Game news

PC Gamer · 38m ago

GTA 6's NPCs have about 600,000 animations, as well as personality traits that take 'demographic and professional' variables into account

"Who's going to be aggressive? … How many are going to test me?"

PC Gamer · 55m ago

'I feel like we've built a pyramid on Everest' says Rockstar of GTA 6 meeting impossible expectations

"We've not compromised on the scale, the detail, the interactivity, the story, the open world."

PC Gamer · 1h ago

GTA 6's map is almost as big as Rockstar's last 3 games combined, contains 'an order of magnitude more interiors'

"You can go anywhere, any random location, and so many people have thought about that location," says co-studio head Aaron Garbut.

PC Gamer · 2h ago

Can you name the horror games these deeply unpleasant bathrooms are from?

Bring holy water and Clorox wipes

PC Gamer · 4h ago

Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years'

Sweeney says locking developers into the "walled garden" of Steamworks is a real problem.

PC Gamer · 5h ago

WoW: Forever's update schedule will be 'a little more laid back' than the main MMO

Developers say the plan is to release updates a few times a year to match the MMO's classic spirit.

PC Gamer · 7h ago

Witchbrook is delayed again, now set for release in 2027

We finally have a solid launch date, and it's not in 2026 as planned but it's not too far off, either.

PC Gamer · 7h ago

One of the best quests in Baldur's Gate 3 is also its scariest, and it doesn't have anything to do with ghosts or vampires

Drowning in consequences.

PC Gamer · 7h ago

Valve admits Steam has an AI slop and cloning problem, but says 'we don't want to be gatekeepers telling developers which tools they should or shouldn't use'

Steam Next Fest is being flooded with thousands of low-effort games, while developers are becoming reluctant to share their work for fear of seeing it quickly cloned.

PC Gamer · 8h ago

Backrooms director Kane Parsons is currently working on '3 dream projects' while wearing a Valve hoodie—suspicious

I'm calling it now—Half-Life 3 will be a patchwork of YouTube shorts.

PC Gamer · 8h ago

Arc Raiders' executive producer was 'a bit skeptical' about adding PvE, but after the successful test the team needs to decide 'what we want to do going forward'

I say just replicate the PvE test for those who want it.

PC Gamer · 8h ago

If you love horror but hate actually being scared, I've got the perfect Halloween game for you

It's unsettling and occasionally startling, but still immensely sweet.

PC Gamer · 9h ago

Vote now: 8 games remain in our scariest games bracket

Help us determine which game is the scariest game on PC in round 2 of our Halloween tournament.

PC Gamer · 9h ago

GTA 6's PS5 install size is so big you could store 3500 copies of Balatro inside

That's a lot of space to ask for in the midst of the memory crisis.

PC Gamer · 10h ago

World of Warcraft was meant to have viable levelling gear from professions way back in 2004, but the designers on raids and dungeons 'cheated a little bit'

Getting crafty.

PC Gamer · 10h ago

GOG's getting into publishing in its new, post-CD-Projekt life, and it already has games on the way

Good… new games?

PC Gamer · 10h ago

Elon Musk says 'robot RAM needs will exceed everything else on Earth' but only assuming we throw all the data centers into space

Humanoid robots will still consume only a sliver of the RAM AI does.

PC Gamer · 11h ago

Proton's Black Friday sale is already live: ditch Google with up to 70% off its VPN and 50% off unlimited plan

That's just $2.99 a month for Proton VPN.

PC Gamer · 11h ago

Monster Train 2 is getting a new clan, and they're edgy as h̶e̶l̶l heaven

And it's coming to mobile and handheld platforms.

PC Gamer · 11h ago

'Yes, we are vibe-coding things': Epic confirms it's using AI tools to code Unreal Engine 6, Fortnite, and more

'We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly than we are about AI skepticism.'

PC Gamer · 13h ago

Here's the Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown release time for your region

Set sail in the sprawling RPG's first full-fledged DLC.

PC Gamer · 13h ago

FF14's new Evolved jobs won't deal a 'huge amount' more damage than their Reborn counterparts, says Koji Fox

"I think it's going to be very negligible."

PC Gamer · 13h ago

Project Titan's end 'immediately instilled a culture of humility' in the Overwatch team which has helped them see the last decade through

"Overwatch was born out of the ashes of a previous [game]."

PC Gamer · 23h ago

Here's the Phantom Blade Zero release time for your region

Battle through the Wulin's monsters and martial masters.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

Rockstar will hold union vote right on top of Grand Theft Auto 6 release

It's going to be a busy November for Rockstar workers.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

Messages in certain large public Discord servers will be searchable on the web after December

Discord is attempting to solve the 'this should've been a forum' problem with specially-designated channels whose messages can show up in search engines.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

Mass Effect composer Sam Hulick is working on a 're-scored' version of the leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer for N7 Day

Hulick says he wants the trailer to properly represent his "musical vision" for the cancelled Mass Effect game.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

Former Halo boss is now in charge of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games

Dan Ayoub joined WotC in 2024 and previously served as the company's SVP of digital games.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review

This is what it looks like when Call of Duty is in the pocket.

PC Gamer · 1d ago

After Onimusha's focused swordplay, Phantom Blade Zero delivers a sprawling, maximalist action epic

A truly enormous wuxia journey.