The biggest gaming controversies of 2023, part 2

I’ve been playing and writing about videogames for an awfully long time now, and I’ve seen my share of controversies come and go. Hot Coffee, anyone? At some point long ago, I may have thought that such things would become increasingly rare as our medium matures. But it seems that the opposite has happened. As…

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Best Design 2023: Dave the Diver

You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just adding new systems with reckless abandon, but somehow Dave the Diver all comes together to be the best designed game of 2023. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 page. Fraser Brown, Online Editor: There should be too much going on in Dave the…

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6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024

If there’s one thing it’s nigh impossible to predict in gaming, it’s the trajectory of the major and minor genres. New genres emerge or assert themselves every year (Vampire Survivors-alike, co-op horror), and dormant ones stage dramatic comebacks. We’re lucky to belong to a hobby that’s this unpredictable, frankly. As we stare down the end…

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best of the rest of 2023

The wildcard award category is our way of covering all our bases without having to hand out 30 awards for every perceivable product category out there. With such a wide open category for an award, it was difficult to narrow down the nominations to only three products. We’ve reviewed many excellent products this year that…

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