The first time I played developer Overhype Studio’s first game, the ruthless Battle Brothers, my plucky crew of medieval soldiers got immediately beaten to death by bandits while trying to complete the easiest mercenary contract I could find. I was hooked. (Image credit: Overhype Studios) Not because I’m a masochist, mind, but because the depth…
Wrong Wrong Ranch. It’s difficult to remember last week’s Zelda Direct without having your mind clouded by that sweet Ocarina of Time footage, but you might recall that Nintendo announced a couple of new Nintendo Today features before the main event. Much like with the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the app is dishing out daily…
Finding a Comet Igniter in Arc Raiders is the first challenging step in the Weather Monitoring System project. While the first stage is relatively easy, you’ll need one of these new arc materials for the second part. As you might have guessed, it comes from one of the two new enemies that were added in…
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. I’ve…
The United States Department of Justice has placed an $11 million bounty on Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk—who also goes by the aliases deadforz, Boba, msfv, and farnetwork—accusing him of being the mastermind behind ransomware that has been used to attack over 250 US companies, as well as others around the world. The DoJ says…
Discover the Best Games That Pay and Turn Your Downtime Into Real Earnings Play and Get Paid There’s something oddly comforting about scrolling through game lists at midnight, wondering which ones are legit, which ones are scams, and which ones might actually put a little extra cash in your pocket. Most people want the same…
Off the start line. Nintendo has today announced that F-Zero will be heading back to the Switch in the form of a 99-player battle royale as F-Zero 99 speeds onto the Nintendo Switch Online library today. This will only be available for owners of an active NSO membership, but it seems like a pretty good…
In a new message on X, “The Everything App,” FromSoftware has revealed the final names and stats of the two additional classes coming in Elden Ring’s $5 Tarnished Edition DLC. The Idus Knight looks sick as ever, while the Heavy Knight appears to have gotten the gentlest, most tender of nerfs since we saw their…
Here’s my confession: I think I prefer System Shock 2 to Deus Ex. Not that I don’t love JC Denton like a son, mind you, it’s just that SS2’s creepy hallways and pitch-perfect antagonists have taken root in my heart forever. So I gotta be honest, of all the whizzbang announcements spilling out of the…
Going in a different direction Rambus is a name we haven’t heard in some time, though it’s one we certainly remember. The company has made numerous headlines over the years, many of which were related to litigation over IP disputes. That’s because the Rambus of old built a business around licensing DRAM technology and accusing…