If Straftat ever has no fans, that means PC Gamer is dead. We named the throwback arena shooter the best FPS of 2024, and its lump-faced, cigarette-smoking combatants have only risen in our estimation with every return we've made to its countless brutalist combat dreamscapes. Today, Straftat ascends to an even higher tier of peerlessness, adding 2v2 and free-for-all game modes for all players.And as always, you can play it...
A few weeks after delaying the unexpected Cyberpunk 2077 2.3 update out of its planned June 26 launch, it looks like a release is getting closer—and could be very close indeed, as some sites are reporting the patch will drop on July 17.At the very least, we'll find out tomorrow—July 16—what's coming in the 2.3 update, which was announced in early June with absolutely zero details. It sounds like something...
Hired heroes are characters in Fortnite that will fight alongside you — as long as you pay them. As part of the Supernova Academy story quest line, you need to damage opponents with a hired hero. You will need to pay them a decent amount of gold bars to hire them, but if you don’t know where to find them, then none of that will matter! Additionally, you’ll need to...
Helldivers with a flair for the dramatic (or psychotic) got good news yesterday when Arrowhead announced that, "thanks to some groundbreaking military research into pointier flag tips," the CQC-1 One True Flag melee weapon in Helldivers 2 "can now be proudly planted directly into enemies—dead or alive." Arrowhead described the heraldric upgrade as "absolute democracy" and I certainly can't argue with that, but there is one small problem: Players are...
We used to play Mario Kart. It was 2003 and the Nintendo GameCube was a full-fledged member of my high school clique. It was at every social gathering, no matter how big or small. I went as far as to buy a carrying case for mine that was big enough to carry a few controllers and all its cords. It rode in the backseat for countless car rides, strapped in...
Rise up, gooners: Marvel Rivals is getting a beach-themed summer event, and everyone is looking hot. You’ve got expected additions, like a breezy Luna Snow skin that turns the popstar’s soundscape into roving waves. Based on the footage, Snow is clearly the biggest draw here — her skin includes a bespoke soundtrack of lo-fi tunes and small flourishes like fish that swim all around her. 🌴 The Summer Special Event...
Five years after its original release, The Last of Us Part 2 received a free update, adding a mode that presents the game’s non-linear narrative in chronological order. Given the game’s track record of controversy, it wasn’t surprising that the announcement was met with mixed reception. Over the years, The Last of Us Part 2 has been on the receiving end of a wide range of complaints — about how...
Sometimes all you can do is take a struggling project back to the drawing board. Unfortunately for Dead Island 2 publisher Deep Silver, that's a decision that meant adding eight years and millions of dollars to the sequel's development time (via GamesIndustry.biz).In a talk at British game dev conference Develop:Brighton, former Deep Silver head of comms Martin Wein says the call to delay and overhaul Dead Island 2 was the...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, an episodic look at the crew of the USS Enterprise set before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, has proved so popular that in April 2024, Paramount Plus renewed it for a fourth season while season 3 was still in production. But after laying off hundreds of employees in June 2025, the streaming service announced that SNW would be ending with an abridged...
To hardflip the castle and fountain gap in the Waterpark level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 involves exploring the place and interacting with specific elements on the map. Finishing this mission requires you to restore the power to the arcade, which unlocks a secret entrance to the castle. To do so, you’ll need to find a pair of keys that is hidden around the map, like you’ve already done...