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'I've spent my entire career trying to recreate the feeling I had when I played D&D for the first time,' says immersive sim godfather Warren Spector, with new game Thick as Thieves going multiplayer because 'you don't play D&D alone'
news Spector described wanting to push the genre in new and interesting directions.
CDPR devs are excited 'we can finally say The Witcher 4 publicly', and laugh about trying 'to learn not to call it Polaris anymore'
"This is not a codename anymore, so this is exciting."
The Witcher 4 may have familiar faces but it's an origin story: 'A new opening, a new saga, a new beginning actually'
News "Ciri is so passionate about what she's doing that she will never be neutral. She will go for it."
The Witcher 4 was always going to be about Ciri, 'even when we were doing The Wild Hunt actually', but don't worry about Geralt: 'Definitely he's going to appear'
News Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
Thick as Thieves is instantly one of my most-anticipated games, and every Thief fan should be backstabbing that wishlist button
In the thick of it If you love multiplayer games but couldn't care less about your kill-death ratio, Thick as Thieves might be your game.
Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione has connections to the videogame industry, claims to have worked on Civilization 6
news Luigi Mangione has now been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The PC Gamer 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
Giftageddon Gifts for PC gamers sure to bring holiday cheer to one and all.
Trend Watch: The 5 biggest gaming trends right now
trends PC Gamer's team of 30 editors identifies the major gaming trends affecting gaming. Updated as the industry changes and as new trends emerge.
Meet The Council
Most Wanted Some of the faces of PC Gamer's special jury of gaming experts, who select the games featured in PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
The best indie games on PC
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.
Here are the nominees for PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
News The list is tallied. The Council is convened once more.
RPGs are king, and 6 other things the PC Gamer Top 100 tells us about the state of PC gaming
Top 100 Breaking down PC Gamer's 2024 list of the top 100 greatest PC games.
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
Hunt: Showdown enjoys highest-ever player count after 1896 update, but player complaints about UI are pushing down its Steam review score: 'I've never seen such a bizarre reaction to so much amazing content'
News Off menu.
PC Gamer announces editorial staff changes and recent hirings
staff Meet our new Global Editor-in-Chief, Phil Savage.
'This is the most polished map we've ever shipped': Hunt: Showdown 1896 director goes deep on Hunt's first new map in 3 years
1896 Hunt: Showdown 1896 represents the next era of Hunt, with an upgraded engine and new map coming in August.
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
opinion Openly but quietly, PC gaming has become more popular than it's ever been. Wait, when did that happen?
Doom's new gun is a ludicrous 'skull garbage disposal.' Finally, a gun that cares about sustainability
news Doom: The Dark Ages will feature "a variety of new bone-chewing weaponry," says Bethesda.
The future of gaming belongs to weird little games
opinion After Balatro, Animal Well, Content Warning, and Abiotic Factor in 2024, small games from small studios are innovating as well as anyone else.
Against all odds, World of Warcraft's subscription price hasn't changed in 20 years: 'I'd rather have a big, healthy, happy audience' than risk driving players away with a price hike, Warcraft boss says
news Blizzard isn't planning on changing the subscription fee anytime soon.
'We're still evolving': World of Warcraft's new battle royale is part of Blizzard's plan for 're-envisioning what Warcraft means'
News Plunderstorm could be the first of many limited-time modes.
The PC Gaming Show returns this June
PCGS New games and all-new trailers, coming to you from the void left by E3.
Helldivers 2 boss finds Starship Troopers renaissance 'humbling,' says the game is that 'without the plot armour', and nothing captures that better than your frantic near-death videos
News Next time you die to a brood commander, imagine Johan Pilestedt steepling his fingers and smiling.
Helldivers 2 CEO describes the 'War Room' atmosphere on launch day, as a server-breaking tidal wave of unexpected divers came flooding in: 'We saw the graph, just—players rising and rising'
News "Suddenly we got this massive drop, and the server started freaking out."
Arrowhead CEO says the 'live service' aspect of Helldivers 2 has to be secondary to delivering a 'full experience' for $40: 'We view ourselves as a live service game because it's unfair to say anything else'
news Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt is just a little bit reluctant about embracing the live service label.
