I honestly wouldn't have put strong odds on State of Decay 3 seeing the light of day. Even before the Microsoft mass layoffs we hadn't heard much about the survival game since the 2020 reveal trailer, and we found out later the game only existed in a Word document when that trailer was released.In 2024 it rose from the dead again with another trailer, and then there was basically nothing...

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Here's the big stuffPendola Pass: A snowy mountain region north of the Rust Belt flanked on all sides by a gigantic Emperor corpse. Embark says Pendola is its "most ambitious map to date" and has a unique "Flash Freeze" condition that punishes those who stay outside too long.New ARC types: The Frigate is a "massive airborne carrier" that apparently can't be totally destroyed. Embark framed this as a "high-stakes challenge...

Causality Chain is a series at PC Gamer exploring the unlikely links between history, culture, and videogames.Every time you cast a meteor spell in Diablo 2 or a cloud of daggers in Baldur's Gate 3, you are taking part in a chain of history—a causality chain, if you will—that dates back to the 18th century, when nobody had thought about taking a "warlock dip" since the Salem witch trials. And...

Behold, some wild Quake Champions patch notesRemoved Battle Pass Removed Weekly / Event Challenges Removed the Store Removed Platinum and Shard Currencies Removed Loot Boxes Removed Daily Login Rewards Removed Champion Progression (the shard reward path) Most Vanity Content is now Available to All Users"Today’s update marks a new chapter for Quake Champions as we transition the game from a free-to-play service to a paid application on Steam," the update...

Many are justifiably annoyed about Steam's new age verification requirements in Australia. Whereas most platforms and shopfronts offer several ways to verify one's age, Valve offers only one, and it's amusingly ill-suited to the Australian market. To prove that you're over 18 years old and thus, legally allowed to purchase games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Doom Eternal or Rimworld, you need to provide details for an active credit card....

World of Warcraft: Forever has a lot of clever little surprises in it that players are digging up during the beta, including this one: A hidden druid shapeshift form that activates if you're wearing the five-piece Embrace of the Viper from the Wailing Caverns dungeon.Turns out if you're a druid and get the full "of the Fang" set from Wailing Caverns, you turn into a serpent in Forever https://t.co/EJANXlsVX8September 19,...

Just a quick alert to let you know about the excellent demo for Probably Stolen, where you're a cyberpunk shopkeeper who can deal in rat meat, counterfeit cigarettes, and contraband weapons. Check it out on Steam. The sim is due out next month but the demo is surprisingly hefty!

We've become the Nerevarine and defeated Dagoth Ur. We've foiled Mehrunes Dagon and closed the Oblivion gates. We've destroyed Alduin and absorbed his soul. We've bought horse armor, stolen an Elder Scroll, and even once pickpocked a note from the butt of a fully-dressed assassin without him noticing.In other words, we've done it all, and with a combined 2,500+ hours across the series, five PC Gamer editors have come together...

Slow Roads is a zen game about driving cars on endless procedurally generated tracks. It is much, much prettier and more enveloping than you'd expect from a game with procgen at its heart. I was surprised: I'd like to write more about it soon. You should definitely try out the demo.That aside, I was pretty impressed by Slow Roads' answer to the now ubiquitous driving line in modern car games....