Spore is the greatest game that never was. Clear as day, I remember the wonder the pitch instilled in me as a young’un. It was to be a true simulation like The Sims, not just of daily life, but of the history of all life—life as everything from a unicellular amoeba to a spacefaring alien…
Switchy world. Switch 2 has been out for over a year now, and a good percentage of Nintendo Lifers have picked one up in the last 365 days. However, it’s also quite possible you haven’t jumped on Nintendo’s latest console just yet. With Switch 1’s colossal library, not to mention the great games on other…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. I…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Cave Story+ review – PC Gamer issue #236 (UK, February 2012) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and newly taken screenshots. By Chris Donlan (Image credit: Studio Pixel, Nicalis) Over on a Cave Story messageboard,…
This article contains spoilers for Mina the Hollower The fact that Mina the Hollower has a secret ending is not, in itself, remarkable. Yacht Club Games’ fathomless, Zelda-inspired action-adventure is exactly the kind of game that would have a secret ending, riven with mysteries and surprises and optional paths as it is. What makes it…
“Bongo shotto!”. Just in case you weren’t paying attention, the World Cup started this week. The globe’s biggest sporting event is the perfect excuse to play football-based video games, which is why I’ve dusted off my copy of what I consider to be one of the best representations of the sport ever seen – Konami’s…
Jacob Fox, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Latency testing a 320 Hz monitor, trying to climb up CS2 Premier ranks, and looking into information theory. If you’ve been on this planet as long as I have, you might remember the sentiment that your eyes can’t see above 60 fps. At least,…
I’m a big fan of management sims, and I think Frontier’s Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster series are some of the best modern examples you can play. Not the best—that award goes to last year’s brilliant Two Point Museum, though there’s a good chance the recently announced Planet Zoo 2 could steal the crown back…
SuperStation One! Crazy Taxi! Castlevania! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com SuperStation One! Crazy Taxi! Castlevania! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature…
Before I explain to you why Scarlet Deer Inn is one of my most anticipated games of this year, I urge you to download the demo on Steam and play it for yourself. It’s hard to describe why I’m so excited by it without spoiling the very specific moment I realised it had serious juice,…