Industry report says Steam users play more noncompetitive games than console players—and our interest in PvE keeps growing

In popular conception, the gamer is an individual preoccupied with virtual conquest—in shooters, in MOBAs, or in any other format allowing for what the ancients once called “pwning,” before the term was rightfully culled from common parlance. PC players, however, aren’t as preoccupied with PvP. According to industry analysts, Steam users are more likely than…

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New Menace trailer shows off the sci-fi skirmishes that the Battle Brothers creators are making next

The 2024 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted has brought us a new trailer for Menace, the sci-fi turn-based tactics game from Battle Brothers developer Overhype Studios. In Menace you’ll control a sci-fi military strike force hopping between worlds to answer distress calls calling for protection from pirates, rebels, warlords, and worse—a mysterious alien threat that…

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‘This marks a significant step towards addressing anticompetitive behaviors’: Following a complaint from Opera, antitrust regulator launches an investigation into Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge: many a PC Gamer knows it as a stepping stone between them and their actual browser of choice—no matter how much the software pleads with you to reconsider. But rather than simply dismissing this as looking a bit desperate, the Browser Choice Alliance argues this is just one instance of ‘deceptive tactics‘ by…

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