Causal Loop is a new first-person puzzler with a sci-fi setting from Mirebound, a team of ex-Blizzard developers. While there's been something of a resurgence in puzzle games as of late, Causal Loop seeks to set itself apart from the herd by providing puzzles that don't just work as obstacles to progression but as a way to decide how you will progress."Unlike traditional branching narratives, Causal Loop embeds its choice-driven...

Just listen to that short clip above. Go on, I'll wait. That, my friends, is the sound that began some of my early computing experiences, when this hardware writer was a mere whelp dipping his toes into the wonderful world of personal computing. Whaddaya mean you don't recognise it? It's the Windows 95 start-up sound, and it's recently been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant...

As you'd expect from a new update, Marvel Rivals Season 2 brings tons of events you can complete for all sorts of free goodies. In fact, it's better than ever, as there are two events giving away great skins right now. While the Wanda's Chaos Gown event simply asks you to play some matches, the Cerebro Database event is much more complicated, at least at first glance.Thanks to stacked menus,...

Don't worry if you're feeling a bit stumped by Friday's Wordle, because we've got everything you need to win right here. Start with our general tips and see how you go, knowing our clue for the April 11 (1392) puzzle's here to help if you need it. Need more? You've got it. The answer to today's Wordle is never more than a quick scroll away.A wild guess on my third...

Schedule 1 is the sort of indie game that only gets more impressive the longer you stare at it. It's a drug dealing simulator, so you expect to grow weed out of a cramped apartment by day and hustle by night, but Schedule 1's complexity can catch you by surprise once you poke around its clockwork town full of named citizens with jobs, homes, schedules, desires, and unique habits.Jessi, for...

Valve stopped Steam sales of adult game No Mercy in the UK this week following a complaint from UK technology secretary Peter Kyle, who insisted that the "deeply worrying" game be removed due to its extreme content, as reported by news outlet LBC.No Mercy included "incest," "blackmail," and "unavoidable non-consensual sex," according to its Steam page, which also promised players the opportunity to become "every woman's worst nightmare" and "never...

You never know what'll catch your eye when you're watching a trailer for a new game: Glitzy graphics, great character design, hot gunplay—or maybe something a little more subtle, as is the case in today's trailer for Ikuma: The Frozen Compass. "Dang, some really good snow in this game," PC Gamer's Tyler Wilde said, a comment that made me curious because really, how good could the snow be? But you...

You think Balatro had trouble convincing rating boards and YouTube it's not gambling? I predict CloverPit, a self-described "rogue-lite slot machine nightmare," is going to have to work twice as hard.CloverPit combines a demonic slot machine with Balatro-like upgrades and progress, crams it into a grubby prison cell, and makes you spin the reels. Pump in coins, play the slot, buy weird upgrades, repeat. Oh, and the money you're playing...

In popular conception, the gamer is an individual preoccupied with virtual conquest—in shooters, in MOBAs, or in any other format allowing for what the ancients once called "pwning," before the term was rightfully culled from common parlance. PC players, however, aren't as preoccupied with PvP. According to industry analysts, Steam users are more likely than console players to play noncompetitive games, and that interest keeps increasing.In its 2025 report on...

Ubisoft felt bad enough about killing The Crew in 2024 that it promised to never, ever do it again—in The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest, at least. But it doesn't feel so bad that it's willing to admit it actually did anything wrong: In response to a proposed class action lawsuit over the shutdown filed last year, Ubisoft said the plaintiffs in the case knew—or should have known—that they...