It’s not exactly a surprising outcome, but it is now official: RuneScape players have voted overwhelmingly to remove the game’s ‘Treasure Hunter’ microtransaction system, and so it’ll be cut out completely on January 19, 2026. “January 19th is the start of a new era for RuneScape, powered by a shared desire to see this game…
It’s AI versus the internet as Cloudflare and Perplexity have a public falling out over the ‘stealth crawling’ of restricted websites. The disagreement has spiralled to name calling, even, as Perplexity snaps back at Cloudflare calling it “more flair than cloud”, which isn’t quite the burn they think it is. Just last month, internet delivery…
Sega celebrated the ‘Year of Shadow’ in 2024. Last year, Sega ran a year-long campaign for Shadow the Hedgehog that lined up with the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations and the introduction of the “Ultimate Lifeform” in the live-action Sonic movies. This was generally well-received by Sonic fans, and it’s now led to some…
“To be clear, I’m not pissed at the developer”. Apple recently changed its App Store policies to allow retro gaming emulators to appear on its iOS devices, finally bringing the likes of the iPhone in line with Android handsets, which have been able to play emulators since day one. It didn’t take long for an…
Celebrities: they’re just like us! Except they’re not, usually, because they possess wealth and power and success beyond our mortal imaginings. Occasionally, though, we get to feel like we’ve got a little something in common with movie stars—like when we find out what kind of games they’re into. Take former-Frodo Elijah Wood, for example, who…
Switch update confirmed. Bandai Namco officially lifted the lid on Switch and Switch 2 versions of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero in this week’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. This game will be coming to Nintendo’s platforms later this year on 14th November 2025 and pre-orders are available now. It follows a rating for this platform earlier…
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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. Have you heard? There’s a Baldur’s Gate TV show coming, headed up by Craig Mazin of Chernobyl and The Last…
Final Round. Fight! Updated with the fantastic UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes. Enjoy! It’s ironic that one of the most violent video game genres is also one which has pulled millions of people together; ever since the early days of Fatal Fury and Street Fighter II, the humble ‘fighting game’ genre has created (and arguably…
Climbing mountains is no easy feat in Peak, and after you’ve fallen to your death one too many times, you might want to call it quits for the night and save. But, you should be prepared for the rather punishing routine of Peak, and it’s not as easy as setting up camp and leaving it…