You might just associate New Blood Interactive with games like Ultrakill and Dusk, but the studio’s publishing efforts include more than the modern wave of boomer shooters. Games with an immsim bent like Fallen Aces, Gloomwood, and Blood West fill out its catalog; as it notes on the lattermost game’s Steam store page, “BLOOD WEST…
After almost three years as general manager of Call of Duty, Johanna Faries became president of Blizzard in 2014, replacing the outgoing Mike Ybarra. Under her tenure, Blizzard struck a new deal with NetEase, undoing a bitter breakup and reopening the lucrative Chinese market. Talking to Bloomberg as her second anniversary as president approaches, Faries…
After almost three years as general manager of Call of Duty, Johanna Faries became president of Blizzard in 2014, replacing the outgoing Mike Ybarra. Under her tenure, Blizzard struck a new deal with NetEase, undoing a bitter breakup and reopening the lucrative Chinese market. Talking to Bloomberg as her second anniversary as president approaches, Faries…
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (Image credit: Ubisoft) Developer: ArkaneYear: 2006 I’ve praised Dark Messiah’s open sandboxes designed for brawling in before, but its linear sections are great as well. Early on there’s one where you’re hurled into a…
YouTuber AnyAustin‘s playful, yet exacting style of videogame investigation has really taken off in the past year, garnering well over a million views per video. Whether he’s investigating the hydrology of The Elder Scrolls or taking Grand Theft Auto to task for its lax standards of airport realism, you’re in for a good time, and…
Immersive simulation games—immersive sims for short and “immsims” if you’re a true freak—are a lot like sandwiches, soups, or pornography in that it’s easier to give an example than a watertight definition. Dishonored, for instance, is definitely an immsim; it simulates a lot of factors that respond to the player, boasts open-ended levels, and encourages…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every 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. I didn’t…
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…
If you were hoping to get in on that Steam Deck hype without splurging on the newer model with the OLED screen, well, it’s whatever you’d call the opposite of a Christmas miracle: They’re sold out, and Valve isn’t going to make any more. As Liam Dawe wrote for GamingOnLinux, a disclaimer was snuck onto…