Nvidia G-Assist is one of the few AI tools we in the PC Gamer hardware lair have genuinely liked the look of. G-Assist promises quite a lot, but at bottom it's a local language model you can run off your RTX 30-series (or above) GPU to help you with gaming-related tasks. Now, however, it looks like the number of tasks it'll be able to perform could be about to explode,...

You know how comedy geniuses and chronic dieters will say their favorite brand of chips is "dangerous," because once you rip open the bag it’s a swift trip to the bottom? That’s me with JRPGs; Kingdom Hearts’ absurd garble of a plot breached my treasured memories after I spent 100 hours with its cast, and the Wii’s Xenoblade Chronicles infected me with a deep-seated bitterness at the fact that I...

So, you forked out for the Oblivion Remastered deluxe edition content and are now left clueless about how to actually claim your in-game bonuses. Unlike most games, you're given no hints as to where you have to go to get your hands on it. After exploring Cyrodiil, I've figured out that these special items are actually rewards for completing new questlines: Burning Trail and A Wound in Time.You might expect...

We're here to help with your daily Wordle, with everything from quick tips designed to supercharge every line to a fresh hint for the April 23 (1404) game ready to go. And if those green letters don't turn up, your yellows refuse to behave, or you're just running out of rows, feel free to scroll down to today's answer and enjoy an instant win.Seeing three greens tidily grouped together on...

Last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that when the three core books that formed Dungeons & Dragons' updated 2024 ruleset were out, the essence of those rules—the System Reference Document, or SRD—would be made available under a Creative Commons licence. And now, it has.This is a big deal because, while D&D's 5th edition rules SRD was previously available under the terms of the Open Gaming Licence, or OGL, it...

Following revelations about the Israeli military's use of Microsoft's AI and cloud-computing systems in its bombardment of Gaza, as reported by The Guardian, the BDS movement called Microsoft "perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel's illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians". When some of Microsoft's own employees publicly protested against its supply of AI technology to the Israeli military, they were fired."The Israeli military uses...

Fan-made remakes of popular games are a risky thing. You never know when you're going to sink years of your life into a passion project, only to eat a cease and desist letter from an expensive lawyer representing a faceless corporate overlord that forces you to either change it up or shut it down entirely. That seemed like a real risk for Skyblivion, the ambitious, long-running effort to recreate Oblivion...

(Image credit: Green Tree Games) As much as I'd call myself a strategy enthusiast, it's always been difficult for me to get into the really crunchy, grognardy, rivet-counting wargames like Gary Grigsby's War in the East or Combat Mission. Of all of the recent Paradox grand strategy games, Hearts of Iron 4 is the one I have the fewest hours in. That ultimately comes down to the fact that I...

Well, it's a hit: Just a couple hours after it went live, Oblivion Remastered is grinding its way up Steam's most played list, and has now surpassed more than 120,000 concurrent players on the platform.We knew there was a lot of excitement for Oblivion Remastered, which hungry Elder Scrolls fans have been clamoring for since its existence was first leaked in 2023. But whether that would translate into sales was...

Note: This review contains spoilers for both Tape 1 and Tape 2 of Lost Records.When I sat down to play Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’s Tape 2, I was surprised just how much anticipation I felt. Over two months since the release of its first part, Bloom, the quartet of punk girls finding themselves through riot grrrl had sunk into my heart. How could they not when I saw so...