Monthly Archives: March 2019

Yakuza Kiwami 2 has received an ESRB rating for PC, suggesting a release announcement is incoming soon. The game initially came out on PS4 in Japan in 2017, and it’s a remake of 2006’s Yakuza 2 in the Yakuza 6 engine. When it arrives on PC, you should probably hold off until you’ve first played […]

When something goes wrong in Rainbow Six Siege, it’s easy to blame the game. And sometimes it really is the game’s fault. But there are many misconceptions about the factors that we often pin our shortcomings on—stuff like server lag, “bad” hitboxes, or ping abuse. That’s where a new video explainer by former Siege developer […]

Source: CBS Los Angeles (YouTube) The man who instigated a 2017 swatting that resulted in the death of a bystander at the hands of police has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The sentence is double that of the ten years recommended by guidelines, according to this AP report, but was handed down as […]

Dormant. Sickly. Drunk, lying face down in a gutter. Those are all words that you can’t use to describe the PC Gamer UK Podcast, because it is back and strong like a man who is very good at competitively pulling trucks a short distance. Look. We’ve forgotten how to podcast, and we’ve forgotten how to […]

The next Divinity game, though it features a lot of returning Original Sin 2 characters, isn’t a freewheeling, sandboxy RPG. Divinity: Fallen Heroes is a tactics game, but it retains a lot of RPG sensibilities, including being driven by a story with plenty of choices and consequences. It’s going to be just as important here […]

Image source: Oxford Internet Institute Oxford Internet Institute director of research Andrew Przybylski predicts that the videogame industry will face sanctions including increased regulation, taxation, and fines, and says some of the responsibility for that lies with the Entertainment Software Association.  In a GDC talk last week (as reported by Variety), Przybylski said the ESA’s […]

In case there was any doubt following the huge splash that Cyberpunk 2077 made at E3 2018, CD Projekt confirmed last month that it will be back for this year’s show. And this time around, CD Projekt president and CEO Adam Kiciński says the stakes will be even higher.    "Last year’s E3 has been […]

It’s likely you’d heard of Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines before last week’s sequel announcement, even if you’ve never played it. It’s a cult hit with a vocal following, and often brought up in best-of lists—one of those beloved PC games cited as somewhat broken, but full of amazing ideas. If you missed out at any point […]

Spending over a grand and even several thousands dollars potent notebook will always be an option, and if you’re after the best gaming laptop money can buy, those are territories you will find yourself in. However, there are some interesting options in the sub-$1,000 space. One of that falls way below right now is the […]

Years ago, when Star Wars Battlefront 3 (prior to the reboot) was in development at Free Radical, the studio experimented with seamless planetary and space battles—you could be fighting on Tattooine while your mates were above you, grabbing a Tie Fighter from a Star Destroyer. It was cancelled and we never got to try it […]