PC Gaming
Cyberpunk 2077 launched on December 10, 2020, which means that the fifth anniversary is just over a week away. Despite that age, and the fact that it’s a singleplayer RPG with no live service grind, its peak concurrent player count today on Steam—and only Steam—was nearly 44,000. That’s genuinely astounding, especially when you consider that…
You know it’s going to be a bad day when the automated company machine spits my ID badge straight into a forgotten gap under the printer and I have to not just crouch, but really get down amongst the dust and dirt to pick it up. Need to know What is it? Imagine Alien: Isolation…
A week after the indie horror game Horses was banned from Steam, and just one day before it was set to launch elsewhere, Epic Games has decided that it too will not allow the game to be sold on its storefront. Publisher Santa Ragione said in a blog update that Epic informed it of the…
It’s not enough to grab a pickaxe and start chipping away at precious minerals in The Forge. You’ll need to hone your skills even earlier and start with lucky stat rolls in the character creator to turn your Roblox avatar into a mining machine. And if you aren’t blessed by RNG, don’t worry, there’s always…
The artist whose work was stolen to develop the look of Marathon, Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter, says it’s all water under the bridge. “The Marathon art issue has been resolved with Bungie and Sony Interactive Entertainment to my satisfaction,” wrote artist Antireal on X today. The update comes nearly seven months after Antireal posted on…
Shovel Knight was a major indie hit, with more than three million copies sold, an “overwhelmingly positive” rating on Steam, and a brand so recognizable it’s spawned spinoffs and crossovers with games ranging from Bloodstained to For Honor. But in the 10 years since Shovel Knight first appeared, developer Yacht Club Games has struggled to…
The venerable Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is perhaps the most comprehensive attempt humans have ever made to nail down the wonderfully wriggly English language and, over 140 years after the first volume was published, is still battling against the tides. In recent times, one of the tricks publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has used to…
Marksman rifles have always been a popular choice in Call of Duty, and Black Ops 7 has some really fun ones. The Warden 308 may not be as strong as the DMRs that gave Warzone players nightmares over the years, but it’s still super satisfying to use. It’s equipped with a revolving cylinder that gives…
IO Interactive recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its flagship series Hitman, which has certainly been on a journey. Agent 47’s beautiful, barcoded bald head has become one of the industry’s icons, with the series’ growth into its own identity truly impressive: from the early days where it was a more traditional 3D action game…
I loved 2019’s Outward. The fantasy RPG from Nine Dots Studio embraced survival in a way few RPGs do, making everything from casting a basic spell to packing for a trip between cities a methodical and thoughtful process. Even its permalife system, which sounds forgiving—you don’t die if you lose a fight, you lose consciousness…