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 ...

Stardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming

A decade after launch, Stardew Valley is still the de facto starting point and fondest farm sim for so many cozy gamers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a sea of needlessly long videogames, Resident Evil Requiem proves that 10 hours is all you need if you're able to make every second count

Resident Evil Requiem does a lot. I said it in my review, it plays like a highlight reel of all the best moments of the series. There are puzzles, horror, action, and Leon S Kennedy, of course. But ...

MSI MEG X870E Ace Max review

Offering more features and added aesthetic tweaks than the Carbon Wi-Fi, but with a substantially lower price tag than the cheapest Godlike models, the MEG X870E Ace Max is an imposing beast bristling ...