Hide-and-seek game where you paint your body to blend in sells a million copies in four days
Published: June 14, 2026 19:10
Meccha Chameleon is the latest indie smash hit centering silly multiplayer antics.
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Blizzard sues to kill another World of Warcraft private server for 'large scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of [its] intellectual property'
Published: June 14, 2026 18:52
Project Ascension is in the MMO studio's sights.
'I try to play as a completionist and leave no stone unturned and no enemy unkilled': Returnal director Harry Krueger talks Deus Ex, Resident Evil, and the arcade classic that inspired Housemarque's best games
Published: June 14, 2026 17:00
The Housemarque veteran guides us through the games on his PC.
I went to the UK's largest rock festival to see its one and only videogame band
Published: June 14, 2026 17:00
The Primals took to the stage at Download Festival in their first non-Fanfest appearance outside of Asia.
FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki references 'yet to be announced' games while commenting on controversy at parent company Kadokawa
Published: June 14, 2026 16:15
A crumb of FromSoft, exactly like I asked for.
Spore devs say the evolution game's previews were more ambitious than what they were actually making, and they 'built a fantasy in people's minds that was unachievable'
Published: June 14, 2026 15:52
The evolution sim that was never meant to be.
Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies vet tells me the theme park 'assembly line' MMO just isn't viable anymore, especially as dev costs spike: 'We hit the wall'
Published: June 14, 2026 15:00
"The MMO audience feels underserved and overmonetized, that's how they feel about what's going on."
Cave Story+ review (2012)
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/cave-story-review-2012/
Published: June 14, 2026 14:25
Underground hit about underground hitting gets an HD upgrade.
Mina the Hollower has a secret ending, but good luck seeing it
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/mina-the-hollower-has-a-secret-ending-but-good-luck-seeing-it/
Published: June 14, 2026 14:00
If you want to see Mina's alternate conclusion, prepare yourself for an ordeal.
Frontier is making a Planet game that isn't about zoos or rollercoasters, and has just filed trademarks for Planet Resort and Planet Festival
Published: June 14, 2026 13:00
Planet crafters.
After gaming on pro-level panels I can tell you now that 360 Hz is the sweet spot for gaming monitors
Published: June 14, 2026 13:00
And I just don't think I can go back to anything below 240 Hz.
This hand-embroidered medieval adventure game looks like a lovely, chill time—but I'm warning you, don't be fooled by its pleasant exterior
Published: June 14, 2026 11:00
Scarlet Deer Inn releases next month.
Sony pulling back from PC also means it's pulling back from China
Published: June 14, 2026 03:37
Thanks to restrictive import regulations, console gaming never took off in China the way PC and mobile have.
You can download Planescape: Torment's unofficial DLC mod right now
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/you-can-download-planescape-torments-unofficial-dlc-mod-right-now/
Published: June 14, 2026 01:00
Cania believe it?
Alongside its new expansion, Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader got a massive patch buffing its weakest classes and companion
Published: June 13, 2026 21:18
Uralon the Cool.
Nintendo's legal battle with Palworld looks shakier than ever: It may only get '$30,000 chump change' if it wins at all
Published: June 13, 2026 21:13
It looks like Pocketpair will come out of this largely unfazed.
Alright, who's the joker trying to charge $100 on Steam for an almost entirely AI-generated game?
Published: June 13, 2026 20:25
C'mon man.
'Make some noise': Vanillaware reportedly wants more of its games on PC, but it's up to the publishers
Published: June 13, 2026 18:43
The studio behind Odin Sphere and Unicorn Overlord "totally wants" more of its games on PC.
A little known rendering technique that can create low-cost, photo-real graphics may be about to have its big moment in game development
Published: June 13, 2026 16:30
Sheer art attack.
New Crimson Desert patch lets you hoard 100 pets and gives you more chainsaw access
Published: June 13, 2026 16:26
More pets, more chainsaws. What else are videogames for?
Sim racing is flourishing, but what happened to the arcade racer?
Published: June 13, 2026 16:05
SimRacing Expo 2026 showed how much the genre has grown, while the casual racing scene is now largely concentrated in one series.
I wish Bungie would stop designing excellent multiplayer shooters and go back to making fantasy strategy games where you blow up zombies with dwarf bombs
Published: June 13, 2026 16:00
Extraction shooters are great and all, but I'd give my right leg for more Myth.
It's bittersweet that the best time to play Destiny 2 in years coincides with its end, but I'm happy for the new players who get to experience its most liberating iteration yet
Published: June 13, 2026 15:30
This is one of the best quality of life patches we've had in a long time.
This massively ambitious The Witcher 3 mod aims to recreate its biggest cut questline, and you could be the voice of Geralt of Rivia
Published: June 13, 2026 14:00
The War Project will add 12 new quests across 10 more hours of monster hunting.
Palworld 1.0 won't wipe your data, 'but you should' says Pocketpair's publishing boss
Published: June 13, 2026 13:00
"We believe that starting a new character will give you the best experience of Palworld".
