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PC Gamer7/11/2026

Handheld gaming PCs are cooked

Fancy a spot of pessimism, perchance?

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Hades II review: a worthy heir

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Hades IIRoguelike

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PC Gamer7/11/2026
Star Citizen's next update will switch focus to fixing its bug-riddled previous update, with bigger changes shunted to a later patch
"We're moving Siege of Orison and all instance-related content out of Alpha 4.9.0".
PC Gamer7/11/2026
After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana
The era of Windows is at an end.
PC Gamer7/11/2026
Mortal Shell 2 is the latest game to join the Grand Theft Auto 6 release crush, but I don't think it has much to worry about because it looks sick as hell
Cold Symmetry's soulslike releases in August.
PC Gamer7/11/2026
After Space Marine 2 'literally changed everything', Saber Interactive has been inundated with offers from major licenses: 'We are in a very fortunate position to turn down more than we can accept'
"It changed how people look at us."
PC Gamer7/11/2026
A piece of GTA modding history that was considered lost has been rebuilt from scratch and fixed 22 years later
Ghost City is back and it's hauntingly beautiful.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/11/2026
What are we all playing this weekend?
Another horrendously hot Saturday, another wedding to go to. I am all in favour of love, but could we please reschedule it to a cooler day in the year? Mercifully this one's a London wedding and it can be reached and returned from on the tube. Though travelling on a hot carriage and not arriving loo
PC Gamer7/11/2026
Call of Duty fans surprised to discover new Black Ops 2 port preserves the emblem editor, not surprised to find swastikas being made with it
The new PlayStation ports have preserved a controversial feature of the originals.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Matthew Ball was hired to help fix Xbox. Will gamers like what he prescribes?
Xbox's new chief strategist is a metaverse true believer.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
'Surprised there was anyone left to post this': Fans react as The Elder Scrolls Online debuts seasonal content days after hundreds laid off from studio
Bad timing, or the worst timing?
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam
The kids love Kenway.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
How to get hardwood in Palworld
A requirement for crafting High Quality Wooden Boards.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Microsoft responds to racist Xbox layoff conspiracy theory, says CEO Asha Sharma is 'American born, raised, and educated'
There are a lot of good reasons to criticize the people responsible for Xbox layoffs, but racism isn't one of them.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Dear Magical Girls combines a tale of burnout with a tactical defence puzzle in which you shape and reshape a field of sorcery
I am just savvy enough with anime and manga to hesitantly observe that there are at least two broad types of "magic girl" story. There are the naive and upbeat ones in which the magic girls sincerely believe all the nonsense they yell about the power of Hope and such, and then there are the ones whe
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Palworld revises some of its most egregious creature designs for its 1.0 release
Some of Pocketpair's Pals now bear a bit less resemblance to their Pokémon predecessors.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Guide a living landship through a deadly fungal world in Trailblazers, a roguelite colony sim inspired by Rimworld, Moebius, and Darkest Dungeon
If you are fond of Nausicaa, Moebius, Andrei Tarkovski, Jeff Vandermeer, Rimworld, FTL: Faster Than Light, fungus, coral, and furiously bright colours in general, you may wish to take an interest in Trailblazers: Into The March - a roguelite colony sim in which you guide a crustaceous landship throu
PC Gamer7/10/2026
id Software provides proof of life, says it 'still has the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for' after massive layoffs
"The team today is about the same size we were when making DOOM (2016)."
PC Gamer7/10/2026
How to unlock Samael's romance and begin dating the brooding bartender in Moonlight Peaks
Samael definitely is datable, even though it doesn't seem that way at first.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Indie dev defends criticism of Steam refund abuse amid review bombing of his game: 'It's wrong to refund a game after having fun with it and completing it'
Mateo Covic said his 'rage game' is actually doing quite well on Steam, and its refund rate is normal—but that wasn't his point.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Where to find the fallen tree and unblock the waterfall in Moonlight Peaks
Help your new friends rejoin their neighbors by learning a spell to hoist a blockage.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Ubisoft tells Black Flag microtransaction critics that they control the DLC they buy
I'm sure they'll be glad to hear it.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Meta says its working on 'multiple next-generation headsets' despite the struggles of VR and the heat death of the metaverse
Down but not out.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Multiple motherboard and PC component makers move forward with Chinese-made memory validation
A new challenger has appeared.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Marvel Rivals needs to pick a lane and either fully embrace balancing for 'fun' long term or stick to some serious changes
Season 9 is starting to look wild.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Rockstar have stayed mum on GTA 6 multiplayer, but they might be hedging their bets with a new GTA Online heist that boasts a "unique new level of replayability"
Multiplayer crime sandbox and massive money sink GTA Online is getting its first new heist mission in a little while next week, with balaclavas set to be donned on July 14th. The target of this shady op's is the art gallery dubbed the Kortz Center, which you might remember as the setting for that on
PC Gamer7/10/2026
