Microsoft is bringing original Xbox exclusives to PC for the first time, starting with four 'classic games' Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, as it's known, is now live. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Star Wars Zero Company's story 'is a linear one from beginning to end', Bit Reactor says, so don't expect branching paths or romance options "We are excited about pushing the genre forward with a more cinematic approach." PC Gamer · Jul 22
EU court rules that VPNs are 'lawful technical tools' as part of larger copyright judgement regarding The Diary of Anne Frank Unexpected, but welcome. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Acer and Gigabyte will launch RTX Spark laptops too, but not before Microsoft and Co. The first batch not including Acer and Gigabyte will launch this fall. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first Bad news, our data is being held hostage for money. Good news, I've got them down to a fairer price. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Here's the Halo: Campaign Evolved release time for your region Step back onto the ring 25 years later. PC Gamer · Jul 22
New method teaches AI to make 2D designs 3D and now I'm afraid this will be how the robots learn to build themselves without us Very cool, though. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Star Wars Zero Company is going all in on Clone customisation, but my favourite armour is restricted to the Deluxe Edition "We think you’ll be very happy." PC Gamer · Jul 22
OpenAI admits several of its AI models breached testing and hacked into a startup's network by themselves, calling it an 'unprecedented cyber incident' Containment has been breached. PC Gamer · Jul 22
Someone has already got a regular Nvidia graphics card working on Windows on Arm thanks to RTX Spark drivers, though gaming performance doesn't yet look ideal Still, it's a nice peek into what is surely to come. PC Gamer · Jul 22
The Elder Scrolls Online is already feeling the impact of Xbox's layoffs, ironically hurting the cash shop The MMO is already reeling from reduced "team bandwidth". PC Gamer · Jul 22
Nvidia Rubin will 'soak up NAND supply like a sponge absorbs water' says one analyst, thanks to the AI server's new way of using SSDs It looks like context memory storage (CXM) will guzzle a lot of NAND. PC Gamer · Jul 22
US judge closes the book on first big AI copyright suit, ordering Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion settlement The end of the story or just the start of a fresh chapter? PC Gamer · Jul 22
Valve puts some elbow grease into Steam Remote Play—maybe one day you won't have to install additional tools to get the best in-home game streaming experience I want 59.94 frames precisely, waiter. PC Gamer · Jul 22
PC Gamer · Jul 22 Steam Deck sales are estimated to have plummeted by around 80% since the massive price hikes earlier this year, back of the napkin maths suggests A situation nobody wants.
PC Gamer · Jul 22 Arc Raiders' matchmaking optimisation is live as Embark warns players they may experience longer queues than usual 'since it's now working harder' How long would you wait for better teammates?
PC Gamer · Jul 22 ZeroSpace is an impressively ambitious RTS-RPG featuring a Helldivers 2-inspired Galactic War, but the streamer pandering is a real bummer I really don't want to help a content creator become the Galactic Emperor.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 Path of Exile 2 players broke the game by summoning 2,000 skeletons and then lured unsuspecting players into the ultimate frame rate shredder A literal minion army.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 Marathon's experimental PvE mode is live, immediately tripling its daily player count Cryo Archive is open for all, for a limited time.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 Hasbro takes $56 million hit over multiple game cancellations, but it's still talking about how Baldur's Gate 3 is key to its future success Just a few years after going big on videogames, Hasbro is pulling an Xbox by narrowing its focus on its biggest brands and franchises.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 The best farm sims and games like Stardew Valley Games like Stardew Valley have fully taken root on PC, so now we're thoroughly spoiled for choice on new games to plant parsnips in.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 A new friendslop game is already Steam's 12th-most wishlisted game a mere week after it was announced The takeoff hasn't been without some turbulence, however.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 For the first time, Unity demonstrates 'an Unreal character running through a Unity world' "Connect ALL the engines!" exclaims Epic CEO Tim Sweeney.
PC Gamer · Jul 21 Palworld players have harnessed the power of selective breeding to create 'infinite bomb' Pals that can blow themselves up, repeatedly, forever Is that good?