Great moments in PC gaming: Getting freaked out by one of the creepy close-ups in The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Great moments in PC gaming: Getting freaked out by one of the creepy close-ups in The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow

Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (Image credit: Wadjet Eye) Developer: Cloak and DaggerYear: 20122 The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow isn’t the scariest horror game I’ve ever played, but it might be the most disarming. The most powerful tool in its…

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FromSoftware sleuth unearths earliest footage of Demon’s Souls to date: A prototype with a first person camera mode

Seasoned FromSoftware investigator Lance McDonald has shared a recently uncovered early internal showcase of Demon’s Souls, FromSoft’s crucial pivot point between King’s Field and Dark Souls, and the progenitor of its own subgenre. The demonstration consists of a PowerPoint presentation deck and early gameplay trailer. It was shown at “Gameshare 4,” an internal Sony event…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 8/15/2017

The veteran developers at Housemarque are no strangers to arcade action. Following in the footsteps of Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation, Resogun, and Nex Machina, Matterfall takes the stage as the next explosive twin-stick shooter to arrive on PlayStation. Fusing classic 2D platforming with dizzying bullet hell mechanics, Matterfall will push players to the limit….

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A wildly popular beta has skyrocketed The Finals into the top-wishlisted game on Steam, priming it to be the FPS to watch in 2024

The hottest game on Steam right now is an FPS that’s not technically out yet. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying out The Finals, a highly-destructible competitive shooter from ex-Battlefield devs currently in open beta. The beta is so popular, in fact, that The Finals has claimed the top spot on Steam’s top wishlisted…

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One of our most anticipated survival horror stealth games shows off more of its monster juice power-up system, which looks like an unholy cross between Hitman and Mario Odyssey

Gloomwood developer Dillon Rogers has released gameplay footage of upcoming tweaks to the game’s monster serum transformation system. What’s new is that we’ll be getting even more chances to use the monster juice, but I just hadn’t realized how far reaching the system as a whole really was. The video shows Gloomwood’s pragmatic protagonist, John…

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Flash Sale: Adventures Await With Up to 60% Off

Post apocalyptic adventures and monstrous beasts abound at PlayStation Store! Steal a first look at tomorrow’s Flash Sale – with savings up to 60 percent on games like Fallout 76, Darksiders III, and Monster Hunter World. Dark desolation not your thing? Head into the tranquil worlds of Tetris Effect with PS VR, or take to…

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Interview: “In Ten Years’ Time, Half the People in the Book May No Longer Be Alive” – Paul Drury on Why ‘The Arcade 1971-1999’ Is So Important

“I’m proud that we have got some of their tales down in print for posterity”. The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators is the latest coffee-table tome from Bitmap Books and is penned by veteran video game journalist Paul Drury. Boasting a foreword by Atari founder and industry legend Nolan…

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