Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor launched in 2001 amidst the isometric D&D resurgence powered by the success of the Baldur’s Gate games. Alas, it did not fare quite as well, because—bluntly—it wasn’t great. It faded into memory fairly quickly, recalled occasionally by die-hard fans of the genre and not many others, but never…
Coming to Switch “soon”. Brainwash Gang’s Laika: Aged Through Blood is a really unique beast. Mixing Metroidvania exploration with motorbikes and bloody battles, it’s like a delicious cocktail of Excitebike, Mad Max, and Castlevania — a “motorvania” as the devs are calling it. But this unique action platformer has just got a PC release date…
Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted is a collection of VR experiences based on the original Five Nights at Freddy’s games, but it includes several new experiences as well. Some may think this is just a port of the original game – it’s far from it. For the first time, characters and situations from…
“It was very disappointing”. Released over a decade ago, Sonic Boom was supposed to be a fresh take on the iconic character; a cross-media blitz that would include video games, a TV show and related merchandise, giving the Blue Blur a new lease of life with younger audiences. As it turned out, the resultant video…
Unlike some other games that are developed in secret and then announced about six months before launch, Chasm has been in the public eye pretty much from the beginning. Our first post about the game was on IndieDB.com back in January 2013, and we launched a successful Kickstarter campaign just a few months later. It…
When it comes to budget versions of the best gaming CPUs, we’ve been particularly big fans of the old AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Those looking to save some money on a gaming processor are usually well-served by a fast-clocked six-core chip, and AMD’s reasonably-priced contender has, until now at least, fit the bill perfectly. What…
Skull Island: Rise of Kong was released on Steam on October 17, and if you use any of the various social media platforms you’ve probably already seen clips and stills from it. The various algorithms have all reached the same conclusion: this thing is comedy gold, and people are revelling in a dunkfest at its…
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Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO 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. One…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my time on the internet, it’s that you never, ever challenge a speedrunner. They live for challenges. Baldur’s Gate 3 is so open-ended it nudges into immersive sim territory—which means that its speedrun tactics have been suitably hare-brained, and runner Mae has been at the centre of them…