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Wordle today: Hint and answer #910 for Saturday, December 16

By Kerry Brunskill published

regular riddle Wordle today: The solution and a hint for Saturday's puzzle.

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This WW2 game just got rescued by the creators of Squad, and a huge new patch is live now

By Morgan Park published

NEWS Post Scriptum is now Squad 44.

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After grinding for a week, Diablo 4 player achieves world first clear of its hardest dungeon while wearing the wrong pants

By Tyler Colp published

news This barbarian player finished a challenge thought to be impossible.

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Godus is deadus: Peter Molyneux's controversial Godus games are finally being taken off Steam

By Andy Chalk published

news Ten years is enough suffering.

Google Stadia controller with a rocketship flying away above it

Google extends the deadline to upgrade Stadia controllers to Bluetooth by another year, which is a relief for the one guy who still has his new in box

By Andy Chalk published

news Good news: You now have until December 31, 2024 to think about it.

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Twitch changes its mind about nude art after just 48 hours: 'We went too far'

By Tyler Wilde published

news Twitch says it didn't anticipate how streamers would respond to the newfound freedom to show "artistic depictions of nudity."

The creepiest guy leans in front of an NPC mid-conversation in Starfield.

Starfield is nominated for the Most Innovative Gameplay award in the 2023 Steam Awards

By Andy Chalk published

news The Steam Awards nominations are out—voting will begin on December 21.

Jonathan Rogers, PoE 2 director and co-founder of Grinding Gear Games.

'Path of Exile 2 in some ways is less complicated than Path of Exile 1': Grinding Gear Games talks about why it created a WASD control scheme and other improvements in the sequel to its long-running ARPG

By Andy Chalk published

news In an interview with PC Gamer, Grinding Gear discussed its approach to making a sequel to one of the most popular ARPGs of all time.

Intel Meteor Lake CPU

The first Intel Core Ultra handheld gaming PC has been unveiled, and it's an oddly massive 11-inch beast

By Nick Evanson published

news Shame we know so little about the actual device, though.

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You can play my favorite RPG of 2021 for free this weekend and nab it for 75% off if you have a good time

By Ted Litchfield published

news Wrath of the Righteous isn't a good Baldur's Gate palate cleanser, it's more like a second course.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: Hideki Kamiya, Director at Platinum Games, introduces the video game "Scalebound" during Microsoft Corp. Xbox at the Galen Center on June 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya sheds light on why he left Platinum, the company he co-founded: 'Without that element of trust, I couldn't continue working there'

By Joshua Wolens published

News Kamiya sounds like he's still on good terms with the Platinum brass, but he doesn't regret his choice.

Baldur's Gate 3 - Withers the necromancer holds up his hand while talking to the player in camp

Baldur's Gate 3 will never be on Game Pass, says Larian CEO: 'We made a big game, so I think there's a fair price to be paid for that'

By Fraser Brown published

News Making people pay upfront allows the studio to "continue making other games".

Peely from Fortnite with banana-fied Wolverine claws.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says he's open to Fortnite on Steam or 'any serious store', but that 'the end of these ridiculous 30% fees' is a requirement

By Harvey Randall published

News 30% cut, 30% skill, 15% concentrated power of will.

A man with purple hair and face tattoos poses for a mugshot in the GTA 6 trailer.

Florida Joker issues 3-day countdown threat and takes to cosplay in his war on GTA 6's supposed use of his likeness, then demands an 'extra million dollars' for his trouble

By Joshua Wolens published

News Meanwhile, Rockstar is remaining characteristically quiet.

Tyrande stands in front of the Night Elf's new home, Amirdrassil, in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. She is a powerful Night Elven Warrior among lush blue forestation.

World of Warcraft's new Night Elf capital allows Horde tourists, and boy is it ruffling some feathers

By Harvey Randall published

News Seen and unseen eyes alike are watching your every move.

Screenshot from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Get ready to see frame generation everywhere as AMD finally releases its FSR 3 tools and source code into the wild

By Nick Evanson published

news Modders are especially happy but you might want to temper your expectations a little.

A pair of trap-laying goblins in Dota 2, smoking cigars and chucking bombs.

Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'

By Joshua Wolens published

News Call it the smurfs' Christmas special.

Wolverine grimaces and brandishes his claws

Insomniac Games has reportedly been hacked, with details of its upcoming Wolverine game included in the stolen data

By Jody Macgregor published

News Personal data belonging to employees has also been stolen.

Today's Wordle being played on a phone

Wordle today: Hint and answer #909 for Friday, December 15

By Kerry Brunskill published

regular riddle Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

Siobhan Thompson looks shocked about developments in Fantasy High: Junior Year

D&D actual play series Dimension 20 returns to its original setting for Fantasy High Junior Year

By Jody Macgregor published

News Hi, intrepid heroes.

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Image for Twitch changes its mind about nude art after just 48 hours: 'We went too far'

Twitch changes its mind about nude art after just 48 hours: 'We went too far'

By Tyler Wilde

The creepiest guy leans in front of an NPC mid-conversation in Starfield.

