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Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't handle games that use generative AI: 'We don't believe in it'
news Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says we're already starting to see a flood of 'really low-quality, AI-made games' on Steam and other storefronts.
The Sinking City 2 is delayed into 2026 because of the war in Ukraine, but not just that: Making a survival horror game requires 'a completely different kind of design thinking' than adventure games, and that 'definitely makes development slower'
news Ukrainian developer Frogwares says it will start showing off more Sinking City 2 gameplay in the next few months, but it's not going to make the hoped-for 2025 release.
'Controller players are winning slightly more in close-range engagements': Treyarch throws a live grenade into 'controller vs mouse' debate, says aim assist will be less forgiving in Black Ops 7
news Treyarch says it's going "take a very close look at the strength of aim assist," as well as rotational aim assist ahead of Black Ops 7's release.
Former Battlefield 6 campaign boss calls out EA for leaving him and other developers out of the credits after closing his studio in 2024
news Marcus Lehto founded Ridgeline Games in 2021 to develop the narrative campaign for the next Battlefield, but the studio was shuttered before the game arrived.
Dead Cells studio opted to make a new game despite 'super strong' pressure for a sequel because 'we are driven by what we want to make'
news Dead Cells was a huge hit, but Motion Twin wasn't interested in doing another one.
Our most anticipated 13th-century Mongolian horse game had such a popular Next Fest demo the developers have decided to delay it
news The Legend of Khiimori is now set to hit early access in March 2026.
Server shutdowns claim another victim: The Sims Mobile will disappear for good in January
news Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on Sims Mobile servers."
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
Don't count on Arc Raiders ever getting a first-person mode: 'Once you start being able to put your face right up against an asset, it kind of falls apart'
news Design director Virgil Watkins says it would take an awful lot of work to make a first-person mode for Arc Raiders.
Arc Raiders playtest slams past 185,000 concurrent players on Steam alone
news A hotfix was rolled out right after the server slam began, but otherwise it seems to be smooth sailing.
Sony accuses Tencent of playing a 'shell game' with its Horizon-like survival game, seeks a preliminary injunction against it
news Tencent seems ready to make big changes to Light of Motiram, but Sony isn't buying it.
Arc Raiders, one of our most anticipated games of 2025, is free for all in its final pre-release playtest this weekend
news The Arc Raiders server slam is live now, for all players on all platforms.
Former Assassin's Creed boss says he did not leave voluntarily: 'I stayed at my post until Ubisoft asked me to step aside'
news Marc-Alexis Côté says he was offered a role at Vantage Studios, "but it did not carry the same scope, mandate, or continuity with the work I had been entrusted with."
The Borderlands 4 update that's going to take away your infinite-bleed god-knife is delayed until next week
news A last-minute speedbump means one more weekend of sharp-edged fun.
Gamers hand Ubisoft a rare 'W' as The Crew 2's offline mode finally goes live
news "Hybrid Mode," as it's properly known, lets players choose between online and offline play, or just automatically loads the game into offline mode when no connection is available.
Battlefield 6 blows past 7 million copies in 3 days, 'the biggest launch in franchise history'
news The new Battlefield is such a hit, even Vince Zampella isn't mad anymore.
Saudi Arabia's acquisition of Electronic Arts faces pushback from game developers, petition calls on FTC to 'scrutinize this deal closely'
news The Videogame Workers United union wants approval of the deal to be contingent upon protecting jobs and game studios.
US senators express 'profound concern' over EA buyout: 'The proposed transaction poses a number of significant foreign influence and national security risks'
news Whether it adds up to anything remains to be seen, but Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal are big mad about it.
Rockstar pays tribute to D'Angelo, 'a true titan of soul' whose music 'will forever be an enduring part of the legacy of Red Dead Redemption 2'
news The legendary R&B artist, who wrote Unshaken for the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, died earlier this week at the age of 51.
Assassin's Creed franchise boss leaves Ubisoft just 7 months after heading up one of the best-selling games in the history of the series
news Marc-Alexis Côté's departure comes just a couple weeks after Ubisoft announced the launch of a new subsidiary that will take control of the series.
Cozy witch-life sim Witchbrook is delayed to 2026 'to ensure the world feels rich, immersive, and alive'
news As a consolation prize, developer Chucklefish revealed a new interactive map of the town of Mossport.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
ChatGPT is getting 'erotica for verified adults' in December: Sam Altman claims mental health concerns have been addressed, so now it's time to 'safely relax the restrictions in most cases'
news The "glazing" personalities in the GPT 4o update are coming back too, though Altman hopes they will be better this time around.
