Now that the launch of Rainbow Six Siege X is behind us, Ubisoft is back to releasing new operators at a steady clip. The first new op of the Siege X era is Denari, a Swiss defender with laser traps so flexible that Aruni must be green with jealousy.I played a few rounds of Denari at a remote preview event last week and quickly got the hang of his T.R.I.P....
Fighting games are a full-blown sensory experience: From feeling the rap of buttons under your fingers as you execute your bread-and-butter combo, to the explosive visual effects that accompany counter hits and special attacks, to the weighty audial blast of every punch and kick—all soundtracked to some of the hottest music in videogames.Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack...
Starship Troopers: Extermination has always had a bit of "we have Helldivers 2 at home" energy; ironic considering how much Helldivers 2 channels the tone and ideas of the Paul Verhoeven film Extermination is based upon. While I enjoyed Offworld's large-scale, team-based multiplayer in my Starship Troopers: Extermination review, it was a frequently uneven experience beset by technical issues and the wrong kind of bugs.Nonetheless, I've kept one eye on...
If you've scrolled past an ad on TikTok for Nexon's gooner-looter-shooter The First Descendant you might not have noticed it was made by AI. But if you watch one of them for more than a second, you'll probably figure it out. Each one features an AI streamer rambling about the new boss Wall Crasher and maybe the Nier: Automata crossover while doing an odd headbob that I assume is supposed...
Use our clue for today's Wordle to get your game off to a great start. It's tailor-made for Sunday's puzzle, here to give you a general idea of what to aim for while still leaving plenty of room for your own genius to shine. Need more help? You've got it. Take a look at our hints if you need a little extra, or skip straight to the August 17 (1520)...
What's the audience like for a light-touch remaster of a 21-year-old RTS? Especially one that's being sold for full price? (Though owners of the original do get a 30% launch discount, to be fair.) Turns out, it's pretty decent. As Relic boasted on Twitter, Dawn of War's remaster sold 150,000 copies in less than 24 hours.I've been trying to convince people to play Dawn of War for years, but always...
In a recent interview with MrMattyPlays, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah talked about how player expectations for Dragon Age 2 as a full sequel to Dragon Age: Origins may have damaged the more experimental RPG's reception at launch."In terms of the project I was most proud of, in a lot of ways I would say that's probably Dragon Age 2," Darrah said in the interview. "Not because it's the best...
By the end of my brief time playing The Children of Clay, a free horror game available on Steam, I had taken my headphones off and was holding myself away from the screen as I selected each action. It was a bright and cheery morning around 11 AM, the sun was shining, my coffee warm, and I was freaked the hell out.The Children of Clay has a brilliant premise: You're...
"I had the surreal experience of building an open-world, post-apocalyptic multiplayer survival game in the Wasteland universe for Brian Fargo," says Brian Hicks. "Not knowing that Fallout 76 was a thing and coming."The announcement of Bethesda's Fallout MMO was just the first bomb to detonate over the development of InXile's survival game. When the second dropped, it killed off the project altogether.(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)Long before Clockwork Revolution, the...
Old Tom's Well was never so quaint as its name suggested. I reflected on this fact as I fell into its depths, which had so far refused to provide the full stop of death.A spiralling green vortex, the well had long been a terrifying blot of ink in the story of my journey across Sunless Skies. The very sight of it filled the crew of my locomotive with terror, and...