I find myself pretty gloomy about the shutdown of 2XKO—but not because I'll miss it on a personal level. I don't have the mental bandwidth to training-montage myself into a serious fighting game player other than a few stints with Guilty Gear: Strive, but I did have a reasonable time messing around with 2XKO during its beta. And while I'm aware my lack of continued playing makes me part of...
Critical Hit(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Critical Hit, where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle.Last month, Final Fantasy 10 turned 25 years old—a fact that has utterly shaken my perception of the passage of time, leaving me to slowly decay into a pile of dust. It remains one of...
Disk Cleanup(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like "How tidy is your desktop?" and "What game will you never uninstall?"Ray Chase's first encounter with PC gaming was on an old DOS computer from his father's accounting job. He grew up on a digital diet...
As the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks continue to flow, Take-Two Interactive has begun the hunt for the people behind them. A Kotaku report says the GTA publisher has filed subpoenas with Microsoft and Discord, requesting user data and records of accounts that were involved in sharing the leaks.Take-Two "has submitted a sworn declaration confirming that the purpose for which the DMCA subpoena is sought is to obtain the identity...
A proposed class action lawsuit against Logitech is attempting to recover funds that were allegedly "extracted from American consumers" as a result of the Trump administration's tariffs. The complaint [PDF] is being led by a construction company, SJK Development, and a California resident, both of whom say they bought Logitech mice at higher, tariff-affected prices. It was filed with the US District Court for the Northern District of California, San...
Vapor World: Over The Mind is a Soulslike Metroidvania with an evocative, painterly art style reminiscent of Lies of P and the narrative platformers of Playdead. According to Korean studio Alive Inc, the game had 100,000 wishlists just before its early access launch on August 19, mostly on the strength of a demo available since January 2025. But what should have been a triumphant early access launch went pear shaped...
I'll be the first to admit that I have my reservations about enigmatic cryptopeddler / self-appointed anticorporate folk hero / world's most humdrum most wanted suspect Cyberleek. But I can't say their repeated leaks haven't done us all the service of answering our most burning GTA 6 questions—questions like, "If I play GTA 6, how often should I expect to confront someone who's just straight up hanging hog?"Thanks to Cyberleek's...
Los Santos CustomsI'm modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I've done to Rockstar's baby, or check out what I got up to earlier.Sometimes happiness isn't a new thing, you know? Sometimes it's about wringing novelty out of what you've already got, finding a...
We've still got more than a year to wait for The Witcher 4. In a video ahead of this year's Gamescom show, CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski spoke a bit about the upcoming Witcher 3 expansion as well as the game's long-awaited sequel."We have more than 500 incredibly talented developers working to create something truly special for you," he said. "The Witcher 4 features a huge and immersive open world,...
Need to knowWhat is it? Nidhogg creators take on the 'bullet heaven' or Survivors-like rogueliteRelease date August 26, 2026Expect to pay TBCDeveloper MesshofPublisher MesshofReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck Officially "unknown", but works greatLink SteamBlood Dungeon adheres rigidly to the autoshooter or 'bullet heaven' format: it's about moving around a scrolling arena auto-gushing projectiles that turn a steadily increasing horde of enemies into XP. Every...