PUBG and Stellar Blade come together in the unlikeliest collab, and it’ll make your wallet cry

PUBG Battlegrounds and Stellar Blade could not be more different, but they do say that opposites attract. Well, the effect must’ve been especially potent for PUBG Studios and Shift Up, because the neighbouring developers have teamed up on something more than a little unexpected. Stellar Blade protagonist Eve has just been announced as PUBG’s third…

Microsoft Rejected Halo & DOOM Crossover For ‘Secret Level’ Episode, Say Creators

If you haven’t come across it yet, a new adult-animated series called Secret Level arrived on Amazon Prime in early December, and it seems to have been a big hit so far – to the point where it’s been greenlit for Season 2! All of the episodes in Secret Level are based around video games,…

New 007 PS5 DualSense Controller Looks Striking

IO Interactive’s upcoming 007 game, 007 First Light, is out next month and getting an absolutely gorgeous DualSense controller to go with it. When does the new 007 DualSense Controller come out? Revealed on the official PS Blog, PlayStation has shown off the 007 First Light Limited Edition DualSense controller. The new controller features a…

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…