No one is safe from the ire of players who feel like their toys were ripped away from them. Not even Blizzard when it tried to balance World of Warcraft’s next Remix event after players overwhelmingly loved how unbalanced the last one was. The concept was simple: Break off an old WoW expansion as its…
Counter-Strike 2 has kicked in the door with its release, and now that the entry flashbangs have cleared up, ranked modes are calling to us to accept their challenge. The previous system from CS:GO has been changed up for CS2, and there’s now more than one way to see how you stack up against the…
Back in 2018, Blizzard revealed something very funny about its iconic mech hero D.Va: Everything about her is a mess under the hood. Game director Aaron Keller likened the way D.Va is programmed to a “plate of spaghetti,” when speaking to Kotaku at the time. When she ditches her mech, she’s actually transitioning into a…
The Duffer Brothers give Nintendo’s console too much credit. The Duffer Brothers’ hugely successful Stranger Things is now into its fifth and final season, bringing to a close the ’80s-infused horror sci-fi series that kicked off all the way back in 2016. Nostalgia for the decade that gave us the Compact Disc and Prozac is…
PC gamers may be going hog wild over the Oblivion remaster right now. But Bethesda’s RPG isn’t the only game involving people with uncanny faces to get a makeover this week. French publisher Microids just released a very shiny remake of its 1999 game Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy, the game that kicked off the…
Samsung has announced a slew of epic-looking new PC gaming monitors ahead of the CES show in January. Highlights include a 32-inch 6K model with glasses-free 3D support, plus a 1080p panel with 1,040 Hz refresh. The latter notably, if marginally, pips Philips and AOC’s new 1,000 Hz gaming monitors to the high-refresh prize. But…
When it comes to design, the mark of any good company is its ability to take criticism well. It’s such a critical element that’s often overlooked when we evaluate overall brands, but being able to take critique from a flawed product and then feed that back to the design team is incredibly advantageous on so…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks each day throughout the rest of the month. You can find them all here. I try…
Beat ’em up this April. If you love beat ’em ups on the Switch and haven’t tried out Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons just yet, now might be the time to finally give it a go. Maximum Entertainment has announced there’s some new “free DLC” on the way in the form of two…
The Independent Workers of Great Britain union held a rally today in Glasgow, Scotland to mark the beginning of the final workplace tribunal hearing that will resolve the case of 31 former Rockstar employees who were fired by the company in October 2025. The dispute turns on the cause of the terminations, or lack thereof:…