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It’s hard enough to keep up with every big game coming out these days, and I imagine that remains true even if you’re mostly invested in licensed Star Wars games. There’s a shedload of them at this point, and two especially promising newbies are en route: podrace ’em up Galactic Racer, and tactics RPG Zero…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. World…
I don’t envy the people who have to come up with MMO expansion names—firstly, you need to make sure its acronym isn’t some kind of rude word (shoutout to FF14’s Endwalker making me call my favourite MMO “ew” for two years). But you also need to encapsulate that expansion’s shtick. More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian…
I used to think that the heart of a perfect Fortnite Battle Royale loot pool was two strong shotguns: a pump-action for raw one-shot power, and an automatic shotgun for drawn out fights. Pump shotguns bark the last word in expert hands, but spammy weapons are more forgiving if, like me, your aim is mush….
AI is coming to take my job, so I’d better start looking for a new one. Luckily, there are a ton of job simulators on Steam, and I’m going to play as many as I can until I find my next career. This week’s job: Gun Store Simulator, an early access sim about running a…
While still very much at the ‘early’ stage of early access, Menace is by all accounts an excellent take on turn-based tactics. Wannabe space mercenary Jonathan Bolding was effusive in his praise of its approach to the genre when he deployed into its sci-fi universe in March. “I can’t stress enough how much fun Menace’s…
We already have a modern version of Silent Hill 2 thanks to Bloober Team’s excellent 2024 remake. But I wouldn’t say no to a remastered version of the original game as well. Since Bloober Team’s overhaul makes significant changes to elements like mechanics, perspective, and how the story is told, there remains plenty of reason…
While I’ve always found Helldivers 2‘s mechs to be more style over substance, it is undeniably fun to call in a hulking exosuit and spend a few minutes going ham on the enemies of freedom. If you’re the kind of Helldivers player who likes to go all Armored Core on your foes, I have good…
Alice creator American McGee has been in something of a chatty mood lately. Just a couple days after relating a tale about how he drew inspiration from a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2 at id, he shared another story about Alice: Madness Returns, offering a fun glimpse into game dev financing,…
I think I broke Vampire Crawlers. And I don’t mean that in the tee-hee, I’m exaggerating just a little bit way. I know that Vampire Crawlers is all about making crazy builds with stacking stat buffs and strong synergies that can clear encounters in seconds, just like Vampire Survivors. But I think I’ve cracked the…