PC Gaming
It’s been seven years since Avalanche Studios last released a Just Cause game. The series that put the Swedish studio on the map has been missing in action since 2018, and if the words of its creator are anything to go by, we won’t be seeing another one any time soon, if ever. In a…
I spent most of my weekend playing Arc Raiders, navigating the weird social relationships that come with trying to convince someone not to kill you, running away from that goddamn Leaper, and finding my arch-nemesis in the form of a random ladder in Dam Battlegrounds. If you’ve spent any time in Embark Studio’s latest extraction…
I’ll be honest, I’ve never really understood the ‘RPG to action game’ pipeline that many popular series—and studios—have gone through. Consider Dragon Age; born as a CRPG, forced to live through little chips and nicks that turned it into a third-person action game with RPG elements. I mean, I get it on paper. Action games…
Completing the Marked for Death mission in Arc Raiders is relatively simple in comparison to multi-region quests like What We Left Behind and Eyes in the Sky, but it does have a couple of confusing steps that might catch you out. In this mission, you’re tasked by Tian Wen with investigating whether one of her…
The future of EA has looked, well, uncertain since it got picked up in the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history. For one thing, it’s now on the hook for $20 billion in debt. For another, the buyout came from a group of investors that included Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Affinity Partners—founded…
Arc Raiders has a boatload of materials for you to loot topside, and while most of them say what they’re used for, Rusted Tools certainly do not. They’re considered a rare recyclable material, and that’s likely what you’ve done if you’ve found some already, and now you’re frantically searching for more upon the grave realisation…
If you’ve been wanting a mini PC refresh with the latest Nvidia Blackwell tech, Asus’ popular NUC line is back again, except not really, or only kind of, because although the latest mini PC looks a heck of a lot like a NUC, it’s dropped the NUC name, likely given that it’s rocking AMD silicon….
Solo developer Zeekerss may be best known for Lethal Company, arguably the most influential game of the last few years. But it’s actually the latest in a long line of spooky experiences from the game design wunderkind. Previous projects include the lo-fi paranoia generator It Steals, the survival horror throwback Dead Seater, and the physics-heavy…
I’m far from the biggest Microsoft fan, but Windows 11 Insiders have been enjoying an early look at some features that I’m decidedly envious of—and I’m definitely not talking about the introduction of Ask Copilot in the taskbar. No, I personally don’t care much for any of that AI nonsense. In Preview Build 26220.7051, the…
Scrappy is one demanding rooster in Arc Raiders, and nowhere is that more evident than his level four upgrade, where he tasks you with tracking down six prickly pears, six olives, and a cat bed. That’s quite an ask, though you’ll be pleased to know that you’ve likely stumbled across the best olive location already….