Sometimes in Skyrim you wander into a hole in the ground, fight some draugr, defeat a dragon priest, collect a shout, and leave via an exit that conveniently loops you back to where you came in. Sometimes you end up in a gloaming fungal underworld and only emerge hours later barely remembering what the surface…
Hytale is finally playable after a legendary run through development hell, and it’s doing pretty well for itself, considering. It’s made a pretty penny already, enough to fund two years of further development, and crucially, it’s actually good. PC Gamer senior editor Christopher Livingston said in his impressions that the game “has a long road…
Pokémon games may not come to PC very often, but it’s still the highest-grossing media franchise in the world and, therefore, serious business. Serious enough to pull a gun in the middle of a store, apparently, as NBC reported happening during a robbery in Manhattan on January 14. No one was hurt, fortunately, but the…
No Rest for the Wicked might just look like a painterly take on Diablo, but it’s actually a top-down soulslike—and a pretty good one at that, according to PC Gamer contributing writer Tyler Colp. It seems to be paying off, as developer Moon Studios announced Thursday that the game has moved one million copies on…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
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. MMORPGs…
I’ll be honest, I didn’t really think the live action Legend of Zelda movie would ever release when it was first announced in 2023. I become more convinced I was wrong with each passing day, as not only have they started casting folks for the rumored trilogy, but streaming giant Netflix has successfully negotiated for…
I’ll be honest, I didn’t really think the live action Legend of Zelda movie would ever release when it was first announced in 2023. I become more convinced I was wrong with each passing day, as not only have they started casting folks for the rumored trilogy, but streaming giant Netflix has successfully negotiated for…
These boots were made for environmental storytelling. Updated with the outstanding despelote. Enjoy! Walking Simulators and narrative games have become more prominent over the past decade. The ‘walking simulator’ term, originally a pejorative descriptor of a genre where ‘you just walk about’, was quickly reclaimed by fans and developers looking to branch out beyond the…
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. OK, I admit it: I played a ton of XCOM 2 again over the holiday break and now I can’t…