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It is inevitable that when a game like Balatro rocks up, is really good, and makes a gazillion dollars, that there will be the odd imitator here and there. Sincerity, flattery, yada, yada, yada, point is, it’s all fine as long as you at least put enough of a twist in there to make it more of an “influenced by” over a “wholesale ripoff” kind of thing. I think Gambonanza, a roguelike deckbuilding chess game, fits into the former quite nicely. Now, I’m not going to explain chess to you, you already know how that works. How Gambonanza…
There’s been a lot of talk recently about ‘Starfield 2.0’ – an ambitious overhaul to Bethesda’s space game that will inject new features and content into it, coinciding with its launch on other platforms. However, despite teeing up 2025 as a big year for the game, we’re yet to see any fruits of the studio’s labor. Now, a YouTuber who has apparently seen the contents of this major update says that Bethesda is handling Starfield 2.0 in a “weird way.” Starfield has now broken my heart a grand total of three times. While still an enjoyable RPG that I sank…
Self-described PvP raid shooter Highguard is finally out, several weeks after a show-ending reveal at The Game Awards which sparked a mix of confusion, disappointment, and cautious optimism. Dusty Welch, CEO and cofounder of developer Wildlight Entertainment, admits the whole thing could have gone better – and it turns out Highguard was originally planning on a full Apex Legends-style shadow drop to begin with.”Look, I wish Highguard had been received better. I wish the feedback had been better,” Welch tells PC Gamer. “Part of that’s on us, right? We didn’t put our heads in the sand. We, as a team,…
Created by former developers of Apex Legends and Titanfall, Highguard was the final game announced during December 2025’s Keighley Awards. It’s a free-to-play, guns & sorcery, PvP raid shooter in which magic cowboys in capes vie for control of an uncharted continent. It’s got temples, airships, rideable panthers, fireballs, frost giants, and enchanted siege engines on caterpillar tracks. It’s also out now on Steam. That was quick. Watch on YouTube Highguard has kindled a lot of curiosity by having almost zero marketing – a pleasant reprieve from the usual drip-feed of pre-order bait that has provoked acute withdrawal symptoms among…
Last year was full of bangers, any of which could easily slot into our list of the best RPGs of all time. Expedition 33, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are just three solid examples. However, I poured most of my time into Digimon Story Time Stranger, and it’s my personal favorite, thanks to the fact that it pulled me away from Pokémon cards and the deep sadness that comes from waiting for Persona 6. It’s worth playing, even if you have no previous experience with the franchise, and best of all, you could get it for…
The co-director of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy has confirmed the decision to stick with Unreal Engine 4 for the third game, and explained the reasoning behind it.The first two games – Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – both made use of Unreal Engine 4, and players wondered whether Square Enix would move up to Unreal Engine 5 for the concluding chapter.Back in 2024, director Naoki Hamaguchi told Japanese publication CG World that the studio was considering switching to Unreal Engine 5, stating that it was assessing the pros and cons of such a move…
Though voice actor Eman Ayaz has seemingly spent the last three years on the cast of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, she learned Ubisoft canceled the game the same way you did: online.”I experienced the most devastating moment of my career,” Ayaz says in a candid YouTube video where she appears to discuss Prince of Persia under the constraints of her ongoing NDA agreement. She never mentions The Sands of Time remake directly, though she has interacted with tweets identifying her as the princess Farah.”My brother reached out to me on WhatsApp and sent a text…
Good, bad, I don’t bloody know yet the thing’s only been about for five seconds, but we can certainly say one thing now: Highguard is out. Now we can sit and prepare ourselves for more inane and pointless discourse about yet another live service shooter that we’ve probably had several times before. Hooray! But before we get ahead of ourselves, a moment of reflection, courtesy of the devs behind Highguard itself, who have spoken out about all that silence following their Geoffies reveal. “Look, I wish Highguard had been received better. I wish the feedback had been better,”…
Is Highguard down? Wildlight Entertainment, the developers of Highguard, have largely kept its PvP raid shooter under wraps prior to launch. However, if there’s one thing we do know about online-only games, it’s that day-one server issues are almost a rite of passage these days. Now, we’re not expecting Wildlight Entertainment to have any server issues with Highguard… but we’re also bracing ourselves for any potential error codes that may pop up when the multiplayer game launches later today. We recommend checking out our Secure Boot guide first to ensure your PC is ready – after all, you won’t want…
Rare’s Nintendo 64 classic, Banjo-Kazooie, now has a native PC port, thanks to the work of fans.Banjo: Recompiled is the latest unofficial N64 PC port made possible by the work of fan developers, who successfully reverse-engineered the original N64 game into readable code in 2024.Because of that work, the PC version of Banjo-Kazooie features many new features, enhancements, and modes that are not typically possible when using emulation.Reverse-engineering projects such as these are technically legal because the developers involved do not use any leaked content or copyrighted assets. They also require players to provide their own legally-sourced ROMs for them…