'Why didn't anyone think of this before?': Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making 'a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating' to him

‘Why didn’t anyone think of this before?’: Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making ‘a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating’ to him

Matt Firor has been in the MMO business since 2001, the days of Dark Age of Camelot, and ran The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios until 2025. Firor resigned in response to the cancellation of in-development MMO Blackbird and the mass layoffs that followed. Firor still plays The Elder Scrolls Online in secret,…

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Eleven great games to kick off 2025

We’re already at the end of 2024? They say time flies when you’re having fun, and boy, did we ever have a blast this year. We started with top-notch RPGs Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, dove headfirst into the multiplayer chaos of Helldivers II, enjoyed gorgeous combat in Stellar Blade,…

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Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it’s ‘Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts’

Pope Leo XIV—who’s become a remarkably familiar presence in the pages of PC Gamer of late—has once again taken to the pulpit to exhort us to be careful about this “AI” nonsense. In a message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications (which is actually on May 17), the Bishop of Rome implored humanity…

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The Valve rumor mill goes into overdrive as VR influencers travel to Seattle for what seems likely to be the imminent reveal of the Steam Frame

Valve sure seems to be on the verge of announcing a new piece of gaming hardware, but don’t get your hopes up for a Steam Deck 2. Based on the company’s recent trademark of the term “Steam Frame” and a number of influencer types making cryptic social media posts about traveling to Seattle this week,…

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Inzoi studio says running over children is ‘highly inappropriate’ after players discover they could launch kids into the next life by pasting them with their cars

Remember when there was kind of a mini-kerfuffle among Fallout fans because Bethesda wouldn’t let you kill children in its games? Because it’s okay to set off a nuclear device in the middle of a populated settlement but murking a lippy 14-year-old who’s probably just going to grow up to be a wasteland raider is…

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