Slay the Spire 2 was an immediate success, delivering a top-selling launch day performance. But as more data emerges, it’s become increasingly clear that Slay the Spire 2’s launch is a historic record-setter. According to Newzoo, PC Gamer’s official data partner, StS 2 is the best-performing deckbuilder of all time—and it’s leading by a massive…
Just over a month after Sony confirmed the closure of its renowned remaster studio Bluepoint Games, it’s now pulled the plug on Dark Outlaw Games, founded by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell and announced to the world just a year ago. Word of the closure first appeared on Resetera, which said Dark Outlaw was…
Someone check on the Skyrim Nexus Mods, users because one of the most popular mods has reappeared with a new update after nine years. SkyUI was last updated in 2017 for the release of Skyrim Special Edition, and then it went dormant. Years went by and it remained the best choice for making the game’s…
The apple of my Sableye. We’re almost at the end of the first in-game event in Pokémon Pokopia. Hoppip is getting ready to close up shop and, hopefully, make a home in your town — wherever that may be. But don’t worry, more events are on the way, and if you’re feeling a bit cheeky,…
Starbreeze has something new cooking on the Payday front and, well, it’s a VR game—Payday: Aces High, a co-op heist game like the others in the series, but “built specifically for virtual reality, bringing the planning, teamwork and signature chaos of a Payday heist to a fully immersive format.” Payday: Aces High does look very…
Mark Zuckerberg, the visionary who burnt tens of billions of dollars on a failed metaverse and is furnishing millions of the world’s sex pests with surveillance goggles, is working on removing the biggest hurdle standing between himself and the pursuit of even more of his excellent plans: Having to interact with his fellow man. Per…
“Hark Elm! We’ve been missing you back at the party, it’s such a shame you got laid off,” reads a scroll on my desk in the opening minutes of Dungeon Bodega Simulator. “I heard you opened a shop! What a quaint way to bounce back, I’ll try and stop by next time we adventure in…
“Fixed cameras. Dark atmosphere. A love letter to the classics”. PixelHeart and JoshProd producer Philippe Nguyen has teased a new 3D survival horror game for the Sega Dreamcast. Development has only just begun so there’s nothing to show off as yet, but Nguyen promises “fixed cameras” and a “dark atmosphere,” explaining that the game will…
Put an Ursaring on it. Pokémon is in all corners of our lives. You can wake up to Pokémon Sleep, brush your teeth to Pokémon Smile, throw on your Pokémon apparel and head out on a walk with Pokémon GO. Now, you can make those days extra romantic by saying “I Choose You” to your…
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra said this week that “AI, in one form or another, will be in every single video game,” so there’s no point in a developer apologizing for using it. “I don’t get why devs feel the need to bend over for the few folks who can’t accept the reality that AI…