Traffic to DuckDuckGo's proudly 'No AI' search page has tripled since latest Google AI search update Traffic to DuckDuckGo's proudly 'No AI' search page has tripled since latest Google AI search update PC Gamer · May 30
A toast to the wild west weirdos of the MMO goldrush—from the game that unleashed pandora's lootbox, to a deeply strange mess based off a 1996 science fiction novel Trendsetting freaks of 2005-2015, I salute thee. PC Gamer · May 30
I am the law, man, thanks to this mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 My first days as a sheriff in the First Response mod don't go as smoothly as hoped. PC Gamer · May 30
The remarkable story of Unreal 2, the sequel rescued from development hell by dooming it to failure: 'There was just no way we could succeed' "It made it possible for us to ship something, but what we shipped was not what people wanted." PC Gamer · May 30
After more than two decades, the creator of Paint.NET finally owns the domain paint.net, and it's all thanks to a 'slam dunk case of trademark infringement' "I've been trying to get this domain for 22 years." PC Gamer · May 30
Robot watch: The weirdest things the clankers did this month including moonwalking themselves to death, losing a fight to a step, and drowning by the dozens in Sydney Harbour Android are you okay? Android are you okay? Are you okay, Android? PC Gamer · May 30
Paralives is home to the kind of architectural creative freedom I haven't felt from a life sim since The Sims 2 An amateur architect's dream. PC Gamer · May 30
Bungie spills the beans on combat tuning for Marathon Season 2, and it's bad news for shotgun lovers and thermal snipers Bungie says it wants player weapon choices to "feel more intentional". PC Gamer · May 30
007: Nightfire review (2003) EA’s latest Bond romp is a ferocious misfire—aiming low and tragically hitting its mark. PC Gamer · May 30
A burnt-out Final Fantasy 14 playerbase is noticeably more chipper after its latest reveal, even if we've seen nothing come of it yet With Evercold's plans on the table, the air feels a little lighter in Eorzea. PC Gamer · May 30
Our Baldur's Gate 3 quiz gauntlet is complete—now try a bonus round on romance, literature, and classes I hope you're well-read and well-loved. PC Gamer · May 30
Balatro publisher Playstack only discovered it because they had a guy checking all the new releases on Steam every day: 'I saw the game the day it went up on Steam' "I went to Twitter at the time and contacted LocalThunk. I think he had maybe two or three followers." PC Gamer · May 30
It seems Terraria's developer is as bad at making small updates as it is final ones, as it says its latest balance patch is much more than 'adjusting a few numbers' "Sometimes, addressing balance means rethinking some core aspects around how things function." PC Gamer · May 30
Pragmata's developers take all your comparisons to Xbox 360 shooters as a 'huge compliment', though I'm not convinced by their theory for why players are making the connection "That's basically an honour." PC Gamer · May 30
PC Gamer · May 29 A conversation with Infinity Ward about Call of Duty Two senior Modern Warfare 4 devs talk friendly competition between studios, SBMM, and "ripped from the headlines" campaigns.
PC Gamer · May 29 Legend has it that The 7th Guest's creators were 'fired' on the spot after pitching the game—it's 'hyperbole,' but not entirely untrue The classic puzzle game began as notes on an airport napkin before "blowing minds" at CES 1991.
PC Gamer · May 29 An EVE newbie got an impossibly rare $7,000 ship out of a free loot box, leaving him set for life in the space MMO: 'Everyone gets this for free, right?' "I guess I’ve always been a lucky person."
PC Gamer · May 29 The Witcher 3 sold another 5 million copies over the last year: 'This cements its place among the best-selling videogames in history' It was already among the best-selling games of all time, really, but now it's even bigger.
PC Gamer · May 29 Backrooms and Exit 8 make the perfect double feature for videogame-adjacent horror movies Quiet. Tense. Creepy. And not overstuffed with lore or exposition.
PC Gamer · May 29 Bungie devs have resurrected an obscene amount of guns for Destiny 2's final update: 'My body physically hurts from the amount of items we were updating' Kindled Orchid. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
PC Gamer · May 29 Game Pass success story: It turns out that when you make things cheaper, more people will buy them Who could've guessed?
PC Gamer · May 29 Balatro publisher Playstack could soon belong to the same private equity firm that owns Fandom and GameSpot Playstack CEO Harvey Elliott says "for now, it's business as usual."
PC Gamer · May 29 StarCraft 2 development ended 6 years ago, but Blizzard still won't stop messing with it A new patch for 2026 rolled out yesterday, and it's a big one.
PC Gamer · May 29 Fable 4 is delayed into 2027 and we all know why Microsoft says 2026 is "packed" with new games including, uh, one in particular.
PC Gamer · May 29 An Arc Raiders player demonstrates how to kill a Bastion in 16 seconds without a Deadline—now I'm questioning my own skills "You need to be wearing the doctor's outfit with this kind of surgical skill."