Born on a mountain, raised in a cave, tweetin’ and mindfreakin’ is all Randy craves. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has evaded the squad of tier-one operators who have presumably been dispatched to confiscate his phone and is merrily posting up a storm on X, “The Everything App,” even after repeatedly making everyone very angry by…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMORPG 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…
It’s been eight years since Street Fighter V first appeared on the scene, and to celebrate the big birthday Capcom took to Twitter to say thanks for sticking with it—and, y’know, sorry for the whole thing. Street Fighter V has a “mostly positive” user rating on Steam and a respectable 77 aggregate score on Metacritic,…
Stuck in a reboot loop It didn’t take long to see an example of why some users aren’t in favor of forced updates. Following a major cumulative update to Windows 10 that began rolling out last Wednesday, some users are complaining that their PCs are stuck in an endless reboot cycle. For those affected by…
Just a few days ago, purveyor of handheld and pocket PCs, Ayaneo announced it’s first SteamOS handheld, called the Next Lite. Two aspects of the launch made it stand out: Firstly, the price would be aimed firmly at the budget sector and secondly, it would be the first non-Steam Deck handheld to retail with Valve’s…
This impacts outstanding orders for the Retroid Pocket 5 & the Flip 2. Now, here’s something you don’t typically hear in the current climate — Retroid has just announced on Discord that it is offering some of its customers a RAM upgrade on their orders, absolutely free of charge. This bump, as reported by Retro…
Zero the hero. Square Enix closed out the Partner Direct by lifting the lid on Octopath Traveler 0, the third game (confusingly) in the HD-2D RPG series, which will arrive on Switch 1 and 2 on 4th December 2025. Aside from packing in the level of stunning visuals that we would expect from the series,…
“Pokémon fans would be well-advised to check this one out”. Digital Foundry has presented its tech review for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on the Switch 2, with the latest generation receiving a pretty substantial performance update for Nintendo’s newest console. All things considered, it seems that this has proven to be a pretty positive outcome…
“Maybe I should start calling them chunks?”. June 5th marked the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, but that very same day (or the day before on other consoles), the highly anticipated continuation of Deltarune, in Chapters 3 and 4, also hit digital shelves. If you’ve had the chance to catch our review, you’ll know…
“It takes quite a lot of courage on my part to raise my head above the parapet”. Peter Molyneux can be quite a polarising figure in the world of video games. On the one hand, he is an industry legend responsible for contributing to the making of some of the best video games ever released…