'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship
"Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customizable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't."
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Asus ZenBook A16 review
The latest Snapdragon chip in a thin and light shell.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
'Finally a card I can afford': Nvidia announces GeForce-themed trading cards, which are free but you'll need to travel or get lucky to win some for yourself
More of this, and less AI, please.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
What memory crisis? 79% of PC Gamer readers are rocking 32 GB or more RAM in their gaming rigs
Sadly that does also mean 21% are on 16 GB or less, with upgrades only getting more expensive.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
"Compliance-in-advance is never enough to appease a zealous censor": Robert Yang on the current challenge of bringing experimental gay games to Steam
Radiator Forever, an "ongoing re-remaster/re-re-release" collection of developer Robert Yang's short and experimental gay games has arrived on Steam, giving it a new home alongside Itch.io. In a blog post about the release, Yang has outlined the complex situation facing adult game creators at the mo
PC Gamer7/10/2026
E-Ink faceplates for the Steam Machine are coming, but not from Valve
I am going to put the filthiest fanfiction on this thing.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Legendary dad fixes their kid's dead RTX 3070 by ripping the capacitor out of an old radio and slapping it on the side, saving over $100 in the process
Is he looking for customers? I have a friend looking for some repairs.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Hooded Horse's new spaceship RPG C-Beams isn't just a riff on Blade Runner - it's a "modern version" of one of my favourite childhood space sims
For many decades, sci-fi buffs have debated the exact nature of the "C-beams" mentioned by Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner's legendary "tears in rain" soliloquy. Cutter beams used in construction? Weapon systems? Fey astral phenomena? The beauty of the term is its ambiguity, perhaps. Not any
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's standard edition is "is the full, complete experience", Ubisoft insist in response to Steam DLC furore
Yarr, ye not be needin' to shell out for the more expensive editions of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced or its day one DLCs if you want to have "the full, complete experience". So developers Ubisoft have said in response to Steam reviews giving the Black Flag remake a thumbs down because it has
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline
"Steam Support went way above and beyond."
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Valve's Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new 'Great on Frame' category spotted
Though there are only four games as of right now.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
KTC 25M1 review
Smooth, snappy, and surprisingly well-priced for a high refresh panel.
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts
Fixed in record timing.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"
Aw shucks. That's a bummer. I'm not angry about it, though. Surely this had to happen, just like the execs said it did. I'm paraphrasing quite facetiously, but that is the basic gist of id Software co-founder John Carmack's reaction to the studio cutting 136 workers as part of Microsoft's mass layof
PC Gamer7/10/2026
Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'
"We need to show management right now that we mean business."
PC Gamer7/10/2026
AMD Zen 6 server CPUs are launching this month, which has me hopeful for a desktop release this year
Here's hoping the swap to 2 nm is huge.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games' store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy
We’ve known for ages that the Steam Machine has a similar game compatibility rating system to the Steam Deck, wherein Valve tests games and slaps them with a Verified, Playable, or Unsupported sticker depending on how much they play technical ball. For the first fortnight and change of the Machine’s
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
"We are the best allies to game devs": Skyrim modder shows solidarity with laid off Bethesda workers by draping union logos across Tamriel
You've heard about Microsoft's mass layoffs by now. The last few days have been filled with stories of how these cuts are affecting different studios both still and formerly owned by Xbox, with even Elder Scrolls 6 developers Bethesda not being spared, regardless of that series being one their corpo
PC Gamer7/10/2026
One of my favorite Warhammer 40,000 books is getting an unexpected sequel
The Infinite and the Divine didn't need a follow-up, but I'm glad it's getting one.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/10/2026
After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today
Creature-catching game Palworld - the cheerfully macabre survival game that came out of nowhere in 2024 and has sold 40 million copies despite being roundly berated and, indeed, taken to court by Uncle Nintendo for riffing rather flagrantly on Pokémon - launches out of early access today. It's been
PC Gamer7/10/2026
The Rolling Stones are in Roblox, because I guess that's what rock and roll is now
I specifically asked for this to be painted black.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?
If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Steam was showing a 'too many requests' error, but it's back
If Steam said "You've made too many requests recently," don't worry: it's wasn't just you.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
John Carmack reacts to massive layoffs at id Software: 'My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well'
"You can't rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn't be your default belief."
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis shutting down means its Japan only, prequel phone game will remain unplayable
