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Balatro dev swings at PEGI for rating it 18+ because of its ‘evil playing cards’, jokes that he should ‘add microtransactions’ like EA Sports FC 25 to ‘lower that rating to a 3+’

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…

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Netflix’s long-awaited Gears of War movie might actually have a director, and it’s the guy who helmed Bullet Train and codirected John Wick

Remember that Gears of War movie Netflix was working on? Nobody would blame you if you didn’t. The streaming service and purveyor of aggressively mediocre action flicks nabbed the film rights for Microsoft’s cover-shooter series way back in November 2022. The plan was to lead with a feature film and then segue into an animated…

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Heroic madlad is working multiplayer into Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the brass ring of the whole thing is functional 2-player Farkle

Online multiplayer wasn’t invented in real life until the Peace of Westphalia, but why should that stop determined modders? Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2—2025’s Game of the Year, don’cha know—is looking a whole lot more populous than usual, thanks to some madlad mod-makers who have combined forces to bring a multiplayer mode to 15th-century Bohemia (spotted…

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Pokemon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Expansion now available

The Pokémon Company International today released Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze, the latest expansion of the popular Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), at participating retailers across the globe. Trainers now have the opportunity to add fan-favorite Pokémon Charizard and the powerful Legendary Pokémon Eternatus to their decks with Charizard VMAX and Eternatus VMAX. Source: The Pokemon…

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Radiant Silvergun is finally on Steam, and I’m thrilled that its PC port does justice to one of the best shumps of all time

Treasure’s legendary shmup Radiant Silvergun is no ordinary arcade shooting experience, oh no. If you’ve never played Radiant Silvergun, then you’ve never played a shmup like Radiant Silvergun, either. This is a shmup with fully voiced cutscenes, an RPG-like experience system in place of traditional power-ups, a rich orchestral soundtrack composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto of…

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