A new report suggests that the UK's age verification measures may be having unforeseen knock-on effects on web traffic, with the real winners being sites that flout the law entirely.Web users in the UK will likely be familiar with the new measures: a lot of my usual social media haunts now require age verification to even let me look at my direct messages as part of the Online Safety Act's...

Last week Gamestop appeared to reveal the price of Hollow Knight Silksong, listing $20 for the Nintendo Switch 2 version. While some suspected it was a placeholder price, it turns out the retailer was right: Team Cherry has confirmed a $20 price for Hollow Knight Silksong, alongside specific launch times for its September 4 arrival.These are the prices for Hollow Knight Silksong in the US, EU countries, and Japan. We...

Whether you're happily settling in for a fresh week of Wordle or you're knocking back your third cup of caffeine and growling at your unkempt inbox, we've got something here that can make your Monday a little more pleasant. Our September 1 (1535) clue can get you on the right track, and then our hints can straighten out any problems along the way. Oh, and the answer to today's Wordle...

Every year at Creation Mod Con, a showcase for the Skyrim modding community, the Skyblivion team gets to show off their remake of Oblivion in the Skyrim engine. This year it's a real treat: the tutorial dungeon that takes you from an insulting dark elf, through your meeting with Emperor Sir Patrick Stewart, battles with the cultists of the Mythic Dawn, into the sewers, and then out into the bright...

Best of the best(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventuresOn an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of...

Meta has announced it's updating its rules and training processes for its AI chatbots after a controversial Reuters report published earlier this month shed light on serious child safety issues. The report revealed disturbingly loose policies outlining how Meta's chatbots can interact with and describe minors, particularly concerning romantic or sexual conversations.Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway responded to the situation in a statement to TechCrunch on Friday, saying, "As we continue...

Vampire Survivors' long-anticipated online mode is finally here, sort of. Developer Poncle announced at the end of this week that online multiplayer has been implemented in the game's beta branch.Vampire Survivors has of course had multiplayer functionality for several years. But playing with pals was previously limited to local co-op. Getting Vampire Survivors to work online has proved quite the challenge, as broken down by the online mode's developer Coherence...

Terraria has been nearly finished for around half a decade now. Developer Re-Logic began the process of rounding out its 2D survival game way back in 2020, and it's been almost three years since the most recent update—1.4.4. Now though, it really does seem like the end is nigh. Re-Logic has assured players that it is in the final, closing, penultimate stages of development of what may well be the...

More quizzes!(Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer)Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia We've got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes.MMORPGs are, next to live-service games, some of the most time-intensive wagons to hitch yourself to. Filled with endless grinds, dozens of spells, oodles of talents, skill points, archetypes, and other proper nouns. Getting a broad knowledge of...

Faming simulators are known for creating worlds for us to throw ourselves into, so it's not too surprising that Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar—a remake of the 2010 DS game—follows suit. But, instead of just being your bog standard, friendly but still somewhat stand-offish farming simulator setting, there is something incredibly special about Zephyr Town. Whether you're speaking to its human inhabitants or interacting with its nature sprites, it feels...