PC Gaming
Charles Zukowski, a game marketing strategist, delivered a talk at Game Developers Conference 2025 on one of the perennial questions for developers big and small: How do you get your game noticed on Steam? There is, of course, no single answer to that question. Beyond the blindingly simple idea of making a great game, there…
The rise of voice chat in online videogames has inevitably led to a growth in bad behavior between players—it is, after all, a lot easier to scream slurs and abuse at other people than it is to stop playing and type them out. Moderating that sort of toxicity is tough, and some companies are turning…
Papers, Please, first released in 2013, was among the vanguard of indie games that felt like they had something to say, turning the simple act of processing paperwork into a pointed commentary on the political brutality of immigration. It was set in a fictional Soviet-esque country in 1982, which creator Lucas Pope used to amplify…
Quake Champions was meant to be the game to revive the classic arena shooter. The pitch was old-school bunny-hopping and rocket-jumping arena deathmatching with just a little bit of Hero Shooter spice. Unfortunately, while it has a small but dedicated following, it never quite caught on as much as it could have. Despite this, it…
Assassin’s Creed made the jump from sneaky action sandboxes to full-fledged RPGs a long time ago, and at first the novelty of all the loot, skill trees, dialogue choices and quests were enough to make it seem like Ubisoft had been successful in its pivot. But the more of these RPGs it makes, the more…
As a recently revitalised hardware category Android and Windows handhelds are enjoying a period of reinvention and refinement. This means that, alongside the obvious queries (how well does it play games and for how long can its portable battery stand it?) manufacturers are also posing questions I didn’t know I wanted to ask, like, “Do…
One of Marvel Rivals’ biggest selling points is all the big-name heroes on the roster. Players get to enjoy suiting up as iconic characters like Iron Man and Captain America, as well as some curveballs, like Luna Snow and Jeff the Land Shark, all while in (appropriately) a hero shooter. The first additions to the…
Despite the fact it’s not advisable to mod an online game—not for ethical reasons, mind, unless you’re a dirty cheater—that hasn’t stopped Monster Hunter Wilds from having a bustling mod scene. While I’d typically celebrate this as a sign of ingenuity and creativity, I’m unfortunately going to have to say: Stop. Shut it all down….
The Assassin’s Creed Shadows Twitch Drops event gives you the opportunity to earn exclusive in-game gear for free. All you need to do is watch a participating streamer for a few hours while they check out the game. It’s a win-win: Ubisoft gets huge numbers over on Twitch, and we get new toys to take…
Rise and shine, people. Rise and… shine. Not that I wish to imply that you have been sleeping on the fact that Half-Life 2 (HL2) can run on 1,000x less VRAM than today’s GPUs. Provided, that is, you’re completely fine staring into the void every time you pass a chair. What am I talking about?…