Redfall is the first Arkane game we don't like—what happened?
Like many, I winced at Redfall's original announcement trailer from 2021. An open world co-op vampire FPS sounded like a strange direction for A…
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OpenAI may have lost more than half a billion dollars over the past year
Every time you type a request in ChapGPT for cooking tips, TV recommendations, or to do your homework , it costs OpenAI money. But how much, exactly…
One wing to rule them all: Scientists name a butterfly after Sauron
The last two decades have been quite an incredible time for The Lord of the Rings, between the movies, TV series and countless spin-offs. Its omnipr…
Activision is making more money on PC than consoles for the first time, and the gap is widening
The PC is about to get more important for one of the biggest videogame companies in the world. According to Activision Blizzard's latest financi…
Nintendo seems to have fired back over the Tears of the Kingdom leak by DMCAing popular Switch emulation tools
First reported by GBAtemp , it looks like Nintendo is aggressively responding to the Tears of the Kingdom leak by targeting key portions of the Swi…
This madcap five buck microshooter just got a surprise free content update
Dusk creator David Szymanski has been busy, cranking out two fantastic micro games in the past year, one of which is being made into a movie . The o…
A literal child and her robot dad are crushing some of Honkai: Star Rail's toughest fights
One of Honkai: Star Rail's most powerful characters is a literal child. She's so strong, in fact, that a few brave players found out she ca…
40% of Hunt: Showdown players have never killed another player, says Hunt: Showdown's general manager
When a group of people working on some of the biggest games in the first-person shooting genre gathered for a roundtable hosted by our own Evan Laht…
Amnesia: The Bunker 10-minute gameplay video features dark halls, giant rats, and the worst gun ever
I'm very much not looking forward to Amnesia: The Bunker , the upcoming horror game from Frictional. I will play it, to be clear, but I won&#…
Game engine maker Unity lays off 600 employees and plans to close half its offices worldwide
Unity has laid off approximately 600 employees in its third round of layoffs over the past year, according to a Wall Street Journal report, which s…
Holy cow, they're making a new Shadowman game
Shadow Man, a game about a possessed voodoo warrior who protects the world of the living from the land of the dead, was originally released in 19…
Roots of Pacha review
I’ve spent decades inheriting dozens of middle-of-nowhere farms with overgrown fields and abandoned sheds in desperate need of rehabilitation. On ac…
Redfall review
Need to Know (Image credit: Arkane Austin) What is it? A vampire hunting multiplayer FPS Release date May 1, 2023 Expect to pay $70 …
Brace yourself: Discord is going to make everyone pick a new username
Discord is making changes to its usernames that will finally eliminate the four-digit "discriminators" that make them so unwieldy. It'…
Valve won't let devs frontload Steam screenshot galleries with a dozen trailers anymore, says many don't know 'how best to manage' the space
Valve loves tweaking and futzing with Steam to ensure that everything is running just so . Some of it is front-facing, like the recent beta client u…
PSA: The trailer for Dune: Part Two looks dope, whatever the rest of the PC Gamer team think
One of the benefits of being (at least nominally) in charge of the good ship PC Gamer—there are still a few—is that I get to write about whatever…
Former Dragon Age lead writer claims BioWare 'quietly resented' its writers
Beginning with Baldur's Gate and running through series including Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age, …