D&D's clunkily-named 2024 ruleset, a revamp of 5e, finally throws up its hands and goes fine, we'll call it 5.5e on D&D Beyond, you win

D&D’s clunkily-named 2024 ruleset, a revamp of 5e, finally throws up its hands and goes fine, we’ll call it 5.5e on D&D Beyond, you win

Dungeons & Dragons, judging by the D&D Beyond site (which is owned by Wizards), is going through a bit of a revamp with its 2024 ruleset—in that it’s finally giving in to semantic ease and normal naming convention and just calling itself 5.5th edition, or 5.5e. Well, on one specific website. The system, originally dubbed…

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WoW developers reflect on Midnight’s first season—a world without AddOns, task overload, and Prey

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. World…

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Death Stranding 2 developer says his wife had a rather strong reaction to its first big plot twist: ‘Kojima Productions are psychopaths’

Warning: Narrative spoilers below for the first act of Death Stranding 2. Death Stranding 2 is as bizarre as any of Hideo Kojima’s games. Maybe even weirder? It trades Metal Gear’s cloning and nanomachines for aging rainfall, interdimensional beaches, magical tar, and all sorts of other stuff you might kinda understand by the time you…

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Battlefield 6 may have removed its iconic ‘Doritos,’ but it’s not escaping a decade-old complaint: Spotting is once again too strong

Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: putting off playing Battlefield 2042 just to earn cool cosmetics in Battlefield 6. This week I’ve been: slogging my way through the Road to Battlefield event in Battlefield 2042, remembering why it’s my least favourite game in the series. What do you do when…

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