PC Gaming
The Steam Deck was once a budget champion, but no longer. Ever since the price hikes earlier this year, Valve’s handheld has become difficult to argue for as a value proposition—and according to recent sales estimates by Boiling Steam, it appears that consumers may agree. The site has attempted to estimate the number of Steam…
The biggest thing to happen in Arc Raiders recently (if you don’t count the Expedition near miss) was Embark’s decision to rework the matchmaking to be more attuned to players’ actions in solo, duo, and trio queues. The only problem with having better matchmaking is having to wait a bit longer in queue for the…
It’s dangerous to get too excited about a new RTS. Just look at what happened to Stormgate. So I’ve been cautious with ZeroSpace. It’s an RTS built in the classic mould—think StarCraft 2—featuring proper basebuilding and potent hero units. So far, pretty familiar. But there’s more. ZeroSpace also boasts an RPG campaign with dialogue trees…
Most players eventually lose the drive to keep grinding a new league, or season, in Path of Exile 2 and simply log off until the next one. Others gather up all their in-game money and spend it on something ridiculous, like an army of 2,000 skeletons. PoE 2 streamer Empyriangaming decided it was time to…
Just two months after he was appointed the new vice president of engineering at Xbox and technical advisor to CEO Asha Sharma, Jared Palmer is now the former vice president of engineering at Xbox and technical advisor to CEO Asha Sharma. In an update to his LinkedIn profile, Palmer said he’s joined AI company Cognition…
Today, Bungie launched Marathon’s 1.1.5 update, featuring its awaited Vault Breaker experimental PvE mode which offers a two-week window for players to contend with the typically-endgame Cryo Archive map and its many hazards and puzzles without any twitchy, murderous squads of competing players hanging around. Shortly after the Vault Breaker update went live, SteamDB charts…
Two years after boasting about how hard it was going on videogames, Hasbro has recorded a “$56 million non-cash impairment” in its second-quarter financial report, arising from the cancellation of several games in development that were expected to release “in 2028 and beyond.” First things first: As PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens explained when Sony took…
The best games like Stardew Valley (Image credit: NPC Studio, composite by PC Gamer) Fields of Mistria Why: The level of heart and detail in the character dialogue is unmatched. Fields of Mistria ❤️ Romance: Yes⚔️ Combat: Yes🤝 Co-op: No After two years of early access and an imminent 1.0 launch, Fields of Mistria has…
About once a week I head on over Steam to peek at the most wishlisted games because I want to know: what are PC gamers looking forward to most? Are there any highly anticipated games on the brink of release? And is anything new blowing up This week I definitely spotted something new: Dear Passengers,…
Unity has demonstrated a Unity Engine game running inside of an Unreal Engine game, marking a step in the direction of Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney’s vision for an interconnected, interoperable gaming ecosystem. The demonstration took place at the Unite Seoul keynote, where Unity also announced the next version of its game engine this week….