It was not particularly surprising to hear that Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis, the other remake of Final Fantasy 7 that opts for a more faithful approach to the original game (if being filled with gacha rolls counts as faithful), is ending service. Square Enix have been ceasing development on pretty m
PC Gamer7/9/2026
US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs
The Federal Reserve says its newly-announced task forces represent a "commitment to price stability and maximum employment."
PC Gamer7/9/2026
The only indie roguelike action RPG that rivals Hades and Diablo for me just got an incredible new expansion
Hell Clock: Cursed War has me squeezing in runs everywhere I can.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Stardew Valley enters the third dimension thanks to this in-development mod that even comes with VR functionality
I don't need to tell you that Stardew Valley is not a 3D game, and if I do, your understanding of dimensions is unsettling to me. However, where there's a will, there's a way, as a modder has done the unthinkable by adding an extra dimension to the beloved farming sim, turning it into something else
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Destiny 2 players get a final farewell gift from Bungie
Gloriabundus.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Helldivers 2 is getting a new anti-cheater policy to stop you feeling bummed out and help the in-game economy
If a game is online, there will be cheaters. This is an absolute in life, one that we'd all be better off without, but alas, not one that is always easy to get rid of. One such game that has suffered from cheating, much to the ire of its community, is Helldivers 2. Thankfully, though, Arrowhead Game
PC Gamer7/9/2026
The most deranged videogame challenge run I've seen: A no-hit playthrough of the 'Unfair' difficulty in a 100-hour RPG
You're just not supposed to be able to do that.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Slay the Spire meets Terra Nil in The Solace of Flowers, an "eco-dystopian" deckbuilder in which you cover corrupted islands with foxgloves, bees and, er, lions
The Solace of Flowers is another tactical roguelike deckbuilder, but wait! This one's also a sweet, grid-based gardening game, awash with daffodils, foxgloves, squirrels, honeybees, and other species of plant or creature I recognise from my own allotment down the road. (Have I mentioned that I have
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Palworld studio says delete your old mods before the 1.0 release: 'Disabling them is not enough'
Old mod data could cause real trouble with all the changes made for the big launch.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Roughly 192 Subnautica 2 players have drowned every minute since launch
Good job, team.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year
213 from ZeniMax Online Studios, 166 from ZeniMax Media (which includes the layoffs at Bethesda Game Studios).
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
"A densely-packed open world game about death anxiety": Bad Magpie's avian mischief channels a lot of heartache
Do they sing the song, where you are from? One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy… I wouldn't put it past magpies themselves to have learned this superstitious ditty. They've got a sharp ear for the human voice, after all, and studies indicate that they can count. Perhaps
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Persona 4 Revival's take on the controversial Yosuke will apparently be "more fitting for the world we live in now"
Considering how old Persona 4 actually is, including its revamped rerelease Golden, there's a non-zero chance that it's been a good long while that any of you have played it (and for the younger readers, a plenty good chance you've not played it at all). So you might have some rose tinted goggles on
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Palworld PSA: you might want to uninstall your mods if you've not played in a while ahead of its 1.0 launch
Well, would you look at that. Palworld is launching into 1.0 tomorrow! Somehow an entire two years and then some passed to get to this point, but here we almost are, several updates and a notable lawsuit later. For some of you it might have been a while since you booted the game up, so its developer
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
What will another Obsidian Fallout game even look like all these years on? Here's my attempt to read the radioactive tea leaves
I know. The right answer to the question in the headline is simple: whatever the developers working on it decide they want it to look like. Even though I’ve told myself that multiple times since last night’s report that the New Vegas studio have been redirected to the wasteland amid the horrible cir
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Rumour suggests Intel is cooking up a 12 Xe desktop Nova Lake CPU
'Decent discrete graphics? In my desktop processor?'
PC Gamer7/9/2026
New IDC report claims worldwide PC shipments fell by 5% but revenue didn't, as 'vendors are pushing through price increases faster than demand is dropping'
Thanks, AI.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground
With projects like Donkey Kong 64 Recompiled, human programmers stake a claim on the art and science of retro game recompilation.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
"We were already running a tight ship": Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about Xbox's layoffs causing even more delays to the long-awaited RPG
Reports about the specific affects Microsoft's mass layoffs are having on studios like Obsidian and id Software keep rolling out. Elder Scrolls 6 makers Bethesda are no different, with staff saying that the cuts there have not just tanked morale, but let to worry about the fantasy RPG's development
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Palworld won't raise its price for 1.0 as 'a small way of saying thank you'
One less thing to worry about ahead of the 1.0 release.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
It looks like Samsung is taking a leaf out of Nvidia's book and making a proper PC processor
If 2026 is the year of Linux, could 2027 be the year of Windows on Arm?
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Where to find the Ito region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
Track down the one correct beach on the island.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
