Next Week on Xbox: New Games for March 2 to 6

Guide: Best Time Loop Games On Nintendo Switch

Okay campers, rise and shine… Gooooood morning (afternoon? evening?), all! We’re republishing this piece in honour of Groundhog Day. Whether the groundhog saw its shadow or not, we want to celebrate the best games that throw you into an endless time loop. We’ve also added In Stars and Time and Outer Wilds to the list….

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Wannabe supervillain pulls AI ‘heist’ to steal competitor traffic, but really just shows how unchecked AI is going to ruin the internet

There’s a certain kind of scam, old as time, that revolves around selling people something that tells them to sell the same thing. That’s not how it’s presented, of course. The pitch is that if only you knew X (my secret knowledge) you would easily have Y (money, young lovers, cars). Perhaps the most egregious…

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Japan’s biggest publishing house and one of the world’s largest manga producers takes aim at OpenAI, accusing it of ‘trampling on the dignity of artists’

You may not know the name Shueisha off the top of your head, but you likely know the works it is responsible for. Under its Jump line of magazines, Shueisha published One Piece, Dragon Ball, Demon Slayer, and recent mega hit Chainsaw Man. This is all to say that Japan’s biggest publishing house owes its…

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How well do you know your MMORPGs? Test your memory for talents, spells, and classes with our new quiz

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. MMORPGs are, next to live-service games, some of the most time-intensive wagons to hitch yourself to. Filled with endless grinds,…

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The Legacy of the Amstrad

At Antstream we all have an emotional connection to the games we source and provide. We also have our favorite systems and often debate which was ‘the best’ of their respective eras. These fun and affectionate competitive discussions are all rooted in our experiences of gaming through our childhood and beyond. My first computer was…

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Drive a truck filled with explosives across horrible terrain in this gnarly mix of Snowrunner and Baby Steps—inspired by one of Hollywood’s most misunderstood films

Film sickos will instantly recognise the inspiration behind Nitroglyerine! which sees you drive a truck filled with volatile explosives across terrain more rugged than Glen Powell’s chin. Its rough and ready demo oozes with the same the lo-fi tension of William Friedkin’s Sorcerer, a nihilistic thriller that was critically panned and buried at the box…

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Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

Jess Kinghorn, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Taking to Discord to sell my favourite weirdoes on my current cozy games of choice: Starsand Island, Potionomics, and Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. Currently, I can’t check my Bluesky direct messages until I’ve allowed the Epic Games-owned KWS to look at either my…

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