PC Gaming
Palworld went into full release in July after more than two years of early access, and it’s going pretty well: A massive surge in concurrent players on Steam is slowly settling back down to Earth, but more than a month after that 1.0 launch it’s still putting up numbers that haven’t been seen since the…
It looks like another bad day for Roblox: The US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has launched an investigation into child safety on the platform, saying the company “appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children.” A letter (via Kotaku) sent to Roblox CEO David…
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, a WB Games-published 2011 action RPG about a different fellowship that went the other way, recently reappeared on Steam in a polished-up Legacy Edition package. While the modernizations are getting a favorable reception—it’s currently enjoying a Very Positive rating on Steam—its original launch 15 didn’t earn…
We first started tracking the prices of individual graphics cards on August 14, 2025, and since then we’ve checked on an almost weekly cadence (we’ve got to have holidays, y’know). And it’s not been a pretty year. In the interests of full disclosure, the methodology behind this data capture has been to have one editor…
In most farm sims, talking to my neighbors is just another chore. Water the strawberries, pet the cows, chat with the rancher next door, who says “Nothing like a cold glass of milk to start my day!” which is the same thing she said two days ago and will say again two days from now….
Embark has finally released some solid information on Arc Raiders’ next major update, Frozen Trails. We’ve got details on all the big and small features players can expect to see, including a snowy map, new arcs, new weapons, and more ways in which Embark wishes to improve “the core Arc Raiders experience”. The biggest feature…
“To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the cult of Razer,” says the marketing gumph for the company’s first artisan keycap. I’ve read a lot of ambitious press releases in this job, but that’s definitely the strangest sentence I’ve parsed this year. That being said, I…
Linux gaming has been rumbling along in the background for some time. However, this seems to be the year it reaches a wider audience, as proper Linux support has become a much-requested feature for many platforms. Next up is the Epic Games Store/Launcher, it seems, as an Epic dev has responded to a user query…
The crowning achievement of a game is no longer player count or Metacritic score, it’s actually the number of collabs it can squeeze into its lifecycle—soon every game will collab with each other to make one giant game. I can see it coming. Although that may not be the case for Palworld, even with its…
Arc System Works can do just about anything, including convincing me to pick up a Marvel-themed 2D anime fighter. Not that I’ve got anything particularly against either of those things. But as someone who grew up firmly in the 3D fighting game scene (and continues to dwell there) and traditionally doesn’t care much for superheroes…