PC Gaming
World of Warcraft calling curtains on combat-based UI mods (AddOns) has been a bit of a mixed bag—while I’m personally more than fine having a class I don’t need constant auditory pings and klaxons to play, there have been some missing functionalities and hiccups along the way. One element of this is, at least, somewhat…
During my exclusive hands-on with Onimusha: Way of the Sword at Capcom’s HQ in Osaka, I sat down with the game’s audio director, Shunichi Suwa, to talk about how the music, environmental and character audio, as well as weapon sound effects were designed. And, for a game that has a huge focus on duelling with…
Though I write a fair amount about AI agents, I do not use them. This is because agentic AI applications often introduce a more than medium-sized headache in terms of cybersecurity. For instance, one security research recently explained how a Word Doc could be leveraged to get Copilot to spread an AI worm. AI researcher…
Chinese memory manufacturer CXMT is the fourth-biggest memory maker in the world, and, chances are you’ve only heard of it recently. That’s because, just last week, its shares saw a 466% surge as it made its initial public offering, becoming one of China’s most valuable companies in the process. It seems like CXMT could be…
What counts as cyberpunk anyway? Easy, it’s whatever games are currently tagged as “cyberpunk” on Steam and therefore part of the Steam Cyberpunk Fest, a sale running until 10 am on August 10 with the baffling tagline: “They say never look back. Cyberpunk says ALWAYS be in the future. Think about it.” Whatever that means,…
August is another quiet month for new PC game releases in 2026, but use the lull to catch up on other games from this year (or month) before September. I don’t know if you’ve looked at the calendar for the next few months—it’s, uh, a lot. As Lincoln pointed out, the Summer Game Fest announcements…
Dark Heresy is currently in beta, and Owlcat is keeping everyone informed about the inquisitorial CRPG’s progress via a quarterly update. Said update collates news including the addition of daemonhosts to the enemies we’ll face (if you’ve gone up against them in Darktide you’ll know that’s a big deal), community-voted customization options making it into…
The Borderlands film was not good. I don’t know anyone who likes it, and I’ve never read anyone say something nice about it on the internet. Even its creator, Eli Roth, doesn’t seem to like it very much, and in a new interview with the director we can gain some insight into why it ended…
Let’s take a look at the scoreboard: A 1TB Steam Deck costs $1,000. A top-of-the-line gaming PC costs $7,000. A PS5 starts at $650, an over 50% increase from its launch six years ago. A modest hard drive goes for rent money. The RAMpocalypse continues unabated. The Steam Machine is a hard sell out of…
And now it’s official: Electronic Arts, one of the most storied publishers in videogame history, has been fully acquired by a consortium made up of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. EA said in a press release that the takeover “brings long-term capital, sector expertise, and strategic support”…