After 16 years of exploring the final frontier, Star Trek Online devs are 'trying new things' and 'trying to push the boundaries' of what they can achieve
The frontier keeps moving.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Ubisoft has added a cash shop and weekly challenges to its 'faithful' remake of the 13-year-old Black Flag, because of course it has
Well I don't remember these from 13 years ago.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
We're making some changes to the RPS Supporter Program, all of them good
Starting... uh, last week, we’re making a bunch of improvements to the RPS Supporter Program, the super-special subscription service through which impossibly cool RPS readers can support our writing and reporting directly. The catch? Ha ha! There isn’t one. Read more
PC Gamer7/9/2026
AI data center servers predicted to glug more power than 'conventional servers' by 2027
Coming for an overtaxed electricity grid near you.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Black Flag's combat may have been a total cakewalk, but at least it had its novelty
Since when do fewer options make for better fights?
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game
It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
It looks like monitor manufacturers can download bloatware without consent that will serve you pop-up ads
Here's hoping this doesn't become a trend.
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Hooded Horse’s new strategy game Rogue Carrier has you captaining a research ship on a planet where the seas boil with violent squid
There are two cultural artifacts that buzz about my brain without ever truly settling: 2001's action game RTS hybrid Hostile Waters and Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. It may be an unfair lens to apply to newly announced roguelite colony builder Rogue Carrier, but it has enou
PC Gamer7/9/2026
YouTuber gets Minecraft running on an original Game Boy Color, and it even looks kinda playable
Has the 'can it run Minecraft' arms race begun?
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Subnautica 2 celebrates 5 million copies sold ahead of Adaptive Measures, its first early access update
Unknown Worlds! Give me more rug options and my life is yours!
PC Gamer7/9/2026
'Thank you again rural Walmart': Redditor picks up 32 GB of memory for $50, twice
Some folks get all the luck.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
WoW's game director thinks its UI overhaul has been 'successful so far,' even if it's 'not perfect'
"Things will only continue to get better from here."
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Dragon Age's former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he'd be happy to take it off EA's hands and 'go somewhere dark and dangerous' with it
Rescue mission.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
An alleged member of a hacking group was caught, thanks to one hated Windows feature
Good news and bad news then?
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Doom devs id Software were reportedly kicking around ideas for a new Perfect Dark, a John Wick-inspired game, and multiplayer demonslaying prior to layoffs
When Microsoft's mass layoffs gutted Doom developers id Software earlier this week, the studio were reportedly kicking around a number of ideas for games they could work on after finishing Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC. Among these pitches, it's claimed, were the likes of a new Perfect Dark g
Rock Paper Shotgun7/9/2026
Former Marathon director settles lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, following his firing over alleged inappropriate messages to female staff
Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie. He filed the lawsuit against the studio after a quiet departure which was confirmed in March 2024. Bloomberg reported in August 2024 that Barrett had been fired after he was accused by several female Bungie
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Echoes of Aincrad release date and launch times
It's almost time for another Sword Art Online RPG.
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Are you excited for a new Fallout game from Obsidian? You know, given everything
Reader poll: Obsidian might be pivoting to a Fallout game, but only after major layoffs and the cancellation of other projects—how's that landing?
PC Gamer7/9/2026
Fallout series nominated for 9 Emmys, but not even one of them is for 'Outstanding Goggins'
Stunts, hair, makeup, costumes, and technical categories were recognized, but nothing for the actors.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
Expert anglers, can you name all of these videogames with fishing in them after seeing just one screenshot of a successful catch?
Bring your best bait, this is a big'un.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director settles $200 million lawsuit against Sony and Bungie: 'The outcome is one I am very satisfied with'
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Christopher Barrett seems very happy.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to get Data Fragments in Black Flag Resynced
Unlock Animus project rewards with this currency.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to complete the Art Lover quest in Black Flag Resynced
Restore the Great Inagua art collection for Bernard.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to access Black Flag Resynced's new content in order
Try out each new addition as you play through Edward's story.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to beat all four legendary ships in Black Flag Resynced
And what you'll get in return.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to get all 28 outfits in Black Flag Resynced
Outfits have seen some of the biggest changes in the remake.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
How to get all 12 Ultimate Ship Plans in Black Flag Resynced
Fully upgrade the Jackdaw.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
All 16 Mayan stone locations in Black Flag Resynced
Solve these old puzzles to complete the Mayan Mystery quest.
PC Gamer7/8/2026
All 22 treasure map locations in Black Flag Resynced
The remake's buried treasure maps aren't identical to the original game.

