It already felt weird and wonderful to say that PC Gamer has reviewed Metal Gear Solid 4, a game for the personal computer. Now it gets even weirder: MGS4 mods are incoming, with TriggerHappy on YouTube already showing off a custom map in Kojima's 2008 stealth-action classic. Back in 2021, modder Jayveer showed off a map ported from Metal Gear Arcade into Metal Gear Online 2, the multiplayer accompaniment to...

FOV 90(Image credit: Future)Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new.Welcome back, FPS enjoyers, for a locally-networked edition of FOV 90.I turned 30 this past weekend, and when my fiancé asked me how I'd like to celebrate, I had exactly one idea: Use...

For the first time since its Frozen Throne expansion in 2003, Warcraft 3 is getting a new campaign. Or got one, more accurately: Blizzard just announced at BlizzCon that it's dropping the expansion today.In a pre-brief before BlizzCon's opening ceremony, we learned that Warcraft 3: Forsaken Kingdom is a two-part campaign for Warcraft 3: Reforged, the 2020 remaster of the 2002 RTS. It begins with a prologue covering the story...

Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer is catching heat from industry colleagues for his studio's stance on crunch. In the latest episode of The Game Business Show (as covered by Game Developer), Brammer and host Christopher Dring chatted about Bulkhead's journey as an indie studio and Wardogs' big success before the conversation turned to work culture and crunch.Brammer was upfront that crunch does happen at Bulkhead, and if you're not OK with...

As reported by Automaton, the 2026 CESA Videogame Industry Report, a survey-based assessment of the Japanese games business, shows a sharp uptick in AI adoption by Japanese developers: 85.8% in 2026, up from 51% just last year. In July, a separate survey covering just online game devs showed a 100% rate of AI adoption.Breaking things down further, 63% of total respondents claim to use generative AI tools on a daily...

How come the future in videogames is, more often than not, dark and gloomy? Where's the hope? Where's the optimism? It's all in Loftia, an MMO life sim with a delightfully cheery, eco-friendly aesthetic. And, as was just revealed at the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, you'll be able to get your hands on it November 3.For those of you not in the know, Loftia is an eco-optimism life sim...

Many are justifiably annoyed about Steam's new age verification requirements in Australia. Whereas most platforms and shopfronts offer several ways to verify one's age, Valve offers only one, and it's amusingly ill-suited to the Australian market. To prove that you're over 18 years old and thus, legally allowed to purchase games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Doom Eternal or Rimworld, you need to provide details for an active credit card....

Uh-oh. The MMO no-life virus started coursing through me as soon as I jumped into WoW: Forever's beta, and it's refusing to let up. Which is a problem, considering I'm also housing the kind of sickness that makes me pump dozens of hours into Final Fantasy 14 every week like it's a goddamn full-time job. My body is a temple for poor time management afflictions.Critical Hit(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Critical...

Here's that mod to let you play Elden Ring while dressed in Big Walk cosplay you asked for.(Image credit: wholesaladtt)

To most, the highlight of this week's big Deadlock patch is the snazzy map makeover, new heroes, and tons of quality-of-life additions. To me, it's all about the patch notes.I spend a lot of waking hours reading white-text-on-black-background changelogs in this line of work, so when a page comes along that was specifically designed to be pleasant and exciting, it deserves to be rewarded. Valve has a long history of...