Latest articles by Dominic Tarason
9 games from the PC Gamer Top 100 given eternal life thanks to modders
Top 100 Some games contain multitudes (of mods) that elevate them from great to timeless.
Playing Echo Point Nova is like diving through someone's dreams after they've played too much Titanfall or Tribes
Dream Big Time for some sky-surfing.
I died more than 1,200 times in this panicky first-person riff on Celeste's platforming and it's now one of my favorite games of the year
The Descent Lorn’s Lure is a surprisingly scary and brutally tough cyber-dungeon mountaineering trip.
Why Doom 3 is still an important and misunderstood game
Doot 3 Looking back at the unloved Doom 3 with decades of hindsight.
In Dustborn, the quiet moments speak loudest
Big Chillin The road-trip adventure makes its negative space the star of the show.
Exoborne is making the extraction shooter less punishing, and taking storytelling notes from Hades
NEWS Sharkmob doesn't want to scare off potential extraction shooter fans who've only seen stressful Tarkov clips.
Fast rounds, forgiving combat, and bad weather: Hands-on with extraction shooter Exoborne
HANDS-ON The studio behind Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt is making an accessible extraction shooter, and the first gameplay is here.
Doom 2's first true expansion since the '90s showcases just how much modding has improved in 30 years
Stainless Legacy of Rust, included in the new Doom + Doom 2 bundle, is just as good as MachineGames' modern Quake expansions.
Earth Defense Force 6 review: a masterclass in asset recycling
Starship Bloopers Earth Defense Force 6 elevates meathead B-movie action with a smart time travel twist.
The Immortal Lock is a gnarly new Quake map that's meatier than some entire FPS campaigns—literally and figuratively
Meat Locker Horror and flesh await, along with hundreds of secrets and 5,200 enemies.
20 hidden gems from 2024 to grab before the end of the Steam Summer Sale
Hot ticket So many incredible under-the-radar indies have come out this year, from roguelikes to experimental horror to "UI strategy hell," we had trouble keeping the list to just 20.
Metal Slug Tactics roguishly reinvents turn-based run-and-gun
OH! BIG! The series pivots to turn-based tactics impressively well.
Boasting economist lobstermen, gas mask aliens with 120 sexes, and the best space dogfights 2003 has to offer, Underspace is a sci-fi RPG well worth your time
Spaced Out Underspace promises big, weird space adventures and Freelancer nostalgia.
How to have the best Fallout New Vegas experience today
Updated! Our definitive step-by-step guide to setting up and playing this classic RPG.
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom delivers imaginative 3D platforming without a jump button
Zoomer A delightfully zany N64 throwback with plenty of new ideas—and it makes fun of Elon Musk.
Path of Exile 2 is sticking to its 'ethical free-to-play' model instead of chasing Diablo 4's success
news Grinding Gear Games isn't too interested in Diablo 4's MMO-lite ideas, either.
Path of Exile 2's developers ended up reworking the entire game's combat around a new control scheme because of a single class
News Click-to-move is still an option, but WASD is now the default way to play.
Path of Exile 2 is a bold, blood-soaked sequel unchained from the first game's old school design
Second Blood The action RPG sequel has been a long time coming, and it's a bolder departure than we expected.
Penny's Big Breakaway review
CLASS ACT Penny’s Big Breakaway is a flashy platformer debut that shines brightest for the encore.
I can't believe how well this new roguelite combines twin-stick shooting, pinball, and Sonic the Hedgehog-style spindashing
Ballin' Go Mecha Ball is a hyperkinetic slice of twin-stick shooter joy.
Palworld vs. Ark: Survival Evolved shows just how much survival games have changed in 9 years, even when they seem so similar
Stompy Showdown NotPokémon versus Dinosaurs: How does Palworld stack up against the survival game the landmark survival game?
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Dondoko Island guide: How to earn $500,000 and break the economy
Last Resort How to break Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s Dondoko Island for fun and (mostly) profit.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review – An indulgent double helping of Yakuza
Hawaiian punch A dizzyingly huge all-you-can-eat Yakuza buffet.
