Counter-Strike 2, the first direct sequel to one of the most important games in PC history, released on September 27 after roughly six months in a limited test period. PC Gamer recently had the chance to ask the Counter-Strike 2 development team at Valve a wide-ranging bunch of questions about the game, its history, and…
Counter-Strike 2, the first direct sequel to one of the most important games in PC history, released on September 27 after roughly six months in a limited test period. PC Gamer recently had the chance to ask the Counter-Strike 2 development team at Valve a wide-ranging bunch of questions about the game, its history, and…
September 27 saw the full release of Counter-Strike 2, the latest iteration of and the first direct sequel to the greatest competitive FPS ever made. Despite the number, it is the fifth game in the main Counter-Strike series, which began in 1999 with a mod for Half-Life. Valve quickly hired the mod’s creators after its…
Video Games — Auction Preview by Brett Weiss The sixth generation of video game consoles is one of the best, comprising four legendary systems from four iconic companies: the Sega Dreamcast, the Sony PlayStation 2, the Nintendo GameCube, and the Microsoft Xbox. We’re offering a variety of games from these consoles in our November 9th…
With Halloween soon to be upon us, GOG is holding a Halloween sale, with discounts on more than 3,000 games. And as it often does, it’s also giving one away. This time around it’s Blacksad: Under the Skin, the tale of a private detective named John Blacksad who’s investigating a dark corruption scandal at the…
Hailing Frequencies! The ships of “Star Trek”…The Enterprise, Discovery, Voyager, Defiant… they’re all iconic characters in their own right, and if you’re a fan, it’s highly likely you’ve thought about leaving Space Dock in the Captain’s chair of your own Federation star ship. Well, now you can get your hands on the hero ship from…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to…
The much-anticipated Cities: Skylines 2 released this month, and unfortunately not in the best of conditions. PCG’s Chris Livingston said in our review it’s “a sequel packed with big improvements, but a fair share of disappointments” and among the latter are some serious performance issues. These are affecting so many players that developer Colossal Order…
Between the exclusive RTX 40-series features required to run path tracing, and the mesh shaders snub for older graphics cards, you might be thinking that Alan Wake 2 isn’t a very well-optimised game. That’s not true, actually. This rather stunning videogame runs rather well on entry-level graphics cards. It’s true that Alan Wake 2 is…