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There is a significant danger that this article will have aged terribly. You see, I asked everyone what they were playing this weekend on Thursday, rather than the usual post-lunch scramble on a Friday. You see, I took Friday off to travel to Wales to spend a long weekend with my family. Who knows what happened between my polling of the team on Thursday and Friday? Perhaps Valve surprise released Half-Life 3 and everyone is playing that instead. Maybe they all went off videogames in the interim. I can only hope they thought to go into the CMS and update…
I’m not one to download mods on a first playthrough. It feels like heresy. Even if a game is dreadful, it feels like I’m insulting the developers by downloading a mod and trampling all over their intentions with third-party alterations. Crimson Desert in its native form isn’t going to make many lists of the best RPGs, but I gave it my all, and after a few hours, I got so frustrated that I broke my rules – and I’m glad I did. Crimson Desert has received a mixed reception from critics and general audiences alike, but in reality. It’s not…
I love PlayStation’s games, but in a portfolio dominated by cinematic adventures there’s something refreshing about Saros being staunchly “gameplay first”. That’s how Housemarque introduces me to its Returnal spiritual successor after I’m ushered into a cinema-room and blasted with some of the prettiest, scariest particle effect bullets I’ve seen in my gaming career. Thee hours later, having devoured the game’s opening for myself, I’m blown away. Oozing confidence, Saros is so far one of the best PS5 games yet, and a first-party triumph. It feels poised to stick the landing.Described to me as a “a dream project by a…
The Minecraft community has seen a bit of a divide over the past week or so, as the arrival of update 26.1 hasn’t exactly impressed everyone – nor has Mojang’s recent sneak peek at future content.That might be a bit of an understatement, too. In case you’re unaware, update 26.1 – dubbed the Tiny Takeover drop – arrived earlier this week with new baby and adult sound variants for animals like the cat and wolf (and more), baby mobs, the Golden Dandelion – a flower that stops mobs from aging, and more. That’s not all, though. Mojang also lifted the…
Turns out we did have a Nintendo Direct this week, except it was in the form of the ESRB and the Taiwan ratings board publishing a bunch of listings for Switch 2 games – seemingly including a new version of Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5.Ratings board leaks are nothing new – in the last 12 months alone we’ve had the likes of Life is Strange Reunion, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero on the Nintendo Switch 2, and Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition all come to fruition after ratings leaked early. Earlier this week, the Korean ratings board seemingly leaked Sonic Frontiers Definitive…
Last year, my social media feeds seemed to ignite with targeted ads and forum posts about a gaming chair that was going viral on Kickstarter. Beyond the gimmicky headline of “this chair has a bionic backrest”, the spotlights that were shone on this chair ended up being more than warranted. In my over three years of reviewing the best gaming chairs, I’ve never found one that’s better than the LiberNovo Omni.But like other absolute luxury chairs before it from brands like Herman Miller, it is horrifically expensive. For reassurance, let me tell you that you do not need to spend…
Fan developers behind the gargantuan Fallout: London expansion used to fear IP holder Bethesda’s wrath, though project manager Dean Carter (Prilladog) also thinks mainstream studios keep using fan-made content to keep their AAA series healthy.Bethesda might need Fallout: London as much as the mods’ volunteer development team needs Fallout, Carter suggests while speaking to Edge magazine for its issue #422, out now. The modder says, “I do feel that the publishers increasingly rely on user-generated content, because it keeps their games alive for longer.”But, even though that may be true, and Fallout: London wouldn’t even exist without the Creation Engine…
Vince Zampella, the longtime game developer best known for co-creating Call of Duty, died as a result of a car crash in 2025. His legacy in the industry is long, and his influence includes the upcoming Star Wars Zero Company. As it turns out, the project got underway when Zampella cold-called a veteran XCOM dev to find out about his dream game.”I’d left Firaxis after about 22 years of working there and making strategy games my whole career,” as Gregory Foertsch, who served as art director on the modern XCOM games, tells PC Gamer. “I knew I wanted to stay…
Minecraft’s adorable Tiny Takeover update and its mob overhaul includes all sorts of adorable new animal sounds, and Mojang really crossed its meows and dotted its oinks to make sure everything sounded as authentic as possible.Talking to PCGN, Minecraft senior product manager Anna Lundgren revealed that Mojang hired “real animal voice actors” to add some authentic new variety to its baby and adult mob sounds. Tiny Takeover’s baby mob overhaul is the highlight, with Lundgren explaining that new sounds were recorded “for kittens, wolf puppies, foals, piglets, and baby chickens,” but adult animals also got new sound variants.Audio designer Sandra…
Welcome to an action-packed instalment of our guide to the best new movies on Prime Video to watch this weekend. This week we’ve picked out three exciting films in a range of action sub-genres, from frenetic fight flicks, to boxing biopics and a moody neo noir. The one thing these films have in common is that you need to see them.Ballet dancers take on gangsters in the Uma Thurman-starring Pretty Lethal. Blow Out is steeped in intrigue and atmosphere. And Raging Bull is Raging Bull – one of the greatest films ever made in any genre.If, after that little lot,…