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news Sometimes the internet is fun.
Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening
news To be fair, I also can't think of a good reason to believe Valve won't announce Half-Life 3 today, except for the fact that it hasn't on any previous day.
OK, for real though, what's the chance of a Half-Life 3 announcement happening soon? Here's what we know
Poll Let us know how likely you think a new Half-Life is in our reader polls.
Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization are 'as much of an art problem' as a tech one: 'Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today'
news Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.
The best games on Steam in 2025
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.
I reported on the failure of Valve's first Steam Machines 8 years ago—this time I think they have it right
Round 2 The original Steam Machines didn't kick off a new era of PC gaming, but Valve's second attempt just might.
You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8 things
Relatable If you know, you know.
PC Gamer's highest review scores of 2025
89+ If you're looking for something a little more niche than Battlefield 6, there are some lesser-known bangers among this year's 89%+ scores.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in November
📅 If Black Ops isn't your thing, there's a whole slew of early access games on the way.
Steam's wider store pages are now live, and Valve says it tested them on 'a tiny old iPod' to make sure they'd still work on narrower screens
news "Things get pretty small" if you try to browse Steam on an iPod, but your PC monitor can probably handle the new 1,200 pixel page width.
The best PC games to play in 2025
What to play Colossal RPGs, ingenious puzzle games, surprise indie hits, and all the other great PC games we're playing in 2025.
Rockstar says the employees it fired were leaking information, but it's not going to escape union busting accusations that easily
news More than 30 employees at the GTA developer were fired for sharing confidential information in a public forum. The union says they were just talking to labor organizers.
Firefighters don't actually use the 'fireman's carry' anymore, and other things I've learned from the Steam reviews for simulator games
TIL Simulated jobs tend to attract people who do the real thing, and they are full of interesting information.
'In a true RPG, you need to think about what is happening': RPGs have been coddling us, says Outer Worlds 2 director, who's glad to see games like Baldur's Gate 3 let players make mistakes
news RPGs started coddling us too much, but it looks like they're trending in the other direction, says Brandon Adler.
The tech industry came for Steam and whiffed so hard that it's had to admit that it didn't even really like making games in the first place
Opinion Amazon's New World wouldn't have to die if the company actually wanted to be an MMO developer.
The Witcher books reading order: where to start with the short stories and novels
Wiedźmin Reading order recs for starting your Witcher novels journey.
YouTube updates its policy on violent videogame clips with rules that seem aimed at the incoming flood of GTA 6 videos
news The site is also introducing new rules related to gambling, and will age gate 'content that depicts, promotes, or facilitates social casino sites.'
Arc Raiders launch times and release date
Launch times Here's when you can start playing the highly anticipated extraction shooter.
Civilization 7 will get 'one of the most requested features' since launch: The option to play as one civ from start to finish
news Details are sparse, but community testing for the feature will take place "over the next few months."
It breaks our hearts to cut great games from the Top 100 list, but sacrifices must be made—these are some of the omissions that caused us psychic damage this year
Tough calls When you can only pick 100 games, there are a lot of games you can't pick.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 'nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks' is the priority, admits 'we don't always succeed at that'
news The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at a media industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.
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.
Arc Raiders designer says Marathon's reception 'was a great A/B test': 'They made decisions that we didn't, and vice versa … we could compare and contrast how some of those things shook out'
News Both extraction shooters are hotly anticipated and gathering crucial feedback before launch.
