The Hugo Awards: they're not just for science-fiction novels that make you think "I should read that one day" and never do. Now they've got an interactive category, so once a year you can be told how excellent one more videogame is, think "I should play that one day," and then never get around to that either.This year the winner of the Best Game or Interactive Work category is Caves...
All the help you need to get your Wordle winning week off to the best kind of start is right here and ready whenever you are. Dip your toe into the waters with our clue for the August 18 (1521) puzzle with confidence, knowing we've got plenty of other hints available if you need something more. We've even got today's Wordle answer at the bottom if you need it. However...
What happens when you put three very silly sketch comedians in a fantastical videogame environment reminiscent of the most frustrating, foolish, and hilarious 1990s point-and-click adventures? You get Aunty Donna's latest sketch, "IRL videogame," which in addition to using the PC Gamer preferred spelling of videogame is pretty funny stuff.In it, comedians Mark Bonanno, Zachary Ruane, and Broden Kelly get dropped into a fantasy world by their producers and have...
Best of the best(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventuresOn an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of...
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, the game that's like Bloodborne if you took out all the Victorian England and injected a megadose of 14th century China instead, was recently updated to version 1.5. Said update included some uncontroversial quality-of-life improvements, and some story changes that were rather more controversial.As of version 1.5 various historically important bosses and NPCs can no longer be killed, and the dialogue you'd get after defeating them has...
As reported by the BBC, the family of Terence Stamp has confirmed that the actor died on Sunday morning at the age of 87. In Stamp's long and illustrious career, the actor had some notable videogame performances, including the Prophet of Truth in Halo, and Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.Stamp was born to a working class London family in 1938, and first rose to popularity in the...
Some of the execs at Volkswagen must like Gacha games—so much so that, as reported by Auto Express, you now have to “subscribe” to get your car’s full horsepower output with one of its new models.VW’s proposition is this: buy a new ID.3—the brand’s “entry level” (I remember when that used to mean
In a recent interview on Nightdive Studios' Deep Dive podcast, former Looking Glass Studios programmer Marc LeBlanc talked about how he sees the System Shock Remake's success as proof that there is an audience for games that challenge their players' critical thinking and ingenuity, and that he hopes to see more developers respond to that in the future."One of the things that we're seeing with the [System Shock] remake is...
Now that the launch of Rainbow Six Siege X is behind us, Ubisoft is back to releasing new operators at a steady clip. The first new op of the Siege X era is Denari, a Swiss defender with laser traps so flexible that Aruni must be green with jealousy.I played a few rounds of Denari at a remote preview event last week and quickly got the hang of his T.R.I.P....
Fighting games are a full-blown sensory experience: From feeling the rap of buttons under your fingers as you execute your bread-and-butter combo, to the explosive visual effects that accompany counter hits and special attacks, to the weighty audial blast of every punch and kick—all soundtracked to some of the hottest music in videogames.Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack...