This week’s Epic Games Store free games go spooky with mystery and psychological horror

If you’re itching for spooky season already and can’t wait for the sugar overload or late-night horror flicks, this week’s Epic Games Store free games have you venturing into the 90s to solve mysteries in Echo Generation, or trying to escape your home in Luto. Psychological horror game lovers will be right at home (literally)…

The follow-up to one of last year’s best detective games is off to an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ start on Steam after just 2 days

While I spent much of 2025 obsessed with Blue Prince, PC Gamer’s ‘best design’ GOTY award winner, it wasn’t the only killer puzzle game to release near the beginning of last year. The Roottrees are Dead, a game mostly spent sitting at a computer (yours, and also a virtual one) sussing out what happened to…

Classic PS1 Shooter’s PS5 Remake Out Today on PlayStation Store

A cult classic from the PlayStation 1 days has gotten a new HD remaster, and it’s out now. Better yet, the game has also debuted with a discount for those with PlayStation Plus. 70’s Robot Anime Geppy-X is a throwback to a classic era, and out now The PlayStation 1 mecha shoot ’em up 70s-style…

The Open Beta For Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Starts Next Week

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, the superhero-themed fighter from Arc System Works, is still a few weeks away from its release on PlayStation 5 and PC, but if you want to jump into the action early, you’ll get a chance next week. From July 24 to July 26, the open beta will be available to play…

Netflix Brags About 300 Shows And Films Made Using AI Tools

As part of Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report, the streamer announced that it was integrating generative AI into more of its productions, claiming that AI has been used in roughly 300 Netflix shows and movies in 2026 so far. On Thursday, Netflix shared a letter with its shareholders filled with information about how well the company…

Path of Exile 3.29 just shattered a fundamental rule, and I’m not talking about its new underwater combat

There was a moment during the reveal of Path of Exile 3.29, Curse of the Allflame, that stole the air out of the room in a collective gasp during our press showing. Game Director Mark Roberts of Grinding Gear Games announced that one of the oldest fundamentals of the action RPG since its earliest days…

Bungie announces new Marathon PvE mode, an experimental roguelite

With Bungie winding down development on Destiny 2 and the studio being hit hard by layoffs, all eyes are on Marathon to keep the developer going. Bungie will attempt to mix things up in its extraction shooter next week with a new update that introduces an experimental PvE mode called Vault Breaker. Marathon version 1.1.5,…

Video: Why All The Remakes, Nintendo?

Why? With Nintendo launching remakes of Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 2026, it’s only natural that fans are beginning to wonder whether it’s all just a bit too much. It’s not a new thing for Nintendo, of course, with the company flexing its remake chops back in the ’90s…

What Was The First Halo Game You Ever Played?

Some people obviously became fans through Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 — again, another must-play title for a console that delivered one of the best game libraries of all time — and there are even some people who didn’t get into the series until Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo Infinite and various…

Heave Ho 2 Review – Silly And Smart Go Hand In Hand

I enjoy dying in Heave Ho 2. I’m not doing it on purpose, but it’s usually because I miscalculated a swing, was accidentally dropped off a cliff by my brother, or, most often of all, tried to make a comically long jump I had no chance of landing. The act of playing is so ridiculous…