From 2000 to 2010, one of the most important studios in videogames was making the kind of games you’d see dismissed off-hand today. If PopCap released Bejeweled out of the blue right now every YouTube comment would say “looks like a shit mobile game,” but instead we live in the reality where PopCap dominated the…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks each day throughout the rest of the month. You can find them all here. Okay, I…
I don’t have any way to prove it, but I’d bet money (up to $11) that over at Marvel movie headquarters there’s a big whiteboard upon which a phrase has been written and circled and underlined for the past several years: How do we make Mr. Fantastic’s stretchy powers not look goofy af??? I genuinely…
Here’s a look. Donkey Kong Bananza has been out for a few weeks now, and unsurprisingly, players are still discovering all sorts of things about it. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Nvidia’s penchant for redesigning its GPUs to get around US export restrictions has seemingly been directly called out by the US Commerce Secretary, with a warning that when such redesigns are created “I’m going to control it the very next day.” Since 2022, US chip sanctions have continued to make life somewhat difficult for manufacturers…
This Switch 2 game patch is now live. We’re now well into the first month of the Switch 2 and Nintendo has today released a new software update for the system-exclusive Mario Kart World. On face value, this patch includes multiple fixes tied to “issues” with items, game crashes, online play problems and more. Here’s…
Lord of the charts. We’re back with another look at the latest Japanese charts from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and once again, the ranking is overpowered by a new RPG. Yes, after enjoying a week in the spotlight last time, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has made way for Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord which tops this week’s chart…
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Today’s Xbox Games Showcase saw the reveal of Super Meat Boy 3D, a new entry in the series that transplants our protein-packed hero into the third dimension. The original Meat Boy was always notable for its art style as much as the brutal challenge, and that’s clearly been the challenge here: I like what they’ve…
Say hello to the Songa Mega Drive 3. We still see hilariously bad clone systems these days, but back in the ’90s, the sheer volume of ropey imitations that flowed from the Far East was a sight to behold. There were countless Famicom / NES replications with often amusing names, all due to the fact…