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Great moments in PC gaming: Spotting your first environmental puzzle in The Witness

By Rachel Watts published 13 February 21

Mind Blown The puzzle count just doubled.

The Witness is free on the Epic Games Store

By Andy Chalk published 4 April 19

news Jonathan Blow's 2016 first-person puzzle game is yours for the taking for the next two weeks.

The Witness is the next free game on the Epic Games Store

By Fraser Brown published 21 March 19

News Give your brain a workout, and download Oxenfree in the meantime.

Tacoma, Firewatch headline Steam Explorer's Bundle

By Austin Wood published 26 October 17

News The bundle includes six modern adventure games, all on sale.

Are indie games too cheap?

By Alex Wiltshire published 18 October 17

Indiepocalypse? The average indie game on Steam costs less than $9 and sells few copies. Are those prices sustainable?

Indiepocalypse?

The Witness designer shows off prototype of new game

By Mat Paget published 22 April 17

NEWS It looks like we'll be pushing blocks around in Jonathan Blow's next game.

Get The Witness for $12 in the new Humble Monthly Bundle

By Andy Chalk published 3 March 17

news The Witness was our pick for the Best Puzzle Game of 2016.

Best Puzzle Game 2016: The Witness

By PC Gamer published 17 December 16

GOTY 2016 An island full of mazes gave us the year's most satisfying enigma.

The most surprising and strange videogame endings

By James Davenport published 17 September 16

strange things We look back at some of the most abrupt, bizarre, and pleasantly surprising endings in PC gaming.

Someone has ported The Witness to the NES

By Shaun Prescott published 5 June 16

News 8-bit treatment can be played with an emulator.

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The Witness breaks $5 million in sales in its first week

By Andy Chalk published 2 February 16

The Witness has sold more in one week than Braid did in its first year.

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The Witness speed run finishes the game in just over 25 minutes

By Shaun Prescott published 1 February 16

It begins.

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The Witness patch will (hopefully) fix motion sickness problems

By Andy Chalk published 1 February 16

The Witness is a really good puzzle game, but it makes some people want to puke.

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The Witness is selling very well, despite rampant piracy

By Shaun Prescott published 31 January 16

Next game could have comparable budget, or maybe even bigger.

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The PC Gamer January digest: the best news, reviews and features of the month

By Phil Savage published 31 January 16

The best games and biggest news of the month.

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The Witness gallery: sights from the mysterious island

By Christopher Livingston published 28 January 16

pixel boost Take only pictures, leave only solved puzzles.

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The Witness review

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell published 25 January 16

mind blown There are mazes within mazes in The Witness, Jonathan Blow's triumphant return.

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You decide: is this bottle of Jonathan Blow's pee real?

By Shaun Prescott published 22 January 16

Makeshift catheters aren't good for your health.

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The Witness preorders go live with a $40 price tag

By Andy Chalk published 19 January 16

Preorders for The Witness are now live, a week out from release.

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The Witness voice cast includes Ellie from The Last Of Us and Futurama's Hermes

By Andy Chalk published 14 January 16

The Witness won't have music, but it does have a pretty impressive cast of voice actors.

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