Counter-Strike 2, the first direct sequel to one of the most important games in PC history, released on September 27 after roughly six months in a limited test period. PC Gamer recently had the chance to ask the Counter-Strike 2 development team at Valve wide-ranging questions about the game, and one of those was about…
Here is a sentence I did not think I’d be writing in 2020: there’s a new Streets of Rage game launching today. Why the surprise? It’s not only because it has been 26 years since the last one, but that the original side-scrolling beat ’em up trilogy was lightning in a bottle, rightly celebrated at…
Silent Hill 3 can be considered a fitting end to the original trilogy, showing how far the series has come. It is actually a canonical sequel to the first game, making the Silent Hill 2 more like a spin-off game that can stand on its own. Released just two years after Silent Hill 2, the…
The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter will be revealed tomorrow at 16:00 CEST / 3pm BST / 7am PT. The reveal video will be roughly 3 minutes long, and will be followed by a brief message from director Masahiro Sakurai. To tune in, check out the Nintendo UK YouTube channel, where the broadcast…
We reported a few weeks back that The Pokemon Company were planning to take action against those who leaked Pokemon Sword & Shield information online before the game’s official release. Well, it now seems as though they have been given the green light to do this and they will now be able to take further…
Dream Machine meets Large Pixel Collider Maximum PC has been around for over 20 years now. Starting out as the ground-breaking boot magazine, we’ve been covering PC tech and culture with an attitude ever since. With the launch of the Maximum PC website several years ago, we were able to expand our coverage of hardware…
A compelling new detective text adventure set in Korea challenges you do fit together memories and elements of a mystery like they’re puzzle pieces as a rookie police officer brings a veteran out of retirement for the only case she left cold. The result is No Case Should Remain Unsolved, a compellingly animated, quite intriguing…
Ahem… ‘scuse me, is this thing on? Hey there! Chris here from the Stampede: Racing Royale team. We’re super excited to bring our upcoming free-to-play racing game to Xbox Insider Program today! Like, right now! If you’re wondering what in the world this is all about, sit back, grab a snack, and let me give…
“Here are, arguably, the 15 (ish) best”. UK media outlet The Guardian has ranked the 15 best UK video game magazines of all time, and Future’s long-running EDGE has come out on top. Penned by acclaimed journalist and author Keith Stuart – who has actually written for several of the publications in the list –…
At Creative Bytes, we all loved playing platformers as kids but wondered what a platformer today might look like if it incorporated the dual sticks. This idea sparked our debut game, Embers of Mirrim, which we are launching this Spring on PS4. As you can see in the teaser trailer, Embers of Mirrim is an…