The Latest Breaking News from Robin Valentine

It's official: Steam decrees 'bullet heaven' the name of the Vampire Survivors genre

Wuxia, desktop companion, cleaning, and capybaras all also got official Steam tags.

PC Gamer · May 18

After close to 140 hours with it, I think Slay the Spire 2 feels more like a sequel than a DLC, even if Megacrit was forced to make it

Not just a shuffle of the deck.

PC Gamer · May 15

Control was destined to become an RPG franchise all along, says creative director: 'That's how Control was born'

News to me, but I suppose non-Euclidean geometric brutalist Rome wasn't built in a day.

PC Gamer · May 14

Game music wouldn't be what it is without rock and metal—here are the legendary tracks you should add to your playlists immediately

Some rockin' videogame tunes for your weekend.

PC Gamer · Jul 27, 2025

Less than a week from launch, FBC: Firebreak has broken out its roadmap, with two new updates coming this year adding new levels, enemies and even systems

Remedy's cooperative shooter releases on Tuesday.

PC Gamer · Jun 15, 2025

I couldn't picture how Death Howl, a soulslike deckbuilder, could possibly marry the two genres—until I played its Steam Next Fest demo

Then my face got smashed, now I'm a believer.

PC Gamer · Jun 10, 2025

'We are so back': After a month spent strangling itself with monetisation, promising new auto-battler The Bazaar finally makes things right for its players

After undoing the terrible monetisation of its first season, The Bazaar is finally worth recommending.

PC Gamer · Apr 9, 2025

Helldivers 2 CCO Johan Pilestedt says the industry's got it backwards by putting features over fundamentals: 'We talk way too little about the core philosophy'

Visualise, then execute.

PC Gamer · Mar 20, 2025

Avowed fooled us all into thinking you have to commit to playing in first or third person, but you can actually swap on the fly like in Fallout or The Elder Scrolls

Sometimes I just want to see my little guy.

PC Gamer · Feb 13, 2025

What are your most-played games on Steam, and why have you spent so many hours on them?

Multiplayer shooters, grand strategy games, and MMOs sure do eat up the hours.

PC Gamer · Dec 7, 2024