We sat down with Wout van Halderen of Playstack, the publisher behind Balatro, to talk about the continued success the game has seen in 2025, and some of the issues that come along with having a big hit.
ZA/UM, the studio behind 2019 hit Disco Elysium, is hoping to bounce back from recent controversy with its latest game, codenamed Project [C4]. PC Gamer's Ted Litchfield recently got to sit down with writer Siim Sinamäe, better known as “Kosmos”, to discuss [C4] and how they hope to build on Disco to craft a daring and cerebral espionage RPG. Unfortunately, we're not allowed to show any of the gameplay we saw, so we've used clips of ZA/UM's previous game, Disco Elysium, which [C4] appears to iterate on.
This month PC Gamer goes fangs-on with The Chinese Room's revamped World of Darkness RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, and discover a thrilling, blood-filled, detective noir experience no gamer should miss.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds is an upcoming open world survival game set in the RuneScape universe made by Jagex, creators of one of the most beloved MMOs in history; RuneScape. We sat down with Jake Blunt, Senior Community Manager at Jagex, at GDC 2025 to discuss the lore, challenges, and epic adventures that await in this dangerous region.
2025 is going to be a hell of a year for first-person shooter fans. It's not just that we're getting more new shooters than you can fit in a magazine, but the sheer depth and breadth of what's coming is already beating a quieter 2024.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally here. With dual protagonists, a sprawling map, and abundant loot, has Ubisoft managed to improve on the AC games that came before it? What has changed and are these changes for the better or worse? PC Gamer writer Morgan Park is here to answer some of those questions with our review.
Monster Hunter Wilds Review – Bigger, Wilder, Better? Monster Hunter Wilds is Capcom’s first PC and console dual release but does it streamline the formula, deliver seamless battles, and cinematic storytelling? Or does it strip away much of what made past entries like Monster Hunter Rise great?
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is many things; ambitious, peculiar, meticulous, funny. But one thing it never is is boring! Set in 15th century Bohemia, developer Warhorse Studios has gone out of its way to craft a dense and intriguing epic tailored to oddball tastes, especially if you're a system-loving sicko like our News Writer and reviewer, Josh Wolens. The game looks beautiful too, thanks to CryEngine, and scales surprisingly well to a variety of hardware. Could this game be a bona fide Bohemia Rhapsody?
From tumbling railways to soothing scrambles, here's a list of some of the best cozy games that are not farming sims.
Dune Awakening is a much anticipated new MMO from Conan developers Funcom. Fresh from a 7 hour hands-on preview in Oslo - perhaps the least Arrakis like place on planet Earth - our News Writer Joshua Wolens took to answered some of your questions.
A new graphics card built for silicon austerity and a new era of AI rendering. Here is our Editor-in-Chief of Hardware Dave James to share his verdict.
Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100, our annual rundown of the best games you can play on PC today. This list is the culmination of months of discussion, negotiation and a handful of arguments—the passion of the PC Gamer team as our writers and editors wrangled to get their favourites into the list. We judge games based on a number of factors: Importance, Hotness, Playability, and, above all, Quality. Hopefully you'll discover some new favourites too. Enjoy!
Reading time It's time to sit down for a story with Alice and Vanellope.
Faster arrows In one game, I saw a performance increase of over 40%, which is just wild to see.
Chatterbox Oblivion's persuasion minigame is pretty weird, but you can learn how to charm just about anyone with enough practice.
Curiouser Here's what you need to do to invite Alice to live in your valley.
Morals vs your wallet The finest Framework around.
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.
Magical amulet Another side quest involving an amulet.
Spooky scary Here's how you can solve the riddles and track down each ghost.
Far out, man Open-world mayhem at its best.
Mouth Noises Make your voice heard with the best microphones for streaming and gaming.
Crime does pay Hawk your ill-gotten gains to make mountains of gold.
Outfoxed Become a professional thief and gain access to fences.
Say cheese What to do with this strange item you won at the expedition festival.
Busker breaker Find the mimes scattered across the continent and work out how to damage them.
Bonne chance Battle deadly Nevrons and melt your brain trying to work out what the hell's going on.
Pop quiz Answer all of Antoine's questions at the expedition festival and get a prize.
Key item Open a locked door on the continent with this mysterious festival prize.
Born to Lead I just want Lt. Colonel-senpai to notice me.
Ultimate Key If you're sick of stacking up on lockpicks, go on a quest to get the best pick of them all.
