Konami’s 2D action-exploration game arrives this October. Earlier this month, Konami announced Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse would be launching for the original Switch at the same time as other versions on 15th October 2026. Now, Konami’s Castlevania website has revealed a little more information about this particular build, confirming the Switch version will run at 30fps….
Final Fantasy is very much a theme park for the series. It regularly references other games or weaves their themes into the very fabric of Eorzea and beyond. Occasionally, it straight-up implants entire characters or plots. Despite all that, it’s done surprisingly very little with the series’ golden goose: Final Fantasy 7. Sure, there’s the…
A CRPG in the vein of Baldur’s Gate without a bird’s-eye view camera sure sounds wrong, but it feels so right. If you’re looking for something a little more Dragon Age and less Divinity for your next replay, Modder Relysia has gone and stuck an over-the-shoulder third-person camera in Baldur’s Gate 3, uploading it to…
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. This…
Pre-orders are now live. Earlier this year, Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV Online would be making its way to the Switch 2 in August. Now, in an update, it has confirmed its MMORPG will be launching for Nintendo’s new hybrid system on 4th August 2026. Adding to this is the news pre-orders are going…
“That was really a changing point at the company”. With the recent revelation of a new A Nightmare on Elm Street from Paramount Pictures, we felt it appropriate to examine the video games based on the property. There have been a few examples, including a cameo by Freddy Krueger in Mortal Kombat, and a DOS…
Jedi are a key ingredient in most Star Wars adventures, but a little bit of a Jedi also goes a long way. Put too many Jedi in your Star War and you end up with an Attack of the Clones or a post-New Game Enhancements Star Wars: Galaxies—the magic and mysticism of those berobed space…
Atari Makes Universal Movie Deal For 10 Iconic Game Properties; First Up Is Original Script By Matt Reilly & Carl Hampe, With Entertainment 360 Producing Partnering with Entertainment 360, Atari has signed a deal with Universal Pictures giving the studio the right to develop 10 classic Atari video game properties for the big screen. Universal has bought the first project…
As a series, Grand Theft Auto has spent decades cycling between the same three locations, with each variation of Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas being more detailed than the last. But players haven’t been able to explore all three locations at once since the release of the original. Until now. A modder has…
Despite a poor reception, weak sales, and losing publisher IO Interactive, developer Build a Rocket Boy hasn’t given up on its open world shooter MindsEye. Which might be commendable, were it not for the multiple rounds of layoffs, the wild conspiracy theories emanating from its executives, and allegations from former workers that spy tech was…