Going from skull-cracker to safecracker in Dishonored 2

From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #302 (UK, March 2017). You can still subscribe to PC Gamer to get new issues of the magazine (in print!) every month. My playthrough of the first game was more disaster than Dishonored. At the time, I didn’t quite grasp that slitting every throat…

Warframe Dev Reacts To The Sudden Death Of Rival Destiny 2

Warframe launched a year before Destiny 2 and kicked off what would become one of the most vibrant and consistent MMO shooters around, especially on console. And despite spending many years in the shadow of Bungie’s live service blockbuster, Digital Extremes’ sci-fi odyssey now continues to thrive even as Destiny 2 comes to a sudden…

Hytale boss decides to break silence on its Chapter 1 update: “Asking everyone to run on faith for months isn’t great”

Hytale has now been out for six months, following its miraculous resurrection at the hands of Hypixel Founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. I’ve dipped into the sandbox game on somewhat regular occasion, and have been generally quite impressed by what’s already there in its starting state. The big question among the community of late is what its…

This Isn’t The First Time PlayStation (And Others) Tried To Kill Used Games

As monumental as Sony’s decision to abandon PlayStation discs by 2028 is, it isn’t surprising one bit. The move feels like the culmination of industry trends dating back over a decade, and it recalls one egregious business practice–one that took aim at the used-game market, whether companies would admit it or not–that caused a brief…

Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Review (Switch 2)

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) Though Cygames has always been a mobile game developer, the company has historically been pretty good about supporting its games with some excellent console-focused spinoffs. Shadowverse got Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle, Battle Champs got Little Noah: Scion of Paradise, and Dragalia Lost got… oh. Though the company’s popular Granblue Fantasy…

Palworld Looks Way Less Like Pokémon In Massive 1.0 Update

Palworld’s long-awaited version 1.0 update has finally been released today, and it contains several “large-scale overhauls,” including 72 new Pals, new locations, and an increased level cap. However, fans have noticed something curious about the 1.0 update that was left out of the patch notes, as several of the preexisting creature designs have also seemingly…

A storming new Total War Warhammer 40k gameplay reveal has made me excited about cover

We’ve just been given our first extended look at Total War: Warhammer 40k in action, and watching a battle play out has instantly ratcheted my excitement levels up into the stratosphere. Creative Assembly’s new gameplay video was showcased at the BiliBili World exhibition in Shanghai, and features a much longer demonstration of a conflict where…

Tempest Rising’s elusive third faction will get its own singleplayer campaign as a paid expansion, and you can play the demo right now

When the excellent Command & Conquer successor Tempest Rising released last year, it featured three factions battling for supremacy across a war-torn future Earth. But only two of those factions—the GDF and the Tempest Dynasty—were playable with their own singleplayer campaigns. The third faction, the mysterious Veti, were wholly computer controlled. Developer Slipgate Ironworks has…

Matt Damon’s most underrated sci-fi movie is now free to stream before The Odyssey

Matt Damon has always had a knack for playing extraordinary leading men in movies. His casting as the cunning, resourceful Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey makes perfect sense once we consider Damon’s decades-spanning filmography. Films like Good Will Hunting (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and the Bourne (2002-2016) series showcase Damon’s incredible range…

EA Removes Controversial College Football 27 Microtransactions

College Football 27 released on Steam earlier this week. It is the first time EA’s student athletics series has touched down on PC. On a meat and potatoes level, the game is considered one of the best so far, including the NCAA hayday. Despite that it has garnered an overwhelmingly negative reaction from players. This…