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Two Point Museum's latest DLC features a buildable studio where artists can create 'millions' of unique artworks, and there's 'no generative AI involved' whatsoever
News Two Point Museum: Arty Facts is available now.
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Dead As Disco preview + exclusive Dex boss fight gameplayDead as Disco is a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music! Our staff writer Harvey Randall got to play through an early access build of the build ahead of its release on May 5. Here he shares his thoughts as well as exclusive footage of his boss fight with Dex, a heavy metal guitarist with tech tentacles!
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Steam Controller pricing, customisation, stock & more | Valve interviewLooking forward to the Steam Controller? Want to know more before you decide whether to buy one? We've spoken to two of the people behind it: Steve Cardinali and Lawrence Yang. We talk pricing, spare parts, and more.
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Our Directive 8020 hands-on preview left us sweating | Hands-on previewDirective 8020 is an upcoming narrative survival horror from Until Dawn creators, Supermassive Games. Set aboard the interstellar spaceship Cassiopeia, 8020 pits a crew of scientists journeying a remote planet against a shapeshifting alien lifeform in a twisting 'choices matter' story. Taking influence from horror cinema like John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and Alien (1979), we sent our bravest explorer Elie Gould for a hands-on preview of the game, which is out on May 12th.
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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 previewStar 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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This artist 'brings hair to life' by painting video game scenes on the back of wigs, and yes, it really is as impressive as it sounds
Wig And to think I found haircare to be tedious.
The Sims 3 review: 'a joyful simulation, and celebration, of life and all its dramas'
Life affirming Love, work and kleptomania return in The Sims 3, Electronic Arts' enormous life-controlling sequel to the bestselling PC game of all time.
No, Richard Dawkins, AI is bloody well not conscious
Biology vs silicon And if you think otherwise, you'd better at least attempt to don your philosophy cap.
Stellaris is 10 years old and still getting DLC, which is impressive
AROUND THE SUN We talked to some devs about how the space GSG has maintained such a long orbit.
Discussion time: Are classic tab-target MMOs with loads of keybinds going out of style?
CLOSE THE TAB I can feel my inner old man weeping, but the times, they are a-changing.
How a trio of Canadian modders stumbled into making an official Die Hard game: 'I've had projects disappear that had 10 times the promise that this did'
Hard lessons The strange origin of MechWarrior steward Piranha Games.
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007 First Light: All the key details on IO Interactive's upcoming stealth action game
Icebreaker Agent 47 walked so 007 could run.
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Borderlands 4 weekly update and latest patch notes
TWIB Everything going on in Kairos this week.
Where is Maurice’s Black Market location in Borderlands 4 this week?
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Brigador Killers smacked me in the mouth by making me level a city and kill the protagonists of the first game, and I can't wait for more
news Hardcore.
'Pearl Abyss created 5,000,000 amateur ornithologists with one update': Crimson Desert's latest patches have effectively transformed it into a birdwatching simulator
Twitching Wait, is that a rare owl?? Sick.
Best graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.
Valve forming an orderly queue for the Steam Controller makes it clear we need the same for the Steam Machine, Frame, and perhaps a lot more in-demand tech too
Grab a ticket We need a better system.
Everything is Crab review: This Spore-inspired roguelike lets you find your own evolutionary niche—or just turn into a mess of eyes and tentacles
CRABSOLUTELY Survival of the fittest—or at least the most over-levelled.
Best SSD deals for gaming today
deals Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.
'90s virtual reality, Battlefield 2142, and Total War: This month in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
From the archives Here's what was happening in PC gaming in May 1996, May 2006, and May 2016.
The gacha in Neverness to Everness isn't as generous as it seems—here's how it works and why I've been more tempted to pull banners than ever
Pity Hard Here's everything you need to know about how banners, pulls, and pity work in Neverness to Everness before you get carried away in that board game.
Despite Gothic Remake's glow-up, it's still the scrappy eurojank RPG it always was, and that's fine with me
Summer camp Returning to the Colony 25 years later.
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Everything you need to know about Stranger Than Heaven, the half-century-spanning Yakuza series prequel
Old School Cool RGG's new historical drama is an origin story for the Tojo Clan's founder Makoto and his rise to power.
Cheap graphics card deals this week
Deals We've done the hard yards sourcing the best graphics card deals for the GPUs worth putting in your gaming PC.
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'
Big Blox "Kids are on Roblox, and that's where the players are," says developer Alec Kieft.
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