I like strategy games, but they start to lose me as they grow increasingly complex to the point of near-impenetrability. That’s largely kept me away from grand strategy and 4X games, which tend to offer the richest sandboxes to the most committed players, occasionally at the cost of accessibility to newcomers. The only series in…
Windows 10 system requirements revealed Anticipation for Windows 10 is growing by the day. Adding to the excitement, Microsoft has begun sending out invitations to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to reserve their free upgrade for when the OS becomes available, which Microsoft confirmed to be July 29th. You may have already filled out…
If you live in Australia or New Zealand and missed out on buying the lovely limited edition Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch console, we’ve got some good news for you. Nintendo of Australia and New Zealand has announced that more stock is arriving in those territories soon – from 10th July, to be […]
Features ‘Spica Adventure’ & ‘Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III’. Taito and ININ Games’ retro collection Parasol Superstars will finally launch digitally on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch next week (April 14th). As you may recall, the collection, which contains Spica Adventure and Parasol Stars: The Story of…
Congrats, the first win of your Wordle week is right here and ready to go. Maybe that looks like a quick read of our general tips and strategies, designed to help in any and all circumstances. Or perhaps it’s something more targeted, like the July 7 (1479) hint waiting below. You could also reveal the…
Remember the glory days of CGI in movies? Terminator 2’s liquid metal T-1000, Jurassic Park’s stunning dinosaurs, Starship Trooper’s swarms of giant arachnids. Not only did the CGI look great then, most of the visual effects in those movies still hold up well today, even decades after they were created. Nowadays, movie fans seem much…
While I joke plenty about Balatro being a secret psychic prison that’s claimed the minds, heart, and souls of about half of PC Gamer’s staff, it’s only in jest. Balatro is, up and down, exceedingly solid value for money—a modestly-priced indie game without microtransactions or paid DLC and, despite its poker aesthetic, zero interest in…
Last month, the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress received the long-awaited addition of its absentee roguelike Adventure Mode after a lengthy beta period. The fan-favorite feature from the game’s ASCII era allows players to venture the vast, procedural wilderness as a lone, probably doomed wanderer. Today, Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games announced via a Steam…
“Please forgive the noughties production values”. Not so long ago, we delivered the unwelcome news that Retro Games Ltd’s THE A1200 would be delayed, but today we’re giving you something positive about the machine – a short hands-on demonstration. In the footage, a prototype of THE A1200 is shown playing Turrican and Defender of the…
The longest recorded prison sentence served was just shy of 71 years. Charles Foussard was incarcerated in 1903 after murdering a man and stealing his boots. At the age of 92, he died in prison. Over in Oblivion Remastered, meanwhile, player Scribe_Of_Satire served a sentence of 55,284 years, or 20,178,790 days. Spotted by our pals…