Do you know this mage? Test your knowledge of videogame mages and magic with our quiz on the arcane

More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. Is there anything more iconic to a fantasy RPG than spellslinging mages? That often squishy ally in the back who…

Xbox Achievements Get Overdue Update To Address Feedback

Xbox was the first platform to popularize in-game achievements, but Gamerscores aren’t what they once were. An overdue refresh will try to fix that as new boss Asha Sharma works to address fan feedback. A new update is going live for testing with Xbox Insiders before it rolls out across the platform for everyone else,…

Exclusive Magic: The Gathering Secrets Of Strixhaven Card Reveal – Stand Up And Fly

Spoiler season has been steadily rolling out for Magic: The Gathering’s return to the magical school of Strixhaven, and the set’s looking pretty magical so far. The five schools have all prepared some powerhouse spells, and today, we get to add a few to the mix. Wizards of the Coast sent over two cards for…

New DBD patch notes finally take aim at its troublesome stacking modifiers

There’s nothing worse than power creep. League of Legends has it. Valorant has it. Overwatch is slowly starting to have it. As online multiplayer games grow and grow, older members of the roster simply get left behind as a more effective characters take their place, or their abilities become moot (thinking of my dear top…

Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s NES Library With Three More Games

Nintendo has today added three more games to its Switch Online ‘Nintendo Classics’ subscription service. The latest releases are for the NES library and include Namco’s Pac-Man from 1988, the 1989 puzzle title Mendel Palace (developed by the Pokémon team Game Freak and published by Namco in Japan), and Namco’s 1984 action role-playing maze title…

Samson Creative Director Apologizes For Messy Launch, Fixes Are Coming

Earlier today, open-world action game Samson arrived on Steam to mixed reviews and a lot of complaints about bugs and broken animations. In response, the game’s creative director, Christofer Sundberg, published a letter apologizing to players and promising that improvements and fixes were coming. Launched on April 8, Samson is an ambitious but messy open-world…

Halo Veteran’s New Studio Backed By NetEase Halts Work On Current Title

It’s been a tough period for many game companies and it seems it might have got the better of the new team Jar of Sparks. This developer was formed by the ex-Microsoft, Xbox and Halo veteran Jerry Hook after he exited 343 Industries in 2022. Now, in an update on LinkedIn, he has announced the…

A Free PS5 Pro Update For Cyberpunk 2077 is Available Now

Ever since its rocky launch, Cyberpunk 2077 has been a game defined by its post-release support. First, developer CD Project Red fixed bugs, then its graphics were cleaned up, and then Phantom Liberty and a massive update redefined the experience, reworking major mechanics and progression systems. Over five years later, it’s still getting better, as…

PS5 Adventure Game With a Supernatural Twist Out Today on PS Store

A brand new adventure game with a supernatural twist is available now on the PlayStation 5. What PS5 adventure game is out now? Daedelic Entertainment’s The Occultist is officially out now on the PS Store. The game, which retails for $29.99, follows the story of Alan Rebels, a grizzled paranormal investigator that travels to a…

All active Pokémon Champions Mystery Gift codes

Redeeming Pokémon Champions‘ Mystery Gift codes lets you get useful freebies to make your road to the top a bit easier. That sometimes includes new Pokémon without having to rely on transferring from Pokémon Home or random recruitment, too. The Pokémon Works hasn’t indicated how often it’ll make Pokémon Champions codes available, but the game…