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The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film

Mortal Kombat 2—the film, not the game—released earlier this week and reviews were mixed: games outlets like GamesRadar and IGN were generally favorable, but it copped a flogging in most other quarters. AV Club called it “dreck”, The Hollywood Reporter called it “tacky”, and Vulture called it “depressingly rizzless”. It’s a familiar story where game-to-film…

May’s big Rust update adds new, rare workbench upgrades, if you can find them

The May Rust update is here, delivering on developer Facepunch’s promise of mortars to put rooftop campers in their place. There’s far more on offer here, with nine rare workbench upgrades headlining the new Rust patch notes. Steam’s most beloved survival game also now boasts a refreshed vending machine UI to make trades smoother, along…

’90s virtual reality, Battlefield 2142, and Total War: This month in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago

April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes; more relevant, around these parts, is that magazines written in April come out in May, the date plastered on all three of the issues featured below. It’s a fine vintage no matter the year ending in 6, it turns out. Here’s a look back at…

Sniper Arena codes May 2026

May 7, 2026: We added a thought-to-be-expired new Sniper Arena code back into the list of working codes. If you’re in the mood for some competitive, gun-based gaming, then we recommend Sniper Arena – and of course, we have the new Sniper Arena codes right here for you to use. These codes can give you some…

Path of Exile 2’s complete endgame redesign is great for everyone, especially newcomers

Path of Exile 2 Return of the Ancients is so big that it’s scary, both as a player and someone attempting to summarize it. My quick-form notes from the Grinding Gear Games presentation alone come in at almost 900 words. On the cards is a complete endgame redesign, built to feel more deliberate and structured,…

Neverness to Everness banners: next, current, and gacha explained

The banners in Neverness to Everness follow most of the usual rules established by its gacha forefathers, but it has major differences in a few important areas and some changes are more welcome than others. To get you up to speed, I’ve explained every gacha system and currency used in NTE below, along with what…

Marvel Rivals events – all current and upcoming events

What are the current and upcoming Marvel Rivals events? There is an entire multiverse worth of story going on in Marvel Rivals, with everything happening everywhere all at once; stopping Spider Zero from pushing the cart is only good enough until the next round starts, and we know that those screaming goats will be back, win…

Zowie XL2586X+ 600 Hz review

The Zowie XL2586X+ is by far the product I’ve most wanted to keep hold of and have been the most reluctant to hand back. It’s also one I’m certain I won’t be buying any time soon. And that just about sums up this monitor, because it’s fantastic for competitive shooters but it’s very much only…

Age of Empire 4’s new DLC drops today, and the Jin Dynasty is a beautifully-realized civ

Age of Empires 4 DLC has been pretty hit-and-miss over the years. The Sultans Ascend, despite being the oldest of the three currently available expansions, is by far the strongest, bringing with it a new campaign and entirely new civilizations. Since then, co-developers Relic Entertainment and World’s Edge have mainly defaulted to repackaging existing civs,…

Missing in action for ten years, deception-driven WW2 RTS game RUSE is suddenly back on Steam

I feel like I’ve been pulled back to my university dorm room and days spent hunched around our PCs, engaging in LAN games of Starcraft 2 and Command and Conquer Generals. One of the winners from that heyday of RTS games was RUSE, which laid its WW2 conflicts out with incredible visual style, dropping you…