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Need to know What is it?: A first person, globetrotting adventure starring everyone’s favorite archeologist. Release date: December 8, 2024 (Dec 5 advanced access) Expect to pay: $70/£60 Developer: MachineGames Publisher: Microsoft Reviewed on: Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, Intel Core i5 12600K, 32GB RAM Steam Deck: All signs point to “no” Link: Official site I wasn’t…
“A scenic tram ride, for cats.” That’s the powerful sell for Short Trip delivered in its trailer, after which anything I say would be redundant. But I’m going to say it anyway. Short Trip is a hand-drawn game, all graphite pencil art on rough paper, about driving a tram up and down the hills of…
Every new Diablo feels more like a multiplayer game than the last, with co-op as the intended experience and solo play as a vestigial limb. There’s a reason the last two Diablo games have been always-online. Yet there are still a significant number of players who enjoy them as entirely singleplayer experiences, and some of…
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone knows his fans are eager for his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, and that some of them are disappointed in the apparent lack of progress and news on that front. He’s sorry about that, but in a new update says he’s been obligated to keep his focus on Stardew Valley—and while…
There’s a (not quite) new Humble Bundle that I really think you should know about, and I’ll cut straight to telling you why: It’s got Prey, System Shock, the 2016 Doom reboot, the full Crysis Remastered Trilogy, and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, all for just $19. The Humble Sci-Fi Shooters Bundle is basically a…
The council has spoken, and the votes have been finalized. This year’s nominees for the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted included over 100 PC games our group of experts narrowed down into a definitive list, ending this year with a Top 25 Most Wanted for 2025. We laughed, we cried, and through blood, sweat, and…
Okay, be honest; you’ve probably not finished too many full campaigns in the Civilization series. It’s okay, neither have I—there’s always some reason to tap out and start fresh. We’re not alone, and Firaxis has the numbers to prove it. Answering an assortment of interview questions from our sagely Council for The PC Gaming Show:…
In October, as Capcom completed its months-long PR world tour with a Monster Hunter Wilds appearance at New York Comic Con, I managed to steal enough time to speak with Kaname Fujioka, the executive director and art director of Wilds. A section of our interview aired today during our PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, where…
Spine’s new trailer, shown at today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, is a flurry of over-the-top street fights with bullets and black belts in equal measure. While the game’s twitchy character action brawling is reminiscent of hand-throwing brawling games like Sifu, Spine has one immediately obvious innovation: Guns! The dystopian cyberpunk future might be a…
We’re not even done with 2024 yet, and already I’ve got a most-wanted horror pick for next year: Total Chaos, now officially unveiled, be-trailered and scheduled for a Summer 2025 release after being teased for the past couple years. As revealed at today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, it’s a grim n’ grimy psychological horror…