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Update: Marvel Snap should be 'fully restored in the next 12 hours' after it became unexpected collateral in the short-lived TikTok ban
news Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner and publisher Nuverse say they're "actively working" on restoring access.
I felt goodwill and hope for the future seeing Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, an FPS that's 60% HUD and looks like an Adult Swim cartoon where you smoke 'deepweed' to restore your health and blow clouds that spell out 'doink' and 'loud'
news I just think Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor looks really neat.
TikTok is already back online in the US after less than a day, with ByteDance thanking President-elect Trump for 'providing the necessary clarity and assurance' it can keep running
news They really had us going there for a second with the TikTok ban.
Crysis director says it was so hard to run it became a meme because its highest settings were meant for future PCs: 'I wanted to make sure Crysis does not age'
news "A lot of people tried to maximise Crysis immediately, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's not why we built the Ultra mode, or Very High.'"
Call of Duty is getting a microtransaction nobody can get mad at: A unique premium skin whose proceeds will go to LA wildfire relief
news In addition to 100% of the bundle's revenue, Activision is donating $1 million to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and Direct Relief.
Creator of horror game Poppy Playtime sues Google for refusing to remove 'bait-and-switch scam' apps that pretend to be the real thing then charge users up to $95 for literally nothing
news We aren't even talking like "Throne of Games: Click Here M'lord" stuff—these apps actually call themselves "Poppy Playtime" and crib official screenshots.
Mouthwashing review: 2024's best horror game is Alien without the Alien, just people being awful to each other
Minty fresh A game about letting your worst moments define you.
Visionary filmmaker David Lynch, whose influence can be felt throughout games, has died
news The prolific writer, director, musician and painter was 78.
Hyper Light Breaker has great combat, impeccable vibes, and its ambitious randomized open worlds actually work—the real test is if it goes the distance in early access
extraction Hyper Light Breaker makes a great first impression.
Path of Exile 2's first patch of 2025 is coming later this week, with 'more rewarding' endgame mapping and the rollout of respawns when fighting pinnacle bosses
news Larger balance changes are being kept for when GGG's ready to roll out a new League.
An ambitious Counter-Strike mod to emulate the OG 1.6 experience in Global Offensive has been rejected by Valve after 8 years of development
news Some of the Classic Offensive team's Source engine workarounds may be the culprit.
Activision will send you alarmingly detailed data for every single Call of Duty match you've played in the last 4 years if you ask, and players are using it to figure out their mysterious SBMM rankings
news SBMM actually stands for "Smash Brothers Melee Melee."
Civilization 7 has been Steam Deck Verified ahead of its launch next month
news "One more turn" was really meant to happen while all cozy in bed.
23-year-old D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights just got a new update thanks to the 'unpaid software engineers' of its unkillable community
news It's always a good time to play NWN.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
A tabletop RPG designer made a game about the way FromSoft NPCs say cryptic stuff and go 'heh heh heh' all the time, and the result is a love letter to the 'grubby little weirdos'
effed up wee guy Roleplay their "earnest but often fumbling tragedy."
Marvel Rivals' latest update quietly killed the game's burgeoning mod scene
news This was 100% inevitable, but still a bummer.
Hyper Light Breaker will cost $30 and for a limited time come with a free copy of Drifter
news A pretty great deal if you missed the 2016 classic.
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.
BioShock maestro Ken Levine says Judas will double down on reacting to player choices because it's the future of games: 'I've never been a big fan of cutscenes because they're not interactive'
news You know what? Sounds good to me.
OG Fallout lead Tim Cain dusts off a trove of old development photos dating back to 1994 to show 'what development looked like in the '90s'
news We've got team photos, candids, and even the physical 3D models used to make Fallout's "talking heads."
It sounds like we'll have to wait even longer to find out what the deal is with OD, Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele's game, movie, and 'new form of media' that had the trailer with all the faces cryptically talking at us
news I'd be bummed if I knew what I was supposed to be bummed about.
I've seen enough: No more forcing singleplayer studios to make mediocre live service games
cut it out We're leaving this one behind in 2024.
