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Legendary JRPG studio's 23-year shun of the PC has ended: the next Vanillaware game will come to Steam
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (209+ words) Vanillaware is getting with the times. Muramasa: Revenant Blades is the newly announced action RPG from Vanillaware, a highly respected Japanese studio founded in 2002 and terminally aloof to the existence of personal computers. Until now: a revamped version of 2009's…...
I am the law, man, thanks to this mod for Red Dead Redemption 2
1+ week, 4+ day ago (869+ words) My first days as a sheriff in the First Response mod don't go as smoothly as hoped. This mod column was originally published in PC Gamer magazine issue #335 (UK, April 2021). We're republishing it as we revisit the archives for material…...
An Arc Raiders player demonstrates how to kill a Bastion in 16 seconds without a Deadline'now I'm questioning my own skills
1+ week, 5+ day ago (448+ words) "You need to be wearing the doctor's outfit with this kind of surgical skill." I am nothing if not a coward and a rat. Not in the sense that I'd be lurking around any extracts in Arc Raiders waiting to…...
Biblically accurate Angel robots when? Oh, right now, I see
1+ week, 6+ day ago (321+ words) And more importantly, why is it so cute? Crack open the King James and turn to Isiah 6: 2 and you'll find the following: "Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with…...
Grim Dawn's gigantic final expansion will be out in July
1+ week, 6+ day ago (147+ words) Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show…...
Indie dev earns Reddit love after telling people not to buy their game because it's going on sale soon
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (398+ words) The maker of the typing game battle royale Final Sentence reckons you can save a couple bucks for something else. Final Sentence is a "battle royale typing game," which is a weird idea but also one that sounds like it…...
Destiny 2 players invent new stage of the grieving process by sharing clips of their most embarrassing fumbles and self-owns
2+ week, 1+ day ago (222+ words) This is Destiny, to me. After last week's unhappy but not wholly unexpected news that Bungie is ending ongoing development for Destiny 2, players past and present have been mourning the ill-fated loot shooter by sharing their favorite bits of lore,…...
I solved the Strait of Hormuz crisis with videogames, simply by creating an even bigger Strait of Hormuz crisis
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1307+ words) Put me in for the FIFA peace prize. We live in complex geopolitical times. I think. I'll be honest, I've not been paying attention. But it's recently become known to me that a little strip of water called the Strait…...
PC Gamer's MMO readers are, according to you, fashion-forward healers who like your keybinds, and I couldn't be more proud
2+ week, 4+ day ago (636+ words) MMO to the polls. This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer's very own MMO column. Every other week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we've all taken for granted,…...
As the UK plunges once more into political chaos, I've found the roguelike deckbuilder that can help me process it
2+ week, 4+ day ago (667+ words) Prime Monster is a smartly satirical take on the antics of British MPs Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday feature where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find…...