In case you haven’t heard, multiplayer shooters are undergoing a vibe shift—as PC Gamer’s Morgan Park outlined in that article, 2025 met players with a number of games that forego brutal competition in favor of more approachable, chaotic, casual-friendly shooting. It seems like players are eager to embrace the new order, as two decidedly chill…
Who runs the world? Girl(bug)s! If you haven’t yet made it to the end of Hollow Knight: Silksong — one of our favourite games of 2025 — then be warned, there are major spoilers for the entirety of the game below… Many insects are matriarchal creatures. For termites, honey bees, praying mantises, ants, and spiders…
When it comes to GPUs and graphics technology, I know what I’d like to see in 2026. Super-modern processors that are a substantial leap forward in terms of performance, capabilities, and affordability. We won’t get that, of course, because we didn’t get that this year. Or last year. But there is something GPU-related that can…
If there’s a single throughline for the PC gaming year that was 2025, it’s finally accepting that the pursuit of fancy graphics just doesn’t make sense anymore. Tech has hit a hard graphics plateau: raw generational updates are now nuanced upgrades measured in single-digit frame gains rather than evolutions anyone with eyes can appreciate, and…
You may think that you need to keep gaming as a tightly restricted hobby, something you pull out only once in a while to avoid losing yourself in the game. This is far from the truth. While limits on actual playing (particularly if you’re playing online casino games) are essential, the fact is you can…
Return to Player, commonly known as RTP, is one of the most discussed – and most misunderstood – concepts in casino gaming. Players often hear that certain slots “pay better” than others, yet few fully understand what RTP actually represents or how it affects real gameplay over time. As online casinos expand their libraries and…
“As a true General Chaos Fan, you know that the Road to “General Chaos MAJOR SNAFU” has had more than it’s share of twists & turns. “Nonetheless, we’ve never given up on the dream, so we have been slowly and quietly working on it whenever, and wherever, we can. “…and we’re very nearly there.” KICKSTARTER…
For a hearty chunk of 2025, Fortnite was fallow. It’d be an exaggeration to say the game’s subreddit was pure misery between June and November, but there was more than enough gloom to go around: the novelty of a Star Wars cameo quickly wore off and the next two seasons, Super and Shock ‘N Awesome,…
Hej hej Felix! As the new year approaches, it’s the season of goodwill and change, new things and new horizons (and not just NS2 Editions), which means it’s time for some news we’ve been sitting on for a little while. Yes, as you probably guessed from the headline, our lovely video producer Felix Sanchez is…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. I’m lucky enough to have played with a ton of exciting hardware this year, from the latest graphics cards to interesting new handhelds, PCs, and laptops. And while that’s meant I’ve been…