Games Revealed

Hades II

Handheld gaming PCs are cooked

Latest reviews

Featured games

Latest hardware

Star Citizen's next update will switch focus to fixing its bug-riddled previous update, with bigger changes shunted to a later patch

After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana

Mortal Shell 2 is the latest game to join the Grand Theft Auto 6 release crush, but I don't think it has much to worry about because it looks sick as hell

After Space Marine 2 'literally changed everything', Saber Interactive has been inundated with offers from major licenses: 'We are in a very fortunate position to turn down more than we can accept'

A piece of GTA modding history that was considered lost has been rebuilt from scratch and fixed 22 years later

What are we all playing this weekend?

Call of Duty fans surprised to discover new Black Ops 2 port preserves the emblem editor, not surprised to find swastikas being made with it

Matthew Ball was hired to help fix Xbox. Will gamers like what he prescribes?

'Surprised there was anyone left to post this': Fans react as The Elder Scrolls Online debuts seasonal content days after hundreds laid off from studio

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam

How to get hardwood in Palworld

Microsoft responds to racist Xbox layoff conspiracy theory, says CEO Asha Sharma is 'American born, raised, and educated'

Dear Magical Girls combines a tale of burnout with a tactical defence puzzle in which you shape and reshape a field of sorcery

Palworld revises some of its most egregious creature designs for its 1.0 release

Guide a living landship through a deadly fungal world in Trailblazers, a roguelite colony sim inspired by Rimworld, Moebius, and Darkest Dungeon

id Software provides proof of life, says it 'still has the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for' after massive layoffs

How to unlock Samael's romance and begin dating the brooding bartender in Moonlight Peaks

Indie dev defends criticism of Steam refund abuse amid review bombing of his game: 'It's wrong to refund a game after having fun with it and completing it'

Where to find the fallen tree and unblock the waterfall in Moonlight Peaks

Ubisoft tells Black Flag microtransaction critics that they control the DLC they buy

