PC Gaming
My first MMO character was… Ovidlords, Night-elf Druid Born: ~2006 Game: World of Warcraft After a friend bought me a video game bundle that included Diablo 2 and WoW, I jumped into Diablo and thought the Druid seemed like the coolest thing I’d ever seen. When I made the jump to paying a monthly sub…
(Image credit: Future) Some say I hold my mouse weird. I rest my middle finger on the scroll wheel, and I solely use it for the scroll wheel. I use my ring finger for the right mouse button. But I don’t think it’s weird. It’s elite. It’s finesse. It’s elegance. You wouldn’t get it.
Causality Chain is a series at PC Gamer exploring the unlikely links between history, culture, and videogames. Every time you cast a meteor spell in Diablo 2 or a cloud of daggers in Baldur’s Gate 3, you are taking part in a chain of history—a causality chain, if you will—that dates back to the 18th…
Behold, some wild Quake Champions patch notes Removed Battle Pass Removed Weekly / Event Challenges Removed the Store Removed Platinum and Shard Currencies Removed Loot Boxes Removed Daily Login Rewards Removed Champion Progression (the shard reward path) Most Vanity Content is now Available to All Users “Today’s update marks a new chapter for Quake Champions…
Many are justifiably annoyed about Steam’s new age verification requirements in Australia. Whereas most platforms and shopfronts offer several ways to verify one’s age, Valve offers only one, and it’s amusingly ill-suited to the Australian market. To prove that you’re over 18 years old and thus, legally allowed to purchase games like Metal Gear Solid…
If there’s one thing that Blizzard nailed with World of Warcraft: Forever, it’s the atmosphere. There’s nothing quite like walking under the moonlight in Tirisfal Glades listening to distant howls and flapping wings on the way to your next quest. But many players familiar with the era of WoW it’s based on felt like it…
Microsoft has given up on Halo Studios, the team it formed and recently renamed for the express purpose of making new Halo games. Another victim of the Xbox Reset, the studio has been slashed down to its bones as part of another (but not final) wave of layoffs, and what’s left of Halo Studios will…
My first MMO character was… Karokan, Half-elf Something Born: 1999 Game: EverQuest Karokan’s is a simple tale. When I was six years old, I saw my dad having a good time in a then-new release called EverQuest. Obviously, I wanted in on that, and badgered pops into helping me make a character. My dad played…
What happened On September 22, Studio Minus—the developer of ragdoll torture sandbox People Playground—posted a Steam news update saying it had disabled the game’s Steam Workshop support “due to yet another malicious mod,” which the developer said was “especially bad” The developer has since released a new build of People Playground that prevents mods from…