Desktop Explorer is a mystery/horror game about the last time when computers were good

We are, as a people, awash in old operating system simulators. The Roottrees Are Dead, Hack ’95, Pipes.exe—something deep inside us yearns for the old ways. We remember, hazily, as though glimpsed through fog, a time when booting up the PC yielded an ethereal Brian Eno startup noise and a world of possibility, rather than…

2016 PS4 Version of Hit PS2 Game Will Be Delisted From PS Store

A heads-up for our readers: the 2016 PS4 port of a fan-favorite PS2 action-adventure game is set to be delisted from the PS Store soon. Yesterday, Sony announced that Quantic Dream’s Indigo Prophecy will join PS Plus Premium as an emulated PS2 classic. As the incoming PS5/PS4 edition is released, the previous PS4 port will…

3 Assassin’s Creed games Ubisoft should remake next after Black Flag Resynced

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a hit, with a 94% score on OpenCritic. Players are enjoying it too (well, besides those microtransactions), and Black Flag Resynced has already sold more than 2 million copies. With that in mind, it’s not surprising why Ubisoft decided to remake Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag 13 years after…

You Might Be Able To Play From Software’s The Duskbloods During A Network Test Next Month

Elden Ring developer revealed during a June Nintendo Direct that its upcoming Switch 2 exclusive action game, The Duskbloods, would be getting a closed network test sometime this Summer. Now, the studio has revealed the test will take place next month, from August 21 through August 23. Applications to take part in the test will…

PS6 Could Fix The Launch PS5’s Liquid Metal Cooling Snafu

The PlayStation 5 generation of Sony hardware has gone surprisingly smoothly, except for one particular issue with how the console keeps from overheating. A liquid metal cooling system has worked fine in many circumstances, but it has also led to leaks and related issues in others. While the cause of overheating issues in some early…

Ultimate Gym Game codes (July 2026)

Use our Ultimate Gym Game codes to grab tons of free cash and creatine without spending your spare time picking up after fellow gym-goers who leave their coffees lying around. It’s much more dignified to take these freebies, we think, so go ahead and have a field day! We’re on the lookout for new Ultimate…

Leon Kennedy Actor Recalls His Favourite Cut Line From Resident Evil Requiem

Image: Capcom Voice actor Nick Apostolides returned as Leon Kennedy in this year’s excellent Resident Evil Requiem, depicting a character who is not only more jaded and haunted by the past, but also battling against a deadly virus of his own. Despite this, Leon still has a few awesome quips and one-liners sprinkled throughout the…

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Developers Say New Updates Don’t Remove Friction, Just Add Options

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is a new gameplay expansion coming later this year, but developer Capcom is preceding that new content with some major free updates for the base game. At launch, many (including Game Informer, as you can see in our review) praised the game for its fun combat and friction-focused world, but…

Two utterly unique and long lost ’90s PC horror classics have been exhumed, and they’re coming to Steam soon

If you so much as flicked through a PC gaming magazine in the mid ’90s, you’ll probably recognise the name Ecstatica. Created by Londoner Andrew Spencer and published by Psygnosis, the series spawned two instalments: the first released in 1994 and is a medieval-themed survival horror. The second arrived in 1997, and while it’s very…

PlayStation 5 Players Can Get GTA Online Without PS Plus for Limited Time

PlayStation 5 players can jump on a great deal that lets them play GTA Online without PS Plus. Here’s how to get GTA Online with no PS Plus To celebrate the game’s newest update, which includes its potential final heist before the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar is letting fans play for free…