PC Gaming
A year ago, longtime Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto celebrated some major series milestones, including one very big number: 23 million. That’s how many copies of Monster Hunter: World Capcom had sold by early 2024 (including copies bundling in the game’s expansion, Iceborne). If you take a look on Capcom’s website, where it maintains a…
Monster Hunter contains multitudes. Not just multitudes of monsters, but multitudes of moods. What other game series would open with a child’s village being destroyed by a raging mythological beast, then an hour later devote five minutes to a cutscene of a roided-out chicken chasing a bunch of cats carrying a giant steak over their…
Yesterday, Marvel Rivals devs announced plans for an upcoming rank reset, and players wasted no time in explaining every reason why this would absolutely suck for everyone involved. “Ranks will be reset when the second half of Season 1 starts on February 21, 2025,” a Marvel Rivals blog post says. “Based on your standing at…
Amidst this February’s storm of big PC game releases, there’s one annual tradition I want to make sure doesn’t get overlooked: ZineQuest. If you’re not familiar, it’s a whole month of independent tabletop RPG creators crowdfunding quick ‘n’ dirty projects on Kickstarter—usually adventures or supplements, but also small self-contained games. There’s always a scrappy, DIY…
When I was a young journalist, I had the opportunity to interview Yuji Horii at Square Enix HQ in Tokyo. This would’ve been around 15 years ago, and my abiding memories are the great man chain-smoking throughout the session, and getting visibly irritated when the Square Enix translator was turning his long answers into short…
We’ve had no shortage of great 3D platformers these past few years, but I reckon that Ruffy and the Riverside might be one of this year’s best already—if its new demo on Steam is any indication. It certainly has me convinced that its core gimmick—the ability to copy and paste the textures and physical properties…
The Gamakay TK101 seems like one of those products that’s almost too good to be true. A $70/£58 keyboard that’s mechanical, supports both Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz wireless, RGB-backlit, gasket mounted and hot-swappable must come with some compromises, right? Otherwise, that’s some seriously aggressive pricing from Gamakay. Well, let’s take a look at what we’ve…
The clerks who work on the side of Mount Zugspitze enjoy free dental care. But it’s less a perk and more an apology, for what the job will do to your teeth. Clerking is, somewhat unexpectedly, an outdoor role—and up here, the air is thin. You’re best advised to save your breath, walking slowly and…
In 2013, a British IT specialist James Howells somehow conspired to throw a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoin into a municipal dump. Back then it was worth less than $1 million. Now that same bitcoin stash is worth about $750 million and Howells wants to buy the entire landfill site. Obviously, the idea is to…
The Like a Dragon (previously known as Yakuza) series has been a mainstay of Steam Decks and budget rigs thanks to solid compatibility and the Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii system requirements are no different. Shiver me timbers! Over on the Pirate Yakuza Steam page right now (via RPG Site), you can spot…