Mining for Mods: Grand Theft Auto IV

Mining for Mods: Grand Theft Auto IV

ICEnhancer is easy to install, and somewhat easy on the eyes While Rockstar Games is taking its time with the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V, PC gamers still have Grand Theft Auto IV to fall back on. Although the game is almost six years old, released back in 2008, modders have updated the…

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Abiotic Factor’s massive Dark Energy update, which adds teleporters, pocket dimensions and black hole grenades to the Half-Life inspired survival sim, is out now

Abiotic Factor’s Dark Energy update is so vast and comprehensive it opened a rift right into The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, where developer Deep Field Games revealed the new faction, new gizmos, and enormous new area coming to the Half-Life inspired survival game. Indeed, it was large enough that the studio delayed the update…

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Only 3% of Stop Killing Games’ EU initiative signees have failed verification so far—which is a great sign it’ll progress to the European Commission

Stop Killing Games‘ EU initiative had a second wind earlier this year, going from a bit of doom and gloom to 400,000 extra signatures past the requirement to get it in front of the European Commission, via a European Citizens’ Initiative. For context, Stop Killing Games is a movement designed to require game companies to…

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Nightreign’s distilled shot of Elden Ring juice makes it my ideal level of soulslike investment after 14 years of getting good

I’ve fallen off of soulslikes. Not because of a lack of appreciation: I’ll always treasure felling a FromSoft boss so I can snatch up their soul, read the item description and wonder what all those proper nouns might mean. It’s a problem of exhaustion. The cracks first started showing in Sekiro—watching Guardian Ape stand back…

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Westworld: Get Set for Season 2

Warning: spoilers for Westworld Season 1! Attention PlayStation Vue subscribers! Westworld, one of my favorite HBO series, returns on April 22. That’s this Sunday! Before the character-driven drama and twisting mysteries continue, we wanted to refresh you on the happenings of the extraordinary first season. In the Loop We begin with the story of Dolores…

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2026’s weirdest tech leak involves scuba diving, a Caribbean island, and Gearbox head honcho Randy Pitchford, and no, it’s not what you expect

Games and tech products can leak in all manner of strange ways. But the curious case of the Pixel Watch 5 is by far the weirdest I’ve heard about. The accidental unveiling of what appears to be Google’s next smartwatch involves scuba diving, Caribbean idylls, and Gearbox CEO/walking headline generator Randy Pitchford. For once, Pitchford…

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