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Slay the Spire 2 dev rejects the concept of deadlines: 'I don't want Sloppy Spire 2'
news There's a lot to come for the early access deckbuilder, but "exacting deadlines produce sloppy uninspired work," says Mega Crit.
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What's next for Slay the Spire 2: the ending, new character(s), new modes?
We sat down with Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano for the first Slay the Spire 2 post-launch interview. We dive into the magnitude of the games success, what the ending could look like, character win rates, review bombing, and how player feedback. Plus — new characters, new modes, and what’s next for Slay the Spire 2.
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Star Wars Zero Company: Hands-on preview
Star Wars Zero Company surprised us. When EA invited PC Gamer to be one of the first outlets in the world to play their new game, Ted Litchfield went in with high expectations - a Clone Wars tactics game made by former XCOM and Jedi Survivor devs is a slam drunk - but even these were surpassed. It blends the familiar combat of XCOM with sumptuous third-person action-adventure storytelling, and a healthy dose of Mass Effect style RPG management, and could be a game of the year contender.
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How Arc Raiders was saved from mediocrity
ARC Raiders famously switched focus from a fast, free-to-play PvE game to the tighter, more tactical PvPvE extraction shooter we know today; a move known as "the reset". At GDC, Production Director Caio Braga gave a talk entitled "When your AAA game isn't fun: The ARC Raiders story of starting over with intent". We interviewed him afterwards to delve more deeply into how this pivot happened, what player feedback is teaching Embark about their game, and what plans they have for the future.
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Marathon Ignores Extraction Shooter 'Rules' And Is Better For It
Morgan is here to talk about what Bungie is doing right with Marathon. How does it hold up against other extraction shooters?
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Superstrike: How Logitech is innovating the gaming mouse
The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike comes with a few features we've not seen before in a gaming mouse. To get all the details, our resident mouse nerd, Jacob Fox, has spoken with two people that worked closely on it: Logitech's senior mechatronics engineer Frédéric de Goumoëns and chief engineer Regis Croisonnier.
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Think you know gaming? Test your knowledge with PC Gamer's fiendish quizzes
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Battlefield 6 'seasons' should be big moments, but they're not, and it's because EA keeps drip-feeding us like hamsters in a cage
SEASONAL DEPRESSION Stop chopping up 'seasons' into smaller seasons.
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Xbox Game Pass is your key to some of the year's most nominated games
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB review (Asus Prime)
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Some takes don't age: Back in 2009, a creative director warned about the risks of 'obsessively self-referencing' existing hit games
📖🎤 Paul Barnett was in charge of beloved MMO Warhammer Online, and is now the chief creative officer at Wargaming.
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Our cozy games of April list is looking so chilled out that there isn't even a single farm sim on it
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A floating magical skull goes to war with his own headless body in this necromantic roguelike that combines Vampire Survivors-like combat with Teamfight Tactics-inspired army building
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Marathon isn't going to be the big hit Sony wants because it's just too much of a sicko game
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Mouse: PI For Hire review: No Mickey Mouse shooter—it’s a bona fide classic
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