'I'm gonna crash out': New climbing game Peak has sold 1 million copies in less than a week, outperforming its developer's most popular game

‘I’m gonna crash out’: New climbing game Peak has sold 1 million copies in less than a week, outperforming its developer’s most popular game

Peak has well and truly broken containment, this little old climbing game from Aggro Crab and Landfall, known for games like A Crab’s Treasure and Content Warning, has risen to success in just six days. With over 10,000 very positive reviews on Steam, an all-time peak of 102,799 via SteamDB, and 1 million copies sold,…

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I spoke to FF14’s ‘Solo Only’, who spent 85 days beating a single raid boss on his own, and I was wrong—that old MMO magic is still alive and well

Terminally Online 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. My credentials? Well, I’ve…

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Review: ZPF (Switch) – A Unique-Feeling Mega Drive Shooter With Some Switch Issues

Heavy metal fantasy. “Zone Profile Fantasy”? “Zoom Port Focus”? Nobody knows whether ZPF is an acronym or not, except perhaps the three-man development team behind it: Perry Sessions, Mikael Tillander, and Jamie Vance. Prior to ZPF, Sessions and Vance created a contra-style NES demo called Cavity Destroyer for Vance’s brother’s dental practice. From there, the…

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FTC loses bid to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which already happened in 2023

More than a year after Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of videogame behemoth Activision Blizzard was successfully completed, the US Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block it has run aground. A federal appeals court has rejected the FTC’s appeal of a ruling that denied its request for a preliminary injunction against the deal, saying the lower…

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US: Nintendo download for 9th January 2020

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore (Pre-Purchase) – Explore a hyper-stylish Tokyo bursting with music, pop idols and danger when the Fire Emblem series and ATLUS games collide on the Nintendo Switch system. The Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encoregame launches Jan. 17,…

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