Once you’ve lost a few thousand hours to a MOBA, it’s easy to forget how hard it was to learn. A game like League of Legends has well over a hundred playable characters, all sorts of items and jungle monsters, and even the basics can be fussy. One of the most crucial is the zen…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. One…
It’s been established that Doom can run on produce, but porting wizardry doesn’t start and end with blasting cacodemons on increasingly ludicrous hardware setups. It’s sometimes the simple things that stick out most, like this web browser port of Half-Life 2. Not as silly as potatoes, but impressive all the same. It’s got some kinks—my…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday feature where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
Grinding Gear Games is on a roll. Despite announcing that the most recent expansion to Path of Exile 2 would be its last update before it leaves early access later this year, the patches keep coming. Earlier this week, the developer surprised everyone with a whole new box of toys to play with: an entire…
After a bunch of decidedly low-poly character models started leaking from League of Legends’s public test servers, Riot decided to pull the ripcord: League of Legends Classic is real, though when exactly it will harken back to is yet to be seen. The reveal came in the form of a cheeky skit called “200 Years…
“They were all about taking risks… They wanted to shake things up.”. A version of this article was first published on Friday, March 31st, 2023, but since Josie & the Pussycats turned 25 earlier this year, I’ve decided to re-edit this piece and update it for some of our newer readers who may have missed…
Nintendo’s friend machine. The N64 is 30 years old! This week, we’re running a series of articles celebrating the 64-bit machine, its industry-shaping software, and its effect on a generation of gamers. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Do you know your airbursts from your airstrikes? Your stalwarts from your heavy machine guns? Have you spent hours perfecting your high score in Stratagem Hero just so you can boast to your fellow Divers? More quizzes! (Image credit: Future) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer…
In one of the rarest phrases ever uttered, it’s a pretty good time to be a Thief fan right now. Earlier this month, Thief: The Dark Project Remastered was announced at The PC Gaming Show, with the remaster maestros at Nightdive Studios lending their skills to Looking Glass’ revolutionary stealth game. Last month also brought…