Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs lays off 'the majority of the studio' after a year of turmoil
News The studio's last round of mass layoffs was in May 2024.
By opting out of an open world for Avowed, Obsidian says it can give players more interesting choices to make: 'Pacing is really tough in open world games'
News Constraints do foster creativity, after all.
Doom: The Dark Ages is overhauling Glory Kills so you can 'transition from melee strikes to guns to shield play to an execution' without interrupting your demonslaying momentum
News Canned animations are out, free-form finishers are in.
Dwarf Fortress finally got its roguelike Adventure Mode on Steam, so if you'll excuse me, I've got to go fire up a fresh wombat man
News Countless procedural adventures, and horrifying deaths, await!
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the surreal debut RPG from Sandfall Interactive, is out this April and I can't wait to hang out with my inscrutable balloon comrade
News I don't know what any of this is but I'm very excited.
'I'm so sorry Imagineddy': Path of Exile 2 players unite to shower gifts on a poor, sweet soul who got yelled at for trying to buy a quiver
News Divine Orbs heal all wounds.
Destiny 2 players have found the true endgame: Composing spooky remixes on a giant gothic space organ
News Eat your heart out, Dracula.
Capcom's hoping to make the recommended specs for Monster Hunter Wilds less monstrous thanks to post-beta performance improvements
News A hardware benchmark tool could be on the way, too.
This Path of Exile 2 build simply opts out of danger by keeping nearby enemies permanently frozen in time
News Set movement to no.
Undaunted by mixed Steam reviews, Hyper Light Breaker dev says it's 'encouraging' to have 'extremely reasonable' early access feedback
News "Expect improvements ASAP."
Path of Exile 2's first big patch of 2025 is here, bringing new maps, quality of life tweaks, unique item and monster rebalancing, and—let's see—improved visuals for 'Chaos Pustules'
News GGG's sanding down the rough edges to make way for bigger reworks.
New report says PC games are outselling console games, calling PC gaming a 'bright spot' in a troubled industry
News Everything's coming up computers.
Elden Ring geographer tests rigorous calculation against weed-fueled horse math to determine the exact size of The Lands Between
News It's like they always say: Cannabis and cartographic analysis don't mix.
Marvel Rivals game director says it'll be getting a new hero every month and a half, which hopefully isn't a display of classical hubris
News At this rate, we should get a playable Dr. Druid by 2029.
Percy_Verence, Elon Musk's infamous Path of Exile 2 hardcore character, dead at level 97
News Must've been all that low-level gear.
Path of Exile 2 numberlord spends 16 straight days killing rare monsters to prove that a stat that makes loot better makes better loot
News In short: Yeah.
Path of Exile 2 players are calling foul on Elon Musk's high-level hardcore character after he streams his struggles with core game mechanics
News Could've been stream jitters, I suppose.
Even without Assassin's Creed Shadows, next month is so packed with big games that I'd need until February 2026 to play them all
news We've reached critical release density.
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.
Monster Hunter Wilds is getting more open beta tests before launch—but they'll be missing Capcom's latest performance improvements
News The second beta will feature a new hunt against a returning monster and a new reward for the full game.
Monster Hunter Wilds: Every monster confirmed so far
Hunter's Guide A hunting handbook for every new and returning monster.
Call of Duty's development budget ballooned by $250 million between 2015 and 2020 to an eye-watering $700 million
News Danger close.
