So, looks like Putin's ordered the Russian government to 'consider the issue of organising' domestic versions of the Steam Deck, SteamOS, and Steam itself (with a side order of Steam Machines) (www.pcgamer.com)
Dead Space 2 players uncover easy money trick hidden right in front of them 13 years after release (www.pcgamer.com)
Metal Gear Delta's producer says 'we're doing our best' to create a 'modern-style Metal Gear' but the core design will remain unchanged (www.pcgamer.com)
Teenage Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker given an indefinite sentence in a secure hospital due to his 'intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible' (www.pcgamer.com)
Arion Kurtaj was a "key member" of the Lapsus$ gang that also hacked Nvidia, Samsung, and Microsoft.
In an amazing year for PC gaming, too many games launched with major issues (www.pcgamer.com)
Qualcomm's new PC chip delivers gaming performance on par with AMD's best integrated graphics (www.pcgamer.com)
Baldur's Gate 3's latest patch has introduced a 'very frustrating, borderline unplayable' glitch that makes companions dump their inventories on you (www.pcgamer.com)
The shared stash system is sharing too much.
3-screen Ridge Racer arcade sim left to rot, then salvaged (www.pcgamer.com)
The BioWare layoffs include the writer responsible for Dragon Age's best character (www.pcgamer.com)
Among the recent layoffs at BioWare was Mary Kirby, creator of Varric and some of the best characters of DA:I
Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine (www.pcgamer.com)
Here's 3 reasons I'm actually pretty optimistic about Dragon Age: The Veilguard despite being an old school RPG sicko (www.pcgamer.com)
As a long time Dragon Age fan, I’ve been really, just iffy about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, especially since the very first trailer that they put out. The vibes were way off, like they were making a trailer for a Fortnite crossover rather than a dark fantasy game. The gameplay trailer afterward did seem to be more of what I...
My first 2 hours with Black Myth: Wukong were a flurry of demanding boss fights, unbelievably pretty characters, and a surprisingly sparse world (www.pcgamer.com)
Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree had to be big, because he wanted Elden Ring players 'to experience that sense of discovery and that sense of wonder' all over again (www.pcgamer.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 head writer reveals we almost got to revisit the first game's 'academic dungeon' prologue area, Candlekeep (www.pcgamer.com)
Hallelujah, Nvidia will now take care of the fiddly GeForce Now set-up on Steam Deck for you (www.pcgamer.com)
CCP reveals first details of survival game [codenamed Project Awakening] set on a single shard in the EVE universe, but wait: here comes the blockchain (www.pcgamer.com)
Unions call for strikes at Ubisoft studios in France to protest wages: 'We cannot tolerate being treated as expendable to mitigate their bad decisions' (www.pcgamer.com)
Last-minute negotiations to avert the strike failed to produce results, so they're hitting the streets.
MSI's new Claw handheld goes head to head with Lenovo and Asus at $700 (www.pcgamer.com)
Though you only get the pared back Intel Meteor Lake chip for that money.
US Supreme Court has had enough of Epic vs. Apple, refuses to hear appeals, Tim Sweeney says the fight to open-up iOS 'is lost… a sad outcome for all developers' (www.pcgamer.com)
But vows to fight on anyway.
CD Projekt narrative director declares Cyberpunk 2077 'just a warm-up' as work kicks off on the sequel (www.pcgamer.com)
The kind of warm-up that produces a devastating injury, but a warm-up nonetheless.
Steam kicks off 2024 with its highest-ever concurrents and player count (www.pcgamer.com)
The Steam train keeps a-rollin' down the tracks.
PC gaming's biggest disappointments of 2023 (www.pcgamer.com)
Surprise! Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a 2.1 update in December with 'new and hotly anticipated gameplay elements' (www.pcgamer.com)
CD Projekt said the 2.0 patch was the last of the "big updates," but apparently it had a little more gas in the tank.
Embracer exec says laying off hundreds of people was an 'agonising process,' but that restructuring is 'how we win' (www.pcgamer.com)
"We know it's a necessary thing for us to hit our new and needed goals. So overall, good progress and we push on."