The Division Q&A: Discovering Ubisoft’s Infected NYC

The Division Q&A: Discovering Ubisoft’s Infected NYC

Tom Clancy’s The Division launches on PS4 on March 8th, 2016… that’s tomorrow! Set in a representation of New York ravaged by a biological attack, Ubisoft Massive’s third-person, cover-based shooter features a heavy emphasis on player progression, loot collection, and social interaction. Having played the recent open beta of The Division, we had lots of…

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Skyrim lead praises Todd Howard for trying ‘desperately’ not to micromanage and be a ‘bottleneck’, even though he still ‘does what he calls seagulling where he swoops in and changes things’

In a new interview with PressBoxPR, Bethesda veteran and Skyrim’s lead designer Bruce Nesmith has gone over his time at the studio, addressing topics like why it wouldn’t make sense to switch to Unreal Engine. One of the questions he’s asked is about studio head Todd Howard, and how the public perception of him differs…

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Parries and timed blocks are the future of action games—and they’ve got a place in turn-based RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, too

This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 407 in February 2025, as part of our ‘Why I Love’ series. Every month we ask our writers something they love about videogames, and, more importantly, why. I finished Nine Sols just before 2024 ended—and I’m glad I did, because it’s one of my favourite games…

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This new Japanese consortium wants to develop a novel method for making the next generation of interposer layers for multi-chiplet mega-processors

Once the hotbed of chip development and manufacturing, Japan has been surpassed by the likes of Taiwan, South Korea, and the US. In a move to bring it back to the forefront of semiconductors, a new consortium has been launched, comprising 27 different firms, that will focus entirely on developing a key component in the…

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PlayerUnknown’s survival game becomes free-to-own and offers Steam refunds ‘without restrictions on playtime or how long ago you bought the game’

Normally a game leaving early access would be cause for celebration, but I daresay that’s not the case for Prologue: Go Wayback! It left early access on Steam today, but it’s also doing so in an unfinished state with no plans for further development. The open world survival game from PlayerUnknown Productions launched into early…

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