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Without naming names, I feel like we all have a pretty good idea which games, or game series, produce a ton of DLC. You can probably think of a dozen or so off the top of your head that have a strong reputation for regularly releasing paid add-ons, right? But how deep does your knowledge of DLC really go?Let's find out with a quick game of Hi-Lo, or maybe you...
In a rare reversal of live service demise, a beloved but "dead" live service FPS will not shut down, but instead receive custom server support that ensures it'll be playable forever. Long live Deceive Inc.The story of Deceive Inc. played out like countless other live service games. The PvP Hitman-like shooter launched to good reviews, was beloved by a modest community (including yours truly), and received substantial seasonal updates for...
I like a little doohickie. You know, a thingamabob. A little extra device sitting on your desk that you probably won't use very much, but the design made you buy one anyway.Which is why something deep in my soul yearns for this Codex Micro mini keyboard, even though I have little interest in OpenAI's coding assistant (via Ars Technica). It's been designed in collaboration with Work Louder, and looks a...
Even a few months after it launched, we still haven't gotten tired of seeing the wild stuff you come up with in Crimson Desert's sprawling sandbox. That's why our latest monthly winner of PC Gamer Clips is yet another great Crimson Desert video—and that's why the person who sent us that clip just won $500 in Amazon gift cards.If this is the first you're hearing about PC Gamer Clips, it's...
I was born in the early '90s, and thanks to a life marked by periodic socioeconomic turmoil, I've come to accept—as any reasonable person would—that blatant dysfunction is the hallmark of a healthy and developed economy. The free market doesn't have seatbelts or brakes, and that's why it works. If there's any wreckage that might say otherwise, we're driving too fast to see it.But even though I've learned that business...
As the AI boom gobbles up graphics cards, SSDs, memory sticks and more, building a gaming PC is currently eye-wateringly expensive (and it's never exactly been cheap). If, like me, you've been holding out in the hope that those prices will drop to more sensible levels soon, I'm sorry to say that's looking unlikely.Earlier this month, research showed that memory prices are predicted to rise sharply between now and 2027,...
If there's one thing we know about Todd Howard, it's that he doesn't hate Obsidian. We know this because he keeps telling us. He keeps telling us because Fallout fans won't stop speculating that secretly, deep down in his heart of hearts, Todd Howard hates Obsidian. How often has he denied hating Obsidian? A quick and non-comprehensive list:2024: Todd Howard says Fallout: New Vegas "is a very, very important game...
How much RAM do you need for an 'ultimate gaming machine?' July in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
What's the name for that phenomenon when you learn about something for the first time and then start seeing it everywhere? Ah, the frequency illusion! I was frequently illused while scanning through these July 1996, 2006 and 2016 issues of PC Gamer magazine, because they just keep talking about RAM. And given our current RAMpocalypse, well, it all just seems very timely.I guess the other explanation is that PC gamers...
Remember that photo which stirred all sorts of talk about Amazon's upcoming God of War TV series? Well, the show won't look like that anymore—the role of Kratos is set to be recast since actor Ryan Hurst tore a bicep on set, according to Deadline. Anonymous sources in that story claim Hurst has had surgery and is recovering.As Deadline points out, this comes after Hurst "underwent a physical transformation" and...
Survival games are obsessed with the grind. Need a better axe? You've got to spend an hour collecting stone. Want to build a bigger base? Time to manually ferry hundreds of logs from one storage chest to another. Somewhere along the line, the genre started confusing friction with depth. Play This Right NowWelcome to Play This Right Now, the site version of our weekly newsletter in which we celebrate a...