PC Gaming

Sound the Reedus alarm—it seems all-but-certain that Death Stranding 2 is headed for PC in the surprisingly near future. As spotted by Gematsu—part-time videogame age-rating board and full-time surprise spoiler (I ain’t complaining), the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) recently surfaced a rating for a “Windows PC” version of Hideo Kojima’s latest postman simulator. It’s…

Activision’s camo-clad cash cow Call of Duty has ruled the shooter roost for almost 20 years in the US, consistently topping the charts for games involving guns since 2006. But according to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, that might just change in 2025. Sharing some insights on Bluesky, (via GameSpot) Piscatella pointed out “the last…

Trials in Arc Raiders is effectively a ranking system where you compete against other players for high scores on five challenges each week. When you complete a task for this week’s challenges, you’ll earn points towards that objective and earn a place on the leaderboard. The competition can get intense, to say the least. But…

Intel’s long awaited Panther Lake CPU has made an appearance in the Geekbench results browser (via Videocardz). And the early numbers look, well, kind of okay. According to the Geekbench entry, we’re talking 2,849 single-core points and 15,434 multi-core points. Arguably, it’s the single-core result that’s most interesting as it theoretically allows for a direct…

The games industry’s biggest fire sale continues, as Embracer Group has sold Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studio and publisher Arc Games, which also handled publishing duties for games like Remnant 2, Torchlight, and the recently released old-school MMO Fellowship. The buyer is Project Golden Arc, which is owned and led by members of Arc…

When Battlefield 6 launched a month and a half ago, one of its most anticipated features basically didn’t work. The Portal server browser was a dumpster fire at first, hosting dozens upon dozens of lazy XP farms that clogged up EA’s servers so bad you couldn’t even start your own friend lobby. Then, DICE nerfed…

Earlier today we read about how Charlie Cox, the voice of Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, said the real credit for his Game Awards nomination in the Best Performance category should go to motion capture actor Maxence Cazorla. “Any nomination or any credit I get, I really have to give to him,” Cox said…

Electronic Arts announced last week that a free trial for Battlefield 6, “the best selling shooter of 2025” (a bold claim given that it’s still ongoing), would get underway on November 25. Well, today is November 25, and yeah, you can probably see where I’m going with this. The Battlefield 6 free trial is live!…

Stripped every last bit of meat from Elden Ring’s bones? Finding even Shadow Of The Erdtree a bit familiar these days? Nightreign not quite hitting the same high notes? After sinking dozens of hours into long-running, ever-expanding overhaul mod Elden Ring Reforged I’ve been reminded just how much I loved FromSoftware’s sprawling, hostile open world….

With the rapid-fire pacing of Black Ops 7, fully-automatic weapons have been hogging the spotlight. It’s time to accept the truth: You’ve all been sleeping on the X9 Maverick, and the best X9 Maverick loadout in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will help you dominate lobbies from a safe distance. This three-round burst assault…