Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we're most excited about is Rue Valley, a time loop mystery set in a surreal motel in the American southwest. And now we know we don't have much longer to wait: In a new trailer, publisher Owlcat and developer...
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has given off palpable Mass Effect vibes since developer Owlcat Games announced it earlier this year. Creative director Alexander Mishulin recently tried to put some distance (though admittedly not much) between Owlcat's latest and BioWare's most popular RPG series. But having just watched Owlcat's recent environmental showcase for its upcoming sci-fi adventure, I'm back to thinking that Osiris Reborn is going to be Mass Effect as...
Put down your trowel, stop smelling the roses, and listen to me for a second. Strange Horticulture, a narrative puzzler about running a plant shop that also happens to be one of the best detective games around, is free to keep on Epic this week.Originally released in 2022, Strange Horticulture puts players in the role of a plant shop owner newly arrived at the alt-history Lake District town Undermere. Each...
While I wouldn't say I was surprised by Two Point Museum on launch—I expected it to be another great management sim from Two Point Studios and it proved to be exactly that—I have been surprised by the vigor of its post-launch life.Since releasing in February, Two Point Studios has been doling out freebies like the world's most financially inept gift shop, adding memorial exhibits in June, a whole new museum...
Just the other day I was thinking "I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry". You know, one that has the lush tropical islands and open-world mercenary blasting of Crytek's 2004 trailblazer, but where you plan and execute your missions from a base you build yourself.I'm not sure why I thought this. I've been playing a lot of Abiotic Factor—a survival game...
Get your Sunday off to a rewarding and relaxing start with our Wordle help. Hey, it's the weekend—you can even click straight through to the August 24 (1527) answer if you want to. Or if you've got the time and an itch to get stuck in, our hints and tips for your daily Wordle are here and can offer as much or as little direction as you want them to....
In the trailer tornado of Gamescom 2025, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight stood out to me, and not just because it had Matt Berry as the voice of Lego Bane. The combat looks like it's got the counter mechanics of the Arkham games, and the traversal has Arkham-style grappling and gliding. Since neither Suicide Squad nor Gotham Knights was the follow-up to Arkham Knight we wanted, I guess...
Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to generate formulas, but you might want to be careful how you use it. Microsoft is already warning users that the AI might not always be accurate.The new "COPILOT" function allows you to skip writing Excel formulas yourself by telling Copilot what you want to do and the cells...
Echo Point Nova is one of our favorite recent FPSes here at PCG: Four player hoverboard shooting in an open world of floating islands that feels like Titanfall with all the safeties off. A steady stream of free updates has only made it better, crescendoing yesterday with the launch of a free expansion pack.So far, Echo Point Nova has expanded its world by adding new islands to its sky archipelago,...
If you're shopping at Home Depot, you might want to watch out for facial recognition at the check-out counter. Benjamin Jankowski, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, is taking Home Depot to court after spotting the hardware store's self-checkout kiosks using facial recognition without customers' consent.The class action lawsuit, filed on August 1, claims that Home Depot is violating Illinois' 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and asks the court for...