Back in April we discovered Bongo Cat, a silly idle game about a cat with a hat who smacks your screen when you type. Silly, but also huge: Bongo Cat was one of the biggest games on Steam at the time, holding the number 12 spot on Steam's most played chart. Four months later it's still riding high on the charts, and earlier this week it got even better—because Bongo...

Rory Norris, Guides Writer(Image credit: Future)Last week I was: playing way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta.This week I've been: continuing to play way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta now that it's returned for one more weekend.As much as I've been enjoying the Battlefield 6 open beta, I can't deny that sinking feeling the moment I booted it up and was met by Netflix's home...

Mark Darrah's tell-all with YouTuber MrMattyPlays has been doing the rounds—including on the good site PC Gamer—and for great reason. The former BioWare producer seems to've hit a point where he's happy to simply divulge exactly what (he believes) went wrong with BioWare, the dozen little disasters that led to the, at the moment, death of Dragon Age.In the video below (starting at around 39 minutes), Darrah says he believes...

As part of a four-day hero trial, Overwatch 2's latest hero, Wuyang, is available for testing ahead of his full debut in Season 18. After learning about his (totally not magical) ability to harness water like he's straight out of Avatar: The Last Airbender, I jumped right in and put him to the test.Given the comparatively small tank and support roster, it's always a good day when we see something...

I'm pleased, nay, delighted to inform you that the first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have begun in Beijing, and the first day's highlight reel is a thing to behold.While some of the robots appear to have put on an impressive performance in traditional sporting events like the 100 metre sprint, it's not been entirely smooth sailing for many competitors—which makes it a fabulously entertaining watch for us technology rubberneckers.From robots...

What day is it? Friday? Time for some Wordle fun, then. Maybe even… a cheeky shortcut to a win? Let's go for it. The answer to today's Wordle is only a click away, so if you like the sound of winning right now we have some amazing news for you—you can. Or you can ignore it entirely, knowing we've got some great (and brand new) hints for the August 15...

Former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden thinks subscription services like Xbox Game Pass are a "danger" to the industry, and that the model risks turning developers into "wage slaves".In a wide ranging Games Industry interview on the state of the industry, Layden compared gaming subscription services unfavourably with music subscriptions services. While products like Spotify and Apple Music have dramatically undermined physical music sales, musicians—so Layden contends—at least have...

There was an era when my bedtime rituals were dominated by screentime—usually doomscrolling online or fighting for my life with my Steam Deck just inches from my face. It was hell on my eyes (and my sleep schedule), so I've slowly replaced those hours with books to wind down at night. I'm better for the change, though sometimes a game comes along and I just can’t help myself.Tiny Bookshop is...

As reported by Automaton, Famitsu has released a preview of its annual Famitsu Game Hakusho, a survey of the games industry by Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories. One confounding takeaway from the data is that the games market in Japan is bigger than ever, with the PC space nearly matching consoles for economic impact, while there are slightly fewer gamers⁠ in the country overall, and many millions fewer PC gamers than...

Does Steam look different to you today—girthier, perhaps? If so, and you're a Steam client beta participant, you'll be happy to know that you're not imagining it, nor do your eyeglasses need adjustment. Steam has embiggened its store pages, taking them from 940 pixels wide to 1200, a change it said is part of an ongoing effort "to modernize the design and provide a better experience for players with larger...