Did anyone else just have an off night in Marathon? Mine was a bloodbath: nonstop fights, third-party ambushes, and sneaky Assassin solos sending me back to the menu. While I’m happy to chalk that up to the random nature of competitive FPSes, matchmaking working itself out, and generally not being good at Marathon, I hadn’t…
Much like its design philosophy, Crimson Desert’s marketing strategy was, essentially, “yes to all of it.” Before release, its absurd density of seemingly mismatched features made for baffling yet fascinating trailer footage, particularly Kliff’s apparent capability of turning bears, wolves, dodo birds, dinosaurs, and dragons into domesticated mounts. Prospective players were understandably very excited about…
Every week, I search through all of the major online retailers for the best graphics card deals, hunting down the lowest prices for the latest Arc, GeForce, and Radeon GPUs. Although a handful of models are wildly over their MSRP, many are still within an acceptable margin above it. However, according to a breakdown of…
In a blink-and-you’d-miss-it announcement at Sony’s State of Play on Tuesday, a game about Norse mythology—not the new God of War—slipped in between the louder and longer trailers for third-person action games. That game was Ace Combat Zero. It is 20 years old, and later this year it will be only the third game in…
Welcoming us all soon. It’s the week of Switch 2’s launch and Nintendo is marking the occasion in the only way that seems fit… a new overview trailer for one of the console’s hottest topics: the £7.99 / $9.99 Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. The five-minute trailer was shared via the Nintendo Today! app in…
Top executives at the companies responsible for World of Tanks are facing pressure from the Russian government, which a RIA Novosti report (Google translated, via Eurogamer) says has accused Wargaming owner Viktor Kisly and Lesta Games owner Malik Khatazhaev of “extremist activities” related to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government has reportedly seized…
It’s hard to be new at something, and it’s much harder when 5 million sets of eyes are peering over your shoulder ready to judge your every move. Regardless, Konatsu Kato—the voice actor and motion capture performer who played Silent Hill f protagonist Hinako Shimizu—tried the game for the first time live on YouTube on…
Secret Level This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 392 in January 2024, as part of our Secret Level series. Every month we talk to the unsung heroes of games development, and explore what makes their roles vital. Although recently promoted to art director at Larian, Alena Dubrovina hadn’t originally planned a career…
Get ready for next-level zombie carnage: Arizona Sunshine 2 is coming to PlayStation VR2 on December 7. Vertigo Games is back with the next-gen sequel to the original VR zombie shooter, packed with adrenaline-fueled VR gameplay and an all-new roller coaster story campaign. The best part? You won’t only have your friendly canine companion Buddy…
Once you progress far enough in Monster Hunter Wilds, you’ll be let loose into the world to knock out back-to-back battles with Lala Barinas and Balaharas in seamless hunts served up by shifting monster spawns. Unfortunately, not even ace hunters can be in two places at once: Your friend might need your help with a…