been discussing exactly what the target market is and who will get the most use out of it. And while that question looms in part because of the gaming PC’s as-yet unknown price tag, it’s…
It never ceases to amaze me just how friendly everyone in Arc Raiders is. I’ve not yet come across someone truly evil while playing solos. Sure, I’ve been shot at, but I’ve either won the fight or talked the aggressor out of attacking me. But I primarily play against other PC players. I haven’t turned…
Dismayed by the profusion of AI-generated slop in videogames? No, you aren’t. Or if you are, then you aren’t representative of the broad gaming audience. That’s my takeaway from recent remarks by Jacob Navok, former director of business at Square Enix and current CEO at Genvid—a media company specialising in “a unique mix of a…
Unlocked doors, locked doors, and barred doors, Arc Raiders sure has a lot of different types of doors, and I’d assumed I knew all of them. That was until the Tribute to Toledo quest sent me into the Power Generation Complex on Dam Battlegrounds in search of a Power Rod—an epic refined material I assumed…
Good news, everyone! A mere seven years since it launched, the Epic Games Store has gifting now! The Fortnite developer announced the new feature in a post on the store, stating that “players can now purchase and send games directly to friends on their Epic friends list.” Users who purchase gifts through Epic’s payment system…
According to a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, AMD is planning to ramp up graphics card prices in response to the ongoing squeeze on memory supply. The post says that AMD has already implemented an increase for its industry customers that has yet to show up in retail prices, but this new hike…
Bee Swarm Simulator codes reward you with a huge number of treats and tickets, saving you from spending time working toward them and giving you a decent head start if you’ve just started. Depending on which codes you use, you might get some boosts to make your honey harvesting journey even more efficient. At the…
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Dispatch—both the excellent story and the superhero radio dispatch simulator strapped to its underbelly. However, during my time playing those latter segments, I’d occasionally find myself wondering whether the game would’ve been a stronger TV show, and whether any of my choices made were actually factoring into the wider story. Turns out,…
A few days ago we reported that the president of Windows and devices at Microsoft said “Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.” We weren’t sure exactly what that meant, though, apart from Windows having some kind of AI functionality baked in that can run autonomously. Well, ponder no more because a new support document…
Game developer Rebecca Heineman has died after being diagnosed with cancer last month. The news was shared to Bluesky by Heineman’s friend, Heidi McDonald, while the most recent post on Heineman’s GoFundMe is a goodbye message stating that her health was rapidly deteriorating, and she was entering palliative care. Heineman was 62, and the GoFundMe…