'We can't just have Geralt for every single game': The Witcher's Doug Cockle tells the Ciri-haters to 'read the damn books, you won't think it's so woke anymore'

‘We can’t just have Geralt for every single game’: The Witcher’s Doug Cockle tells the Ciri-haters to ‘read the damn books, you won’t think it’s so woke anymore’

There’s so much to love about The Witcher, but Doug Cockle really is the cherry on top. He’s just a very nice lad, and quite the character even when he’s not portraying the monster-hunting grump. Ever since CD Projekt revealed that Ciri would be The Witcher 4’s protagonist, he’s also been incredibly supportive, even though…

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TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has closed, employees say: ‘We join an ever-growing list of casualties in a broken industry’

It appears that, as first rumored in November, TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has been closed. The studio’s website has been scrubbed and now bears a simple message saying “404 Company not found :(,” while multiple employees have said that today was their last day. Free Radical was originally founded in 1999 by ex-Rare developers,…

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The hottest farming sim since Stardew Valley just got its second major update, adding lava caves and pets you unlock by having a ‘pet dream’

Throwback farming sim Fields of Mistria proved pretty darn popular when it launched into Steam early access late last year, with over 16,000 reviewers showering it with ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ praise. It was likewise well received in PC Gamer’s own little agrarian community, with associate editor Lauren Morton selecting it as her personal pick for 2024’s…

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‘We encourage you to live with your choices, but if you want to change it, you can:’ Supermassive explains why it’s adding a flowchart to its narrative horror with Directive 8020

Space is the final frontier, and for Supermassive Games, it’s also a new one. With Directive 8020, the latest entry in The Dark Pictures anthology, the studio finally takes to the stars. But even as it grapples with a shape-shifting alien and the constant, imposing doom posed by the void of space, Supermassive is finding…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for May 14, 2019

An adrenaline-infused collaboration between FPS forefathers id Software and open-world masters Avalanche Studios, Rage 2 arms players with overpowered weaponry, wild vehicles, and a suite of enemy-obliterating superpowers. Venture into a wasteland set in the aftermath of an asteroid impact, where 80% of the world’s population has been destroyed, and bring your own brand of…

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