We quickly discovered that the new Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster is an impressive and shiny UE5 wrapper over the janky gem we've always loved, and that's led to some surreal developments like a beloved line reading flub getting some delightfully high-quality new lipsyncing.It also means that speedrunners can slip right back into well-worn strats like a favorite pair of jeans. Case in point: Prolific Oblivion YouTuber Bacon_ (you've absolutely...

If you're reading this, I'm sure I don't need to explain to you that modding and PC gaming go hand in hand. Likewise, I'm sure I don't need to explain that the lively culture of games modding has provoked an equally lively culture of IP litigation. Every year, we publish countless stories about modders finding themselves on the receiving end of DMCA takedowns from territorial licenseholders, even when the vast...

The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It's an evergreen topic among FPS enjoyers, and a personal favorite to complain about until someone tells me to shut up: That's right, baby, we're talking about aim assist.Marathon has aim assist for controllers, which is entirely normal for an FPS launching on PlayStation and Xbox. What's not...

There's an infamous anti-piracy advertisement from back in 2004 that online oldsters will immediately recognize: "You wouldn't steal a car," it begins, complete with shakycam footage of some sketchy looking dude popping a lock, before rolling into various other types of theft and eventually equating it all with downloading a copy of Shrek 2. The ad makes it dramatically clear: Stealing Shrek will get you hard time in the slam...

It's kind of funny, in hindsight, what an absolute self-own Ubisoft's decision to kill The Crew turned out to be. You would reasonably think that pulling the plug on a 10-year-old racing game would annoy a few dozen people; instead, it sparked an entire uprising against always-connected games, a class action lawsuit, a new California law and subsequent Steam disclaimer, and eventually, a promise that the publisher would never ever...

Hyper Light Breaker has been in a weird place since its early access launch in January: It's a great action game with a gorgeous neon sci-fi art style, but the hybrid roguelike/extraction shooter structure surrounding that core has been roundly criticized by players.But despite taking it on the chin in the Steam user reviews, developer Heart Machine is responding to those critiques constructively, with its upcoming Buried Below update set...

I was convinced Oblivion Remastered would satisfy my childhood nostalgia when, in the middle of its official reveal, Todd Howard declared with a slight grimace that the devs had made sure to preserve its "charm." That is to say, those baffling bits of jank and strange NPC behaviours that still make the original one of the funniest games ever made.But even I'm pleasantly surprised by just how much jank Virtuos...

The Books with No Pictures quest unlocks as soon as you hit a level 2 friendship with Alice in Disney Dreamlight Valley. If you're already there but the quest is still locked, it might be because you don't have Vanellope living in your valley yet. Once she's moved in, you'll be able to make a start on this quest by talking to Alice.She'll explain how she wants to spend more...

Yesterday, we reported on Intel's new BIOS feature for Core Ultra 200S motherboards, called 200S Boost, whereby the simple click of a BIOS option will overclock certain parts of the Arrow Lake processor. It's mostly just lifts the die-to-die (D2D) and uncore (NGU) clocks from their default 2.1 GHz values to a hefty 3.2 GHz apiece.But having now tested 200S Boost in a handful of games, I suspect that there's...

Just days after an investors report revealed that a new Frostpunk game is coming "as early as 2027," 11 Bit Studios has made it official with the announcement of Frostpunk 1886, a remake that "revisits and expands upon" the original in Unreal Engine 5.Frostpunk 1886 promises "an evolved take on the harsh, morally challenging survival experience" of the original game, but 11 Bit says it's not just a visual upgrade....