Starfield is nominated for the Most Innovative Gameplay award in the 2023 Steam Awards

By Andy Chalk

Jonathan Rogers, PoE 2 director and co-founder of Grinding Gear Games.

'Path of Exile 2 in some ways is less complicated than Path of Exile 1': Grinding Gear Games talks about why it created a WASD control scheme and other improvements in the sequel to its long-running ARPG

By Andy Chalk

Intel Meteor Lake CPU

The first Intel Core Ultra handheld gaming PC has been unveiled, and it's an oddly massive 11-inch beast

By Nick Evanson

An armored paladin with a sword

You can play my favorite RPG of 2021 for free this weekend and nab it for 75% off if you have a good time

By Ted Litchfield

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: Hideki Kamiya, Director at Platinum Games, introduces the video game "Scalebound" during Microsoft Corp. Xbox at the Galen Center on June 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya sheds light on why he left Platinum, the company he co-founded: 'Without that element of trust, I couldn't continue working there'

By Joshua Wolens

Baldur's Gate 3 - Withers the necromancer holds up his hand while talking to the player in camp

Baldur's Gate 3 will never be on Game Pass, says Larian CEO: 'We made a big game, so I think there's a fair price to be paid for that'

By Fraser Brown

Peely from Fortnite with banana-fied Wolverine claws.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says he's open to Fortnite on Steam or 'any serious store', but that 'the end of these ridiculous 30% fees' is a requirement

By Harvey Randall

A man with purple hair and face tattoos poses for a mugshot in the GTA 6 trailer.

Florida Joker issues 3-day countdown threat and takes to cosplay in his war on GTA 6's supposed use of his likeness, then demands an 'extra million dollars' for his trouble

By Joshua Wolens

Tyrande stands in front of the Night Elf's new home, Amirdrassil, in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. She is a powerful Night Elven Warrior among lush blue forestation.

World of Warcraft's new Night Elf capital allows Horde tourists, and boy is it ruffling some feathers

By Harvey Randall

Screenshot from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Get ready to see frame generation everywhere as AMD finally releases its FSR 3 tools and source code into the wild

By Nick Evanson

A pair of trap-laying goblins in Dota 2, smoking cigars and chucking bombs.

Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'

By Joshua Wolens

Wolverine grimaces and brandishes his claws

Insomniac Games has reportedly been hacked, with details of its upcoming Wolverine game included in the stolen data

By Jody Macgregor

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PC Gamer 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

The PC Gamer 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

By Philip Palmer

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Inside Homeworld 3: How Blackbird Interactive aims to make you feel attached to your fleet as you 'see the history of battles through the whole campaign'

By Harvey Randall published

ViDoc Megastructures, laser scarring, and making you feel for metal boxes.

ViDoc
Jusant - a young person with short brown hair and a blue face marking looks upwards while wearing a cloak and a small blue creature companion on their shoulder

I played over 30 new cozy games this year and these are the 4 must plays

By Lauren Morton published

Get Cozy Cozy games flooded the PC this year. Don't drown in the choices.

Get Cozy
PC Gamer last minute holiday gift guide

The last minute PC Gaming holiday gift guide

By Andy Edser published

deal Looking to treat the PC Gamer in your life, or perhaps grab a little something for yourself? We cover all our favorite gift recommendations right here.

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A hyurian knight looks determined at the end of the Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker trailer, his eyes set on Etheryis below.

Looking back on Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker—two years of frustration for a game I still love

By Harvey Randall published

NEW HORIZONS Forge ahead.

NEW HORIZONS
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All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them

By Lauren Morton last updated

Castle Keys Cash in these Dreamlight Valley codes for free outfits and furniture.

Castle Keys
A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.

Cheap graphics card deals this week

By Dave James last updated

Pixel pushers Yes, once more there are cheap graphics card deals.

Pixel pushers
AMD ATI Radeon HD 5970 4GB PC gaming graphics card in an attic

Attic find! 13 years later I see just how far this former world champion graphics card can go in delivering a good PC gaming experience in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, GTA 5, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Starfield, and other top games today in 2023

By Robert Jones published

Silicon at sunset The PC gaming past is a foreign country, they do things differently there

Silicon at sunset
Art created for "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", a game based off a book by Harlan Ellison.

2023's rise of AI doesn't just risk making games worse, it turns criticising them into an existential nightmare

By Harvey Randall published

DEEP YEARNING Please generate a subheader for a subject that fills me with dread.

DEEP YEARNING
Visored cyberpunk mafiosos fire handguns on a graffiti-coated street in Beyond Sunset.

Retro FPS Beyond Sunset is a precision-crafted cyberpunk potpourri of all the great megawads that came before it

By Noah Smith published

neon fights One more great boomer shooter sneaks in before the end of 2023.

neon fights

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2024 games: All the PC games scheduled for launch next year

By Lauren Morton

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The best Lethal Company mods

By Christopher Livingston published

Toolkit of terror Make the horror more horrifying in the hilarious co-op game.

