PC Gaming
Soundtrack Sunday Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack from one of their favourite games—or a broader look at videogame music as a whole—offering their thoughts or asking for yours! I honestly don’t know how much further Final Fantasy 14 can go from here,…
For many, cosplay is one of the only opportunities someone gets to really express themselves. Not only is it a creative outlet to do so, but it can also be incredibly beneficial to the health and wellbeing of the creator, which is a sentiment I’ve heard a number of content creators express over the years….
For many, cosplay is one of the only opportunities someone gets to really express themselves. Not only is it a creative outlet to do so, but it can also be incredibly beneficial to the health and wellbeing of the creator, which is a sentiment I’ve heard a number of content creators express over the years….
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid Assassin’s Creed up to this point and are looking to dive in, (or, as is more likely the case, you’re looking to fill a gap in the vast library of historical murder simulators Ubisoft has created since 2007) now might be the time to do so. Ubisoft is running…
Valve has removed a popular Halo 3 mod for Counter-Strike 2 from Steam, after its created was issued a DMCA takedown notice on behalf of Microsoft. Project Misriah: Halo Ports was a collection of Counter-Strike 2 maps that recreated Halo 3’s multiplayer in Valve’s shooter sequel. Far more than just a map-pack, it aimed to…
What a strange history Phoenix Point has. At the height of X-COM mania, when Firaxis was riding high on its subversive sequel to its 2012 reboot, the series’ original creator Julian Gollop revealed his own spiritual successor to his massively influential game. Phoenix Point aimed to reimplement much of the granularity that Firaxis’ slicker overhauls…
What a strange history Phoenix Point has. At the height of X-COM mania, when Firaxis was riding high on its subversive sequel to its 2012 reboot, the series’ original creator Julian Gollop revealed his own spiritual successor to his massively influential game. Phoenix Point aimed to reimplement much of the granularity that Firaxis’ slicker overhauls…
It no longer matters whether you believe RPGs should have more romance in them or less; the tender bonds between gamer and NPC have broken their containment in worlds virtual. At a recent event held by Sega celebrating the Like a Dragon series’ 20th anniversary, a woman who goes by lala_nyan0617 on X donned a…
It feels like generative AI is everywhere in game development—a Google survey estimated 87% of game developers are using it in some capacity—but generative AI is really everywhere in Codex Mortis, a Vampire Survivors-esque game the developer has called “the world’s first fully playable game created 100% through AI” in a press release. Reminds me…
As reported by Windows Central, Arcanaut Studios co-founder Casey Hudson has taken to Twitter to say that Fate of the Old Republic will release within the next five years. This is almost assuredly a direct response to an assessment from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier that a 2030 launch window for FotOR is “optimistic.” “Last night’s…