World Video Game Hall of Fame inducts Angry Birds, FIFA for 2026 class
Angry Birds, FIFA, Dragon Quest, and Silent Hill enter the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2026, while Skyrim and RuneScape get snubbed.
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CEO Admits Civilization 7 Was A ‘Bridge Too Far’ As It Ditches Its Most Controversial Mechanic In New ‘Fundamentally Game-Changing’ Update Over One Year Later
The 4X strategy game is still recovering from a rough launch
Jessica Rothe on her new sci-fi thriller Affection and the future of Happy Death Day
Affection's Jessica Rothe is still scheming to finish the Happy Death Day trilogy
BioShock 4 ‘Wasted A Lot Of Time And Money’ On Dead Ends, But Take-Two Boss Is ‘Feeling A Lot Better’ About It Now
The next game in the steampunk horror shooter franchise is taking a long time
How to get the Shard of Serenity in Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Where to find the scout and how to bring the Shard of Serenity to Klastor in Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
GameStop CEO Accused Of Auctioning Off History From The Game Informer Vault As Part Of His eBay Acquisition Stunt
Ryan Cohen tried to fund an acquisition he can't afford by selling what seem to be games from the publication's 'Vault'
Mixtape: The Kotaku Review
Beethoven & Dinosaur’s narrative adventure curates a mix of music and mechanics
Mixtape review: Annapurna's coming-of-age comedy is equal parts killer and filler
Mixtape tells an earnest coming-of-age story through killer music and minigames. To review it, we created a mixtape of our own.
Critical Role Campaign 4 finally shares lore about the gods of its world
Critical Role's Campaign 4 is heating up, and thanks to a new Beacon exclusive newsletter, fans finally get some info on the world's deities.
Morrowind in Elden Ring mod makes mindblowing progress in video 'dedicated to that one guy that commented this project was not going to come out'
That's dedication.
Apple Suffers A Major Loss As U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Epic Over iOS Fees
The top court in the land somehow got involved in this years-long nonsense
Send Help is the best survival thriller of the century, and it's finally streaming on Hulu
Stephen King meets Castaway in this Sam Raimi thriller, now streaming on Hulu
Report says motherboard manufacturers are in crisis as builders aren't building new rigs as much anymore
Can we put AI back in the box?
Atari acquires the rights to five Wizardry titles
The company is eyeing remakes and new releases after purchasing the rights to multiple titles in the classic RPG franchise.
47% of PC Gamer readers prove to be sensible upgraders, but 3% of you are sickos who will start looking for your next upgrade straight away
With nearly half of our readers waiting for 5+ years before upgrading their gaming PC, it's a hell of a contrast.
The Nintendo Switch 2 could see a $50-100 price hike says report as pesky investors complain about the launch price
Curse you, memory crisis.
Griffin Gaming Partners launches $100M fund to support indie developers
The Special Opportunities Fund will provide financing in exchange for revenue and will be overseen by Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender.
Google isn't scanning your Gmail to train Gemini, it's letting Gemini scan your inbox to provide 'personalized insights' but I'm not sure that's better
You can also let Gemini scan your photos to make more "personal images using Nano Banana."
Atari just bought the rights to the big daddy of PC RPGs, and a reissue campaign is afoot
The first five Wizardry games have been rescued from obscurity.
With a peak player count of 14.2 million, 99 Nights in the Forest has an audience other multiplayer games would kill for: 'To find these behemoth playerbases you need to be on a platform like Roblox'
"Kids are on Roblox, and that's where the players are," says developer Alec Kieft.
Gearbox Studio Quebec founders start new studio
'We'll prove the vision first, then grow around it.'
All Star Fox games that the new Star Fox game is technically a remake of
Star Fox (2026) is technically Nintendo's fifth time releasing this Star Fox game. Here're all Star Fox games the new Star Fox game remakes.