Toolkit of terror
Angry looking astronaut

2 years later, that Nvidia leak just keeps delivering—and I'm expecting even more in 2024

By Wes Fenlon published

Check in Metal Gear Solid, Cities Skylines 2, and Monster Hunter 6 were among the big names that finally appeared in 2023.

Check in
Saruyama Tengoku 2

This chill Windows 95 relic is more toy than game, but reinstalling it every winter has become one of my favorite holiday rituals

By Kerry Brunskill published

Pasokon Retro Sometimes old and simple toys are more… ape-aling.

Pasokon Retro
gta 6 trailer

With Grand Theft Auto 6's Lucia being the series' first proper leading lady, I'm hoping she doesn't become another caricature or stereotype

By Mollie Taylor published

girl power Lucia looks badass, and I hope Rockstar can do its first fully realised female protagonist.

girl power
Lae'zel with a lightsaber

I've never wanted anything more than for Larian to make a Star Wars RPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate 3

By Fraser Brown published

Dungeons & Krayt Dragons It's already made the best D&D videogame, so why not adapt the Star Wars TTRPG?

Dungeons & Krayt Dragons
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Best cheap gaming laptop deals

By Dave James last updated

Deals A running list of the best cheap gaming laptop deals we can find, updated regularly.

Deals
Writer Ilana Pena holds her sign on the picket line on the fourth day of the strike by the Writers Guild of America in front of Netflix in Hollywood, California, on May 5, 2023. - The Hollywood writers' strike broke out this week over pay, but the refusal of studios like Netflix and Disney to rule out artificial intelligence replacing human scribes in the future has only fueled anger and fear on the picket lines. With their rapidly advancing ability to eerily mimic human conversation, AI programs like ChatGPT have spooked many industries recently.

2023 was a year of AI hype, but don't let them convince you it's inevitable

By Joshua Wolens published

No More Robots If we want games to keep being as good as they were in 2023, we need a well organised, well unionised, human-controlled industry to make them.

No More Robots
GTA Online Chop Shop cars list

Here's every new car in the GTA Online Chop Shop update

By Sarah James published

Chop gear It's time to expand your garage.

Chop gear
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Here's what it's actually like to play The Day Before, the zombie survival game whose developer folded days after it launched

By Philip Palmer published

The Day After The open world survival game is no longer available for sale, but its servers are still up. So how bad is it?

The Day After
A na'vi flies their ikran low enough to skim the surface of a shallow creek in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora review

By Noah Smith published

The Frontier is Closed A Pandora's box of technical issues.

The Frontier is Closed
Malta the orange and white cat in BG3 closeup

Even after 180 hours of Baldur's Gate 3, I never realized there's a game-spanning unmarked quest to find a stray cat a new home

By Ted Litchfield

Paint roller in hand, a House Flipper 2 player begins painting freshly-placed drywall.

House Flipper 2 review: A touch-up of the original with an exciting new sandbox mode

By Tom Sykes published

Flip Service Live the property fantasy, debt-free, in House Flipper 2.

Flip Service
Mara sat next to a Starcat.

All Starcat locations in Destiny 2's Season of the Wish

By Sean Martin last updated

Stellar Looking for Destiny 2's Starcats to complete the Wishbearer title? Here's where to find them.

Stellar
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Last Train Home review: A rich experiment in history-as-game

By Jonathan Bolding published

Rail shooter Historical storytelling in a survival RTS set during the Russian Civil War.

Rail shooter
Playing cards swirl in an interdimensional vortex in Balatro's trippy intro sequence.

2023 has been an amazing year for roguelike deckbuilders—but the best one is this free demo about shamelessly cheating at poker

By Abbie Stone published

STACKED DECK Balatro turns the classic card game on its head, and it's so good it's my GOTY even though it's not even out yet.

STACKED DECK
Arthas, from Wrath of the Lich King: Classic, stares through his unholy visor with a smirk on his face.

We'll never get another big blockbuster MMO while the industry's still drooling over live service games

By Harvey Randall published

DARK AGE Or: why we're all still playing MMOs from 2004-2015.

DARK AGE
Lego Fortnite wool fabric - a character stands in a grassy field with two sheep on the slope in front of him

How to get Wool Fabric in Lego Fortnite

By Sarah James published

Off the wool This material takes a few steps to make, and you'll need two different crafting stations.

Off the wool
Jin Kazama in Tekken 8.

Tekken 8 should absolutely be the fighting game you play in 2024

By Mollie Taylor published

king of iron fist A look at the full game has given me high hopes for the next battle.

king of iron fist
gta 6 trailer

The GTA 6 trailer is packed with little details: here are some of the most promising

By Heather Newman published

🕵️ Is that a blimp I see? And real water physics?

🕵️
the day before

The Day Before saga, explained: From Steam's most wishlisted game to the end of a studio

By Morgan Park published

RECAP Catching you up on The Day Before's disastrous journey to launch.

RECAP

How DayZ spawned a new genre: the unfinished survival game

By Christopher Livingston published

roadmaps Steam Early Access led to new solutions, and lots of new problems, for both developers and players of survival games.

roadmaps

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