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Over the years it has been running, Lord of the Rings Online has built up a not-insubstantial chunk of Middle-earth for players to run around and explore. If the game ever went away, it would be a huge loss. But one fan going by the name of Suspicious-Feed8664 on Reddit has taken the opportunity to plan […]
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RIFT’s Razorback Roundup returned for another go this month: “Love is in the air, and we are no strangers to love, which is why we are bringing back Razorbacks! Starting today until August 20th, 2026, enjoy several daily and weekly quests to earn event currency and get yourself some amazing treats!” And this is just […]
World of Tanks is known to make big, splashy pronouncements, but this time, this situation truly calls for it. Wargaming announced that the game’s biggest update of 2026 is on the way for September 1st, so you O.G. Classic Old-Fashioned tank drivers, pay attention. Update 2.4: Overdrive arrives next month with “six Tier XI vehicles, […]
"Built like a brick wall on roids." That's the passive ability Lee Sin—err, Xizun, the blind monk, used to have in League of Legends, which itself used to be a very different-looking game called Onslaught: War of the Immortals. It certainly looks like a game that was pitched the same year Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" was a charting single, and now we can take a closer look at it than ever thanks to League 'tuber Nec
Amid the row between Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch and former writer Stella Sacco after he said he'd have "been happy to replace" her with AI, the studio has finally added the AI disclaimer to Rideshare Stimulator's Steam page that had been conspicuously missing since the game first went live for wishlisting on 30th July. Read more
Critical Hit(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Critical Hit, where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle.Videogame music is ridiculously good, a behemoth that encompasses just about every damn genre out there. Orchestral, rock, metal, pop, hip-hop—you name it, there's absolutely a composer out there
Disk Cleanup(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like "How tidy is your desktop?" and "What game will you never uninstall?"David Brevik's gaming history began before the arrival of the IBM PC. The veteran designer grew up playing games like Lode Run
Matthew McConaughey has explained why he ultimately passed on playing Joel in HBO's The Last of Us – a role that, of course, went to Pedro Pascal instead. Read more
Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura has addressed the newly announced Kingdom Hearts anime series directly for the first time, though he's giving away very little. Read more
I've long held that no RPG is quite as spectacular as Kingdom Hearts, and I'm careful to specifically use the word "spectacular." For every ounce it is great, it's specifically great to gawk at, ideally with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. This is a game series where, if you die at a climactic moment, Mickey Mouse can emerge from your Christian soul and start killing people with a giant stick. It's incredible.A go
Who knew that all I needed to be interested in maths was the command of a five-thousand-tonne artillery battery? If only my secondary school teacher had known. Turns out that the ticking clock of exam pressure is a hell of a lot less motivating than the boom of artillery shells growing ever closer, as enemy gunners zero in on your position, trying to blast your colossal cannon to kingdom come before you blast them.Pl
Hey, you know something? It’s been a bit since PlanetSide 2 got into the headlines after we learned that Tencent owns the IP now, so it’s high time that we get some update news out of the MMOFPS. And would you look at that, one such update is right here. Handy! This latest patch covers a pretty broad […]
Halloween: The Game will get a digital release in New Zealand after all, despite initially being lumped in with Australia's classification refusal. Read more
Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch has apologised to Stella Sacco, the writer at the centre of the Rideshare Stimulator AI controversy, after publicly saying he'd have been "happy to replace her with AI". Read more
They called me mad. They called me a fool. They said it would never work—my plan to build a business empire on the back of a single department store that sold three products and a silica mine. 'You'll bankrupt us!' yelled red-faced advisors. They saw no wisdom in my schemes at all.And, frankly, they were correct. Fair play to those guys. We are very bankrupt now.(Image credit: Enlight Softwaer)In 1995, PC Gamer—a
The humble combo trial is a time-honoured tradition in fighting games. It's a quick and relatively easy way of trying out a new character, feeling out their general flow and kit in a low-pressure environment.They are, also, fundamentally useless. The combos in question are rarely optimal, and often devolve into simply playing Simon Says a dozen times before throwing yourself to the wolves of online matchmaking and ho
Bless Online. Hellgate London. Some online titles seem destined to be relaunched ad infinitum. We can add the 2003-era Gunz: The Duel to that category, because this title seems to have more lives than Bugs Bunny in a grudge match against Elmer Fudd. The online PvE and PvP shooter originally died in 2013 but came […]
Quake mappers are absolutely killing it in celebration of Quake's 30th birthday. The Quake community has been running map jams of varying themes all year. In the last few months there have been two 'Quickie' speedmapping jams, a 1024 Jam where contributors had to build maps of 1024 units cubed, and a Limits Jam, with the fun restriction that submitted maps had to use the same technical and design limitations as the o
We all know that behind about 33% of waterfalls in RPGs is a special cave with some sort of treasure or surprise. So good luck stopping us from barging into every falling cascade of water that we see, even if it crushes us. As an aside, I can attest that there’s no special cave behind […]
These days Y’shtola makes her way through Final Fantasy XIV rocking a rather nice dress, but frankly she’s had several glowups from her initial outfit back in the early game. She was out here in a baggy sweatshirt and leggings looking like she had thrown her outfit on during laundry day at all times. At least […]
If you've ever fancied giving PC game modding a go but have struggled for motivation, maybe a share of €30,000 will provide the incentive you need. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord developer TaleWorlds Entertainment has just announced a modding contest for its War Sails expansion, inviting players to create the best add-on for its nautical DLC.The competition is actually three competitions, with players asked to submit