Given the current price of PC parts, I’ve got a feeling these percentages will change as we keep hold of components for longer, but as things currently stand, nearly half of PC Gamer readers are rather measured when it comes to how often they upgrade their gaming rigs. We recently asked you: How long do…
We human beings are a miraculous accident; Forces of improbability, on an unimaginable scale, created the correct conditions for our life on planet Earth. We’ve survived ice ages, plagues, and the threat of nuclear annihilation to get here. All we’ve got is each other. I tell you this because I need you to understand: Our…
PC Gamer’s Best Ongoing Game award celebrates an older game that stood out in 2022 through updates, new content or support. This year, we’re honouring Fatshark’s co-op FPS Darktide, which overcame last year’s rough launch through continued updates. This year, it became the game it always promised to be. For more awards, check out our…
Embark Studios is clamping down on aim assist in The Finals in a new patch. It’s a rare move for an FPS to make in our crossplay climate, but Embark says the changes were informed by “an in-depth review of how aim assist works—something we’ve only been able to validate with a player base as…
It’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) season, which means it’s time for industry luminaries from across the globe to descend on San Francisco to talk about, you know, advancements in SpeedTree and what-have-you. It’s also time for a shadowy camarilla of “leading game creators from all parts of the industry” to hand out the Game Developers…
Watch the Delibirdie. The urge to replay Pokémon Snap is present on any given day, but having seen Polaroid’s latest collaboration, we’ve never been more itching to grab an N64 pad and boot up NSO. That’s right, Polaroid is teaming up with The Pokémon Company on a new range of cameras and accessories, and they…
Have I ever complained about boss fights before? Spoiler alert: Yes I have, multiple times, in these very pages. Is that going to keep me from doing it again? Not a chance, pal. Because listen, it bears repeating: Boss fights are bullshit—tedious holdovers from the arcade era designed to separate stupid kids (like me) from…
Arriving Q3 2025. Ratalaika Games has revealed on social media that it will be releasing a new English-localized version of the Super Famicom action platformer Psycho Dream across PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox & Steam. The Telenet Japan subsidiary Riot originally released Psycho Dream in Japan in 1992, with the game featuring a soundtrack from the…
My favorite co-op game of the past decade is Sea of Thieves: I love sailing a galleon into dangerous territory with friends, engaging in ship-to-ship and person-to-person (or skeleton) combat, then scampering off with loot. A game like Sea of Thieves, but in space? I’ll definitely give it a try. Jump Ship is a mission-based…
“Toby Gard really didn’t want to alter Lara”. It’s not unusual for video games to be altered to appeal to audiences in other territories – look at how Kirby’s expression was tweaked for some of his North American adventures, for example. The process can work in the opposite direction, too – for example, the PS1/Saturn…