“I feel the need…”. Sega’s After Burner series is one of the most iconic to ever grace an amusement arcade, thanks to its ‘Super Scaler’ visuals, intense action and amazing deluxe cabinet. However, the franchise has been in hibernation for almost twenty years; 2006’s sublime After Burner Climax is the last game to showcase the…
This month PC Gamer goes fangs-on with The Chinese Room’s revamped World of Darkness RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, and discover a thrilling, blood-filled, detective noir experience no gamer should miss. For this world-exclusive cover feature PC Gamer travels to The Chinese Room’s Brighton-based studio to play the game for many hours, as…
“You’ve given us 15 years of support, 15 years of passion, and 15 years of love. Thank you.” 4A Games creative director Yevhen “Lin” Fedorets shared that heartfelt message alongside more words of gratitude from the Metro 2033 team in a video celebrating the game’s 15th anniversary this week. Andriy “Prof” Prokhorov, 4A Games co-founder…
King and ZeniMax among those hit. Microsoft has begun informing staff of a huge second wave of job cuts this year, and the layoffs are expected to hit over 9,000 employees. In a report published by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, studios affected include King — the team behind Candy Crush — where around 200 staff (roughly…
We’re a couple of weeks out from Beta for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture on PS4, which is incredibly exciting and quite scary in equal measure. There’s always a point in every game development where you start counting down the days and hours, and everything gears itself around the question of “right, we’re shipping this…
Greetings, citizens of Earth — I’m here to talk about, uh… Citizens of Earth. Errr, right! Today, ATLUS and indie developer Eden Industries will put you in the role of the second-highest bureaucrat on the planet, the Vice President of Earth. But don’t let the politics fool you, because there aren’t any in the game….
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…
All the help you need to win Saturday’s Wordle is right here. There’s a brand new clue written just for the November 25 (889) puzzle below if you’d like a little nudge towards your latest win, as well as our reliable range of general tips and tricks. Today’s Wordle answer is, as always, only a…
Ubisoft’s big restructuring has left the Assassin’s Creed series under the control of Vantage Studios, one of five “creative houses” (and still the only one with a name) charged with carrying its brands into the future. What that means in practical terms is unclear: The only concrete impact up to today was the loss of…