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Destiny 2 has reached the end of the line: The final update is live, TWIDs are over, and we're all left wondering how the one-time king of live service shooters has come to such ignominious ruin. Even Destiny's competitors are baffled by Sony's decision to pull the plug, although some say Sony's not the real villain here at all. If there is a villain, besides Bungie management—which I think we...
In its recent history, Xbox has accomplished few esteemed deeds worth commemorating. Even as it attempts to pivot into a new era under new CEO Asha Sharma, it's still suffering from the fallout of a persistent strategic malaise, having achieved little more in the current decade than acquiring a sizable chunk of the games industry just to lay it off, spinning up a games subscription service that served as a...
After blowing the doors down with narrative horror game Mouthwashing, developer Wrong Organ decided to zig instead of zag: Its next project is Carcass Clad, a roguelike co-op tank simulator in a city where things have gone deeply wrong. But while developer Jeffrey Tomec told me that scripted narrative is on the "back burner for sure" this time, it sounds like Wrong Organ is trying to find a balance for...
The Asus ProArt lineup is, in essence, the company's range of fancy PC products for creative professionals—and my goodness does it contain some nice-looking stuff. Which is why I jumped at the chance to test out one of the latest additions, the Asus ProArt Mouse MD301.It's certainly a handsome squeaker, designed to provide a subtle, refined, ergonomic option for those who have some serious work to do. It's all business,...
From the archives: This interview was originally published 10 years ago this month in PC Gamer #293 (UK, July 2016), and conducted not long after the release of Stardew Valley. You can see how developer Eric Barone was just realizing how life-changing Stardew would prove to be, and many of the game's now-beloved features, like multiplayer, were still to come in the future.Also check out out 2025 interview with Barone...
In a rare reversal of live service demise, a beloved but "dead" live service FPS will not shut down, but instead receive custom server support that ensures it'll be playable forever. Long live Deceive Inc.The story of Deceive Inc. played out like countless other live service games. The PvP Hitman-like shooter launched to good reviews, was beloved by a modest community (including yours truly), and received substantial seasonal updates for...
It's taken centuries of human advancement, but soulslikes and demanding third-person action games have finally reached a level of cultural proliferation where we as a society can ask the all important question: What if the dinosaurs could have simply parried the meteor?That's the tantalizing possibility suggested by Dinoblade, a probably paleontologically accurate soulslike launching on Steam later this week that portrays dinosaurs just as the fossil record tells us they...
I will openly admit that I'm not usually a fighting game person. I enjoy playing Mortal Kombat with my equally bad friends, but as soon as I'm up against someone who knows their shit, I'm fumbling over the controls. Unsurprisingly, it's not all too fun getting your ass whooped and feeling like there's little you can do to stop the pain.But as soon as I laid eyes on Marvel Tōkon:...
I love the subreddit r/whatisit for a couple of reasons. It's a fun way to let people use their extremely niche knowledge to identify the unusual items people come across, but mainly it's chance to see paranoid parents and insecure partners snoop around in their loved ones' stuff and find what they always assume are drugs, drug-related accessories, or sex toys.Occasionally, the things they find are drugs or sex toys—but...