Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a 'dynamic' scare system originally considered for BioShock 2: 'It's very fun as a gamedev to be surprised by somethin…

BioShock 2 was a bold follow-up to Irrational Games' 2007 FPS, putting you in the lead-weighted shoes of a Big Daddy and ...

Should you destroy or release Elpis in Resident Evil Requiem?

Decisions, decisions.

After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gather playtest, and the Steam ...

You know how some studios delayed their games to avoid Cyberpunk 2077 and Grand Theft Auto 6? Quantic Dream is doing the completely opposite thing.

Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down

A Bloodborne remake has been demanded by fans for so long that Sony's remaster studio, Bluepoint, figured it was inevitable that it would be given the job, especially after its very successful Demon's ...

If you love Marathon's vectorheart style but not its PvP, get your aesthetic fix from the gorgeously overstimulating demo for this time trial FPS instead

But rather than walking the extraction shooter road that Bungie's taken with Marathon, Cicadamata is more like ...

Is Marathon's time-to-kill too fast, or am I too Arc Raiders-pilled?

I have to grapple with the fact that, when it comes to extraction shooters, I've developed Arc Raiders tunnel vision. In 24 hours with the Marathon server slam, I keep catching myself expecting Bungie ...

Marathon Server Slam update: Bungie says if you're not getting enough PvP action, maybe you're just not looking for fights in the right places

First on the list is mouse input lag, which our own Marathon man Morgan Park ran into himself. Bungie said reports indicate some sort of issue with streaming software, and while i ...

A medieval MMO that shut down in 2023 after 6 years of early access and less than 1 year of full release is making a surprise comeback

The medieval MMO Gloria Victis shut down in 2023, "mostly due to financial reasons," developer Black Eye Games said at the ...

Steam Next Fest's top demos were packed with gnomeslop hijinks, open world piracy, and vampire card battling, but then—well—Marathon happened

Steam Next Fest has quickly become one of our favorite occasions at PC Gamer as developers of all sizes offer up samplings of ...

Space Marine 2 adds a new free class, the Techmarine—an engineer with the unbeatable combo of an automated sentry turret and a gigantic axe

Almost a year and a half on from its hugely successful launch, Space Marine 2 is still going strong with impressive post-release updates. And if there's one thing I love, it's watching developers add ...

The Muri: Wildwoods demo blends cute critters and the same satisfaction of PowerWash Simulator to create what might be my favourite demo from Steam Next Fest

I absolutely adore the satisfaction of virtual cleaning. I love scrubbing grime and dirt from structures in PowerWash Simulator, and especially adored cleaning up the ocean in Loddlenaut. So naturally ...

Phanteks XT V3 case review

The V3 is remarkably compact all things said and done, coming in at just 460x235x370 mm, it fits quite snugly on top of any desk space you might have. The real beauty of that is that despite its ...