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Baldur's Gate 3 is 'an inspiration' for CD Projekt, but it's all-in on big open worlds: 'We are definitely not going to make a game like Larian did'

Great moments in PC gaming: Chilling in my Zen Garden in Plants Vs. Zombies

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Valve coder confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, albeit at a 'good deal': 'If you build a PC from parts and get to basically the same level of performance, that’s the general price window that we aim to be at'

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This absurdly stylish side scroller feels like playing two different genres of retro shooter at the same time, and I love it

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This GTA 6 fan's fascinating deep-dive into co-protagonist Jason's military background is a must-read for all you lore heads out there

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Confession time: Which game soundtrack actually made you cry?

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I grew up thinking Pyramid Head was one of the scariest video game villains ever, but thanks to cosplay, I no longer have to hide in fear

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This roguelike take on Geometry Wars is the best game I've played this month, and the latest to become a permanent fixture on my Steam Deck

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Fatshark celebrates 10 years of rat-bashing by adding one of Vermintide's 'most popular' maps into Vermintide 2, but 'things are not as before'

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Classic text adventure Zork is going open source, but I'm side-eyeing Microsoft's announcement about it hard

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Mafia: The Old Country's Free Ride update is out now, replacing its empty open world with an extremely basic one

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The original Dawn of War games have 109 new Steam achievements after 20 years—if you have the definitive edition, at least

Constance is a metroidvania that wants its monsters to mean something

The League of Legends trading card game is surprisingly good because it embraces the best trends in card games

Why I love Injustice 2's story mode

Mod fixes 17-year-old lip-sync bug in Fallout 3 and New Vegas

'A big document of stealth' requested by Todd Howard from a designer of one of the best stealth games of all time was the blueprint for Skyrim's most beloved playstyle

A 'small update' just shook up Deadlock's basic mechanics and tweaked nearly every hero

GTA 5's character-swapping system was a stroke of genius that was supposed to feature in San Andreas 9 years earlier—this masterclass mod makes that dream a reality

Skyrim's hardest quest is raising my Fat Idiot Son

A former Valve dev revealed how, while a VR version of Half-Life 2 was being made, a single metro cop's toe created a 'time-travelling' bug that softlocked all versions of the game

Tavern Keeper's early access is already a crunchy management sim, a cosy blanket, an interior decor game, and a furniture designer all at once

How well do you know Arc Raiders' maps? Only a Topside expert will get all 15 locations in our latest quiz

Cities: Skylines 2's bicycle update adds a lot more than just bikes, as Colossal Order prepares to hand over development to a new studio

5 months after launch, cooperative shooter FBC Firebreak finally has integrated voice chat, but its Vampire Survivors-style wave mode is delayed until next year

This mech themed XCOM-like just got a gargantuan update that overhauls its campaign, redesigns its overworld, and adds personalities to pilots with 'over 100' unique traits

Doom: The Dark Ages' latest update overhauls its customisable arena mode, and id Software wants to add the best player-made slaughter-fests as selectable presets

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review

Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player

I tested that spot in Arc Raiders that supposedly guarantees rare rusted parts, and my results were mixed

Interview with Roblox CEO kicks off with an unbelievable answer about its predator problem being 'not just a problem, but an opportunity,' and somehow just gets crazier from there

The Game Awards nominated another Hololive vtuber and her boss just wants voters to give her a chance: 'I would hope that they watch her stream at least once'

Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious

'We cloned Gmail, except you're logged in as Epstein and can see his emails' is the most impressively cursed tech project of the year

The UK turns to videogames to recruit future drone pilots with the International Defense Esports Games, as the plot of Ender's Game inches ever closer to reality

The PC Gamer 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time

One of the best horde shooters of all time is free to keep on Steam this weekend

25 great Steam games you probably missed in 2025⁠—from freebies to $40

This brilliantly strategic roguelike challenges you to build a whole city on wheels and keep it one step ahead of an unending horde of monsters

Hytale honcho says early access will be $20 because 'charging more didn’t feel right': He doesn't think the game is good yet, but 'my team and I will push hard to make it good, then great'

The PUBG extraction shooter spinoff springs back to life with a closed alpha test set for December, and its focus on exploration over pure combat sounds a lot like my favorite part of Arc Raiders

Resident Evil Requiem producer hints at the return of 'some characters from the past' then—way too late—warns players not to 'over-expect or hype it'

'We've got some big changes coming in Season 1': Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's design director talks buffing aim assist, adjusting spawn locations, and a drone pod nerf ahead of the next season

Helldivers 2 players exercise managed democracy to rename destroyed city 'New York Supreme' rather than the infinitely better 'Bernard'

The voice of Geralt isn't worried about Ciri's recasting in The Witcher 4: 'I think she's going to do a great job'

Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity is the MMO's best annual expansion yet, but the real test is going to be whether it can keep up the momentum

Nvidia reminds us it's not a gaming company anymore, but 'an AI data center infrastructure company'

Stranger Things refuses to let you forget its about to end forever by immortalising itself in Fortnite

10 of the best customization codes for Where Winds Meet