Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th March)

How to change clothes in Schedule 1

While your main goal in Schedule 1 is to build a thriving…garden, you’ve got to keep up appearances. When you start the game, you can choose from a few basic clothes (or opt for nothing but your undies), so you’ll soon fancy a fresh fit. For something so simple, it’s not at all obvious how…

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Avowed succeeds where Dragon Age: The Veilguard failed: An actionized, beginner-friendly entry point to a long-running series that doesn’t sacrifice its identity

I am one of Pillars of Eternity’s strongest soldiers here at PC Gamer, a Sardaukar of Cipher builds, a praetorian for Obsidian’s deceptively philosophical fantasy universe. One of the most exciting things about Avowed since its first proper reveal has been how much it nailed the aesthetic and feel of Pillars from an entirely new…

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Eric Barone’s been playing lots of chess and reckons Elon Musk’s ‘tech tree’ idea isn’t awful: ‘What if someone did a Balatro treatment… a chess roguelike?’

PC Gamer’s Wes Fenlon recently sat down with Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone to discuss everything from Jojamart to his next game, Haunted Chocolatier. One question was what Barone himself is playing, and the man is as old school as it comes. “Well recently I’ve been playing chess which is a great game,” says Barone….

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