Little-known, underground indie videogame platform Steam sure is doing well for itself. The service recently hit a new historical high of 41,666,455 players online at once, per the stoic record-keepers over at SteamDB. That’s just a little over the population of Canada and a whole lot higher than the last time it graced our pages…
The original Fallout’s lead developer Tim Cain has been sharing his memories about the early games in the series for a while over on his Youtube channel. Cain’s had a long and eclectic career (the only sequel he’s ever worked on, funnily enough, is Fallout 2) and also seems to have a razor-sharp memory for…
In the opening moments of Outward 2, I receive what sounds like a simple quest: to find a flower with medicinal properties in the wilds to the west of the city, and deliver it to a doctor. But I’m no dummy. (Note: I will soon prove myself to be a dummy.) I’ve played the original…
Marathon looks pretty groovy, but it’s got one big problem and it goes by the name of Arc Raiders. Embark’s narrative-driven sci-fi extraction shooter is really good, and really popular, and it stole Marathon’s thunder in a big way—to the point that it influenced some of the design changes Bungie made to the game in…
And a young Miyamoto! Nintendo has historically been rather secretive about the development of its games, which has led fans and video game preservationists to jump on any new information they can find to uncover more about the legendary company. Case in point, earlier this month some rare footage of Nintendo of Japan’s HQ in…
More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. As the holiday season rapidly approaches, I find my mind turning to gaming’s many winter wonderlands. Over the years, we’ve…
“The responsibility lies totally with me”. When Sega announced it had picked up the rights to the Thunder Force series in 2007 and that it intended to produce a sixth game in the shmup franchise, there was plenty of room for optimism. For one, Thunder Force had become one of the premier shooter series of…
Gamescom looms on the horizon, and this year Capcom heats things up as it overclocks the Blue Bomber in Mega Man: Dual Override, then cools them off with a venture into the frigid and hostile Norgan region in Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. I got to go hands-on with both to see what Capcom is…
The day is finally here! Today all of us here at Bungie are excited to deliver our latest expansion to players both new and old: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep. Become your Guardian and delve into new realms on the Moon and beyond, with tons of new content to explore. We’re absolutely delighted to share Shadowkeep globally…
“Type Lumina is back and better than ever”. At EVO Japan this weekend, developer French Bread and publisher Aniplex lifted the lid on Melty Blood: Twi-Lumina with a special teaser trailer. It’s currently locked in for an “early 2027″ release and will be available for the Switch and Switch 2. Read the full article on…