My most-anticipated but frequently delayed Zelda-like is finally releasing later this month after 6 years in development
It's not 2023, but it's still releasing before the apocalypse.
Are you a real Sims series scholar? Put those decades of playing The Sims to the test with a quick round of trivia made for lifelong simmers
No cheating, or I'm taking the ladder out of your pool.
Sega’s Stranger Than Heaven cast includes a yakuza icon who died 12 years ago
Bunta Sugawara starred in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series in the 1970s, which were a huge influence on RGG Studio's Yakuza games
Stranger Than Heaven release date narrows down in new Xbox showcase
Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven revealed details about the story, time periods, cast, combat, and mini-games in RGGs latest
Stranger Than Heaven sure looks like a Yakuza series prequel in its first 30-minute deep dive, oh and Snoop Dogg is here
And it's out this winter.
'I'm bleeding to death:' In 2009, Wurm Online was still the wild frontier of online gaming
In this classic PC Gamer magazine feature, writer Quintin Smith learns how hard life is in fantasy MMO Wurm Online.
I bought a $5 Steam Controller 7 years ago and forgot it existed. Now it's my new living room sidekick
Sorry old Steam Controller, I wasn't familiar with your games.
Take-Two chief is 'deeply disappointed' that we still don't have a new BioShock game
13 years after BioShock Infinite, BioShock 4 remains a distant dream.
Civilization 7 is profitable, says Take-Two CEO, even if they 'got it wrong' with the Ages system
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that Civ 7 has been "a profitable enterprise" while acknowledging that they got aspects "wrong."
Everything We Saw At The Surprise Star Fox Nintendo Direct
Nintendo shadow-dropped a Direct about the star of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Nintendo announces new Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2
Star Fox 64 is getting a major remake for Nintendo Switch 2, Shigeru Miyamoto announced during surprise Nintendo Direct showcase.
Nintendo Announces Surprise Remake Of Star Fox 64 For Switch 2 And It Looks Fine
The game has received a complete next-gen overhaul
The Witcher 3 console commands list
The Witcher 3 console commands let you use cheats to get items and experience, or just play Gwent whenever you want
Civ 7 is getting 'by far the most-requested addition' later this month, but I'm more interested in whether it'll finally feel fully baked
Firaxis says the massive Test of Time update is Civ 7's "biggest and most fundamentally game-changing."
Purple Man? Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale sets up the return of Netflix villain Killgrave
The Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale has reignited interest in the Purple Man, one of Daredevil's oldest and most notorious villains.
Mortal Kombat Co-Creator Breaks Silence On The Box Office Showdown With Street Fighter
Could we ever see Ryu in Mortal Kombat ?
New Minecraft documentary gets first teaser trailer
Battle of the Boroughs chronicles NYC public school kids competing in esports to understand civic policy. It's wild.
Far Cry 2 and Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director launches a new studio, a few months after surprise exit from Ubisoft
Ubisoft veteran Clint Hocking, who also had leading roles on Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs games, unexpectedly split with the company earlier this year.
Lords Of The Fallen 2 Studio Paid A Gaming YouTuber To Promote Its Boring Bikini Armor
Developer CI Games paid a gaming YouTuber to throw other female characters under the bus while touting the sequel's blandly sexualized armor sets
You’re An Idiot If You Give The Billionaire CEO Of GameStop Thousands Of Dollars For A Used Carpet Square
I am begging you not to do this
I’m Overjoyed About A Friendslop Game, Finally
Hear me out: Birding is like gaming, and that’s why Flock Around works so well
More than 10 years after Ubisoft took it down, one of our favorite games of 2010 is back on Steam
Eugen Systems has re-released the great RTS Ruse, with all DLC included plus "technical updates" and full Steam Deck support.
Borderlands 4 On Switch 2 Is ‘Doable,’ But Not A Priority Until The Game Is Fixed Elsewhere
Take-Two's CEO elaborated on the hold-up
