It’s got its ups and downs, but I rather like Steam early access. Being able to get in on the ground floor of something, watch it develop, and support developers whose ambitions might exceed their initial budgets is a neat thing. The downside, of course, is that sometimes the games just don’t get finished. They…
It’s difficult to think of games whose soundtrack had a bigger impact on an entire generation than the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. Popular music had been a part of games for decades: Journey Escape for the Atari 2600 was a particularly weird example, and the use of Song 2 by Blur in FIFA: Road…
Just a few months after reportedly cancelling two unannounced live service games in the wake of the Concord catastrophe, Sony has unveiled a brand-new internal studio called TeamLFG, and yup, it’s making a live service game. “TeamLFG originated at Bungie, but has also rallied developers from across the industry to bring to life an ambitious…
Coming next month in 256GB and 512GB flavors Samsung is joining the NVMe M.2 solid-state drive movement, with its newly announced 950 Pro PCIe SSD. The Korean tech giant made the announcement at its annual SSD Summit in Seoul earlier this morning. The 950 Pro will launch in October in 256GB and 512GB variants. In…
Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist ’80s computers to the happy days of Windows XP. Who doesn’t know the tragic tale of the RMS Titanic? It was the pinnacle of the White Star Line’s trio of Olympic-class passenger ships that dramatically appeared…
Less than a year after making its debut on PC, the real-time strategy game Warcraft Rumble has reached the end of the line. Blizzard announced today that it’s made the “extremely hard decision” to end new content releases for the game, although it promised that “updates focused on regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes”…
Clear your daily Wordle in record time with our easy access to the April 3 (1384) answer, ready to save the day whenever you need it. A bit much? No problem. Spend a while with our general advice and tips instead, or get some help from today’s hint. Ah, that was lovely. No fuss or…
When it comes to VR, seeing is believing. It’s hard to get a sense of the magical worlds that VR transports you to by just reading about the games, or seeing photos and videos. For that reason, we’re including a free demo disc in each retail PlayStation VR unit (both the launch bundle and core…
Duke Nukem 3D would be more accurately described as Duke Nukem 2.5D, given how its Build engine blends three-dimensional world geometry with flat sprites for in-game objects and characters. Sure, it would have sold far fewer copies with such a title, but at least it would have been correct. Now, though, it won’t be long…
This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Star Wars Zero Company, the incredibly exciting new XCOM-style turn-based squad tactics game set in a galaxy far, far away. For our in-depth, all-access cover feature, PC Gamer travelled to its developer, Bit Reactor, interviewed a number of its key devs, and then played Zero Company for…