PC Gaming

If there was an award for grossest sounds per minute, I’m positive that the Roadside Research demo would take it. It’s like any other shop/restaurant/venue simulator on the surface: buy goods, sell goods, make customers happy, make a profit. Except every step I take causes an unsettling squelching noise to ricochet through my ears, and…

Weary-eyed, desiccated, seen-it-all cynicism is something of an occupational hazard for a hackneyed hardware reviewer such as I. But just occasionally something lands on your desk that’s genuinely surprising. And the Abxylute 3D One, a new glasses-free 3D handheld gaming PC, is just such a device. But maybe for all the wrong reasons. We’ll have…

Yesterday, the UK Parliament conducted a small debate on an e-petition that had been raised by concerned constituents about consumer law and videogames. In layman’s terms, it was all about how frustrating it is when players don’t have ownership over their games and get left hung out to dry by big studios, unceremoniously ending support…

When the original Doom launched over 30 years ago, you needed a pretty beefy PC to run it well. Fast forward three decades, and Id Software’s classic can be powered by a TI-84 calculator (with 100 lbs of potatoes), a USB charging station, and even an Apple Lightning dongle. Beating them all for sheer out-of-this-world…

The $55 billion buyout of EA—the largest leveraged buyout in private equity history—has plunged the future of the corporation into uncertainty. It’s gotta find some way to deal with the $20 billion of debt its buyers have lumbered it with, and some fear that its new owners—featuring Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment fund and Jared Kushner’s…

Fighting Arc machines and, yes, other players in Arc Raiders is an absolute blast. So why am I fiddling around with random crap in my inventory so much, like toasters, scanners, and cat beds? On top of these oddities, I also need to store actual gear, like guns, shields, and ammo (I’m saving my best…

You know, sometimes I feel like I’ve seen and heard it all in my three decades of living. Then a developer comes crashing in with an apology over a piece of official art where a small group of gamers have convinced themselves that it’s some kind of radical feminist propaganda. That’s what’s happened in the…

Arc Raiders might be the most welcoming extraction shooter I’ve played, but it’s still far from easy. With terrifying Arc robots and potentially even other players gunning for you, you’ve got to have the tools to defend yourself. That’s why you want one of the best weapons. By nature of it being an extraction shooter,…

Dwarf Fortress’ Siege Update has finally arrived, representing the first major evolution of Bay 12 Games’ inimitable management sim since its triumphant arrival on Steam. Up until February this year, the focus of brothers Tarn and Zach Adams was on catching up with the ASCII version features-wise, culminating with the launch of Adventure Mode. Now…

Vampire Survivors has had no shortage of imitators over the last three years, but in 2026 it’ll finally be getting its first official spin-off—and I don’t think it’s what anyone expected. Warhammer Survivors is… well, it’s Vampire Survivors but with Warhammer. But it’s not just copying the formula—it’s actually built on the same engine. “Endorsed…