Meta says its working on 'multiple next-generation headsets' despite the struggles of VR and the heat death of the metaverse

Multiple motherboard and PC component makers move forward with Chinese-made memory validation

Marvel Rivals needs to pick a lane and either fully embrace balancing for 'fun' long term or stick to some serious changes

Rockstar have stayed mum on GTA 6 multiplayer, but they might be hedging their bets with a new GTA Online heist that boasts a "unique new level of replayability"

'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship

Asus ZenBook A16 review

'Finally a card I can afford': Nvidia announces GeForce-themed trading cards, which are free but you'll need to travel or get lucky to win some for yourself

What memory crisis? 79% of PC Gamer readers are rocking 32 GB or more RAM in their gaming rigs

"Compliance-in-advance is never enough to appease a zealous censor": Robert Yang on the current challenge of bringing experimental gay games to Steam

E-Ink faceplates for the Steam Machine are coming, but not from Valve

Legendary dad fixes their kid's dead RTX 3070 by ripping the capacitor out of an old radio and slapping it on the side, saving over $100 in the process

Hooded Horse's new spaceship RPG C-Beams isn't just a riff on Blade Runner - it's a "modern version" of one of my favourite childhood space sims

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's standard edition is "is the full, complete experience", Ubisoft insist in response to Steam DLC furore

Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline

Valve's Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new 'Great on Frame' category spotted

KTC 25M1 review

Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts

Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"

Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

AMD Zen 6 server CPUs are launching this month, which has me hopeful for a desktop release this year

Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games' store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy

"We are the best allies to game devs": Skyrim modder shows solidarity with laid off Bethesda workers by draping union logos across Tamriel

One of my favorite Warhammer 40,000 books is getting an unexpected sequel

After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today

The Rolling Stones are in Roblox, because I guess that's what rock and roll is now

How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

Steam was showing a 'too many requests' error, but it's back

John Carmack reacts to massive layoffs at id Software: 'My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well'

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis shutting down means its Japan only, prequel phone game will remain unplayable

US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs

The only indie roguelike action RPG that rivals Hades and Diablo for me just got an incredible new expansion

Stardew Valley enters the third dimension thanks to this in-development mod that even comes with VR functionality

Destiny 2 players get a final farewell gift from Bungie

Helldivers 2 is getting a new anti-cheater policy to stop you feeling bummed out and help the in-game economy

The most deranged videogame challenge run I've seen: A no-hit playthrough of the 'Unfair' difficulty in a 100-hour RPG

Slay the Spire meets Terra Nil in The Solace of Flowers, an "eco-dystopian" deckbuilder in which you cover corrupted islands with foxgloves, bees and, er, lions

Palworld studio says delete your old mods before the 1.0 release: 'Disabling them is not enough'

Roughly 192 Subnautica 2 players have drowned every minute since launch

Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year

"A densely-packed open world game about death anxiety": Bad Magpie's avian mischief channels a lot of heartache

Persona 4 Revival's take on the controversial Yosuke will apparently be "more fitting for the world we live in now"

Palworld PSA: you might want to uninstall your mods if you've not played in a while ahead of its 1.0 launch

What will another Obsidian Fallout game even look like all these years on? Here's my attempt to read the radioactive tea leaves

Rumour suggests Intel is cooking up a 12 Xe desktop Nova Lake CPU

New IDC report claims worldwide PC shipments fell by 5% but revenue didn't, as 'vendors are pushing through price increases faster than demand is dropping'

PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground

"We were already running a tight ship": Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about Xbox's layoffs causing even more delays to the long-awaited RPG

Palworld won't raise its price for 1.0 as 'a small way of saying thank you'

It looks like Samsung is taking a leaf out of Nvidia's book and making a proper PC processor

Where to find the Ito region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6

After 16 years of exploring the final frontier, Star Trek Online devs are 'trying new things' and 'trying to push the boundaries' of what they can achieve

Ubisoft has added a cash shop and weekly challenges to its 'faithful' remake of the 13-year-old Black Flag, because of course it has

We're making some changes to the RPS Supporter Program, all of them good

AI data center servers predicted to glug more power than 'conventional servers' by 2027