PC Gaming
When I first rolled credits on Baldur’s Gate 3, it was at the hardest launch difficulty: Tactician. That achievement was slightly undermined by the knowledge that Tactician wouldn’t stay top dog forever—I knew Baldur’s Gate 3 would eventually follow Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin games in adding a permadeath “Honour” mode. Now that it’s here as…
Diablo 4’s redemption arc isn’t over yet. Speaking on a stream today, Blizzard says it’s heard the criticisms about finding good loot and plans to address it in season 4 next year. The current season, Season 2, radically increased the speed of progression in Diablo 4, practically dumping buckets of XP and loot on players…
How many Steam users have VR headsets? Just 1.23%, according to the current Hardware and Software survey: That doesn’t include everyone, but it’s enough of a sample to paint a broad picture. Of that number, the Meta Quest 2 is far and away the most popular rig, accounting for nearly 40% of the total. Owners…
We got our first official look at Amazon’s Fallout TV series recently—and the show looks great, by the way—so you may be feeling a sudden urge to play a Fallout game. I know I am. That just leaves one important question. Which Fallout game should you play? Unfortunately we’re in for quite the wait for…
The season of wishlist-making has arrived and we’re ringing it in with our own lengthy lineup of games we’re dying to play. During today’s first-ever PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase, we counted down the 25 most-anticipated games right now as decided by The Council. Our group of 70 experts includes PC Gamer writers, gaming…
Skill-based matchmaking is a lot like magnets: How do they work? Nobody really knows outside developers themselves, and historically game makers have been reluctant to talk very much about it. But in a statement shared with Charlie Intel, Activision said it’s finally going to start offering some real insights into its processes for Call of…
Studio Wildcard has yoinked PvP crossplay from the PC version of Ark: Survival Ascended, its recently released remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved. The reason is that a whole lot of PC gamers have been put on the naughty list for cheating, with hacks letting them do everything from move like The Flash to blowing away…
During the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, we ran through the 25 most exciting upcoming PC games, as voted for by The Council—a collection of 70 industry professionals, critics and influencers, including Sid Meier, Tim Schafer and Brenda Romero. The Council’s top pick this year—the most wanted of the Most Wanted—is Stalker 2, GSC Game…
As part of the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, we saw a brief reveal of the third playable clan coming to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. While the first two reveals were clans that appeared in the original Bloodlines, the rebellious Brujah and the sorcerous Tremere, this is the first clan we didn’t have…
Penny’s Big Breakaway, an upcoming 3D platformer from several developers behind 2017’s well-received Sonic Mania, is set to release in early 2024. We got another glimpse of the game in action, as well as several of its main characters, in a new trailer shown during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. It looks like Penny’s…