Original story: It’s the day before Christmas and all through the house, nobody is using Steam, not even a mouse—because, you guessed it, Steam is down. It’s unclear what’s going on, but at a little before 2 pm ET on a Wednesday, we’re guessing this not routine maintenance. Steam appears to be completely gone: The…
Most modern RPGs still can’t match what The Witcher 3 did 10 years ago. It’s a huge game with almost no filler, cool monsters to fight, and sidequests that don’t feel like sidequests. It’s a tremendous achievement that a lot of us at PC Gamer remember fondly and will be reminiscing about this week for…
Did you know that there are just 15 days until the end of Windows 10 support? That gives you just over two weeks to make the move to the accursed Windows 11, whether that be simply pressing a button in settings or going to the horrid lengths of upgrading your PC so Windows 11 will…
In a PlayStation State of Play video today, Phantom Blade Zero developer S-Game has finally shown off glimpses of a game world it’s largely kept secret up to this point, with eight individual maps that “seamlessly connect into a single world.” In my demos of the game over the last year and a half, S-Game…
Summary Launching today on XBOX. John’s game design and creation process. Sources of inspiration and teamwork during development. Fountains is a solo-developed Metroidvania inspired by Dark Souls and Hollow Knight, built over five years by creator John Pywell. With the game now launching on XBOX, we spoke with Pywell about its development, influences, and unexpected…
No more delays. If you’ve spent years of your life waiting for Metroid Prime 4, Silksong, or one of the many other highly anticipated games that spent substantial time on the horizon, just remember that it could always be worse — you could be an Inazuma Eleven fan. Developer Level-5’s RPG-tinged take on football (or…
I don’t blame you for loading up Moonlight Peaks and saying: “Wait, how are you supposed to date Samael?” The broody bartender is easily the most conventionally attractive guy in town. If you peeked at the datable candidates list for Moonlight Peaks, you’ll have seen Samael featured alongside all the other eligible townies. When you…
Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Future) Image 2 of 3 (Image credit: Future) Image 3 of 3 (Image credit: Future) Fun aesthetic additions to the insides of cases aren’t exactly a new concept but one thermaltake design from CES this year has caught my eye thanks to its being entirely curved. Some of the…
Today at the Triple-I Initiative, open world survival RPG Enshrouded revealed what’s coming in next month’s update, and it can be summed up in one foreboding phrase: “Rebirth of the Shroud.” That means deadly new monsters and mysterious new locations are lurking in those perilous shrouded regions of the world, along with plenty of new…
Square Enix plans to overhaul its approach to making games, as it seeks to improve individual game quality and increase its overall profit margins. As reported by Bloomberg Japan, the move was announced by Square Enix’s president Takashi Kiryu, at a financial results briefing for analysts held yesterday. Speaking at the conference call, Kiryu reportedly…