Dying Light 2 is a platform now, as the Breach update opens up Techland's zombie survival game 'even more to UGC content'
Published: June 13, 2026 12:00
"Patch 1.28 is something we wanted to do for a long time."
Don't expect the Death Stranding movie to retell the story of the games, as its director says the film will be set in his 'own corner of the world'
Published: June 13, 2026 11:00
But you "might see some characters from the game pop up".
Everything we know about Silent Hill: Townfall and its foggy Scottish town
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/silent-hill-townfall-guide/
Published: June 12, 2026 23:00
Townfall's got medical trauma, fog, and a radio. Sounds like Silent Hill to me.
Microsoft is looking to speed up development of future Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games
Published: June 12, 2026 21:45
A new report suggests Microsoft may also be giving thought to spinning off its Xbox division or selling it entirely.
Tracing blueprints in Paralives is so easy it freed me from 25 years of The Sims' grid-based tyranny
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/paralives-floor-plans-custom-rug-mod/
Published: June 12, 2026 21:36
One tiny mod for Paralives has finally made my childhood dreams of more realistic life sims floor plans possible.
Even a fantasy game like Skyrim won't let me be a trillionaire
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/even-a-fantasy-game-like-skyrim-wont-let-me-be-a-trillionaire/
Published: June 12, 2026 21:07
I can be a werewolf or a vampire, sure, but nothing as far-fetched as a trillionaire.
RPG Maker forums are closing, nearly 15 years of knowledge and online culture are at risk of being wiped
Published: June 12, 2026 20:49
Gotcha Gotcha Games is launching a new forum, which is good, but says it won't archive the old one, which is very bad.
Final Fantasy 11 is one of the greatest MMOs of our time
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/final-fantasy-11-is-one-of-the-greatest-mmos-of-our-time/
Published: June 12, 2026 19:30
Revisiting an enduring MMORPG.
Over the Hill's Next Fest demo promises a stylized off-roading game for people who actually like to drive
Published: June 12, 2026 18:23
Forza Horizon is fine, I guess, but for my money this is where it's at.
ProtoArc EM25 ergonomic mouse review
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-mice/protoarc-em25-ergonomic-mouse-review/
Published: June 12, 2026 16:31
Rough around the edges.
Consumer rights champion and tech-whizz Louis Rossman is taking Samsung to court over a failed 990 Pro SSD it says it can't replace, even though Amazon has plenty of them in stock
Published: June 12, 2026 16:31
The fact that they now cost $949 instead of $300 surely has nothing to do with it, right?
This 2 TB NVMe SSD from Biwin is as good as it gets right now at $0.12/GB—7,400 MB/s seq read from our best budget SSD
Published: June 12, 2026 16:12
That's better value than most, at a time when everything sucks.
Before you place all the blame on Sony, former Destiny 2 CM says Bungie was 'very close to shutting its doors' before the buyout
Published: June 12, 2026 16:00
"It was an emergency acquisition."
Dutch non-profit set to take Valve to court for keeping game prices high
Published: June 12, 2026 15:34
Someone else has a bone to pick with Valve's commission on Steam
Judging by how well Gothic Remake has sold, we still love eurojank
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/judging-by-how-well-gothic-remake-has-sold-we-still-love-eurojank/
Published: June 12, 2026 13:55
The remake of the creaky 25-year-old RPG has already hit 500k sales.
I'm sad, I'm angry, I'm interested: Destiny's final cutscenes are a painful end to a new saga cut short
Published: June 12, 2026 13:52
Finish the fight.
Possibly the first instance of Asus' anti-melting 12V-2×6 power cable…err…melting shows up, adding more fuel to the fire that is Nvidia's connector
Published: June 12, 2026 13:31
Normally I'd suggest burning such things to the ground but they're doing that themselves.
OpenAI says it busted a shadowy Chinese operation that used ChatGPT to whip up data centre hate (and that achieved basically nothing)
Published: June 12, 2026 13:30
Hey, it's a living.
Havn is making a smaller, lighter version of the excellent HS 420, with a few convenient upgrades too
Published: June 12, 2026 11:38
The HS 360 is smaller and a little more convenient compared to the HS 420.
17 years ago, one engineer made a very important discovery: If you shout at data centre HDDs, they slow down
Published: June 12, 2026 11:17
Same, little HDD. Same.
Arm's ray-traced demo of its neural technologies for mobile phone gaming proves that there's an alternate chip for handheld gaming PCs to use outside of AMD or Intel
Published: June 12, 2026 11:08
After all, the hardware inside your phone is rather wasted, so let's stick it in something better.
The 9 games we're most excited about after Summer Game Fest's showcase bonanza
Published: June 12, 2026 10:53
There's a lotta games to be hyped for, but these have our utmost attention.
Best Silent cards for Ascension 10 in Slay the Spire 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/slay-the-spire-2-best-silent-cards-build-ascension-10/
Published: June 12, 2026 10:46
How to climb the Ascensions as Slay the Spire's silent rogue.
The Steam Frame is arriving in the US, suggesting the VR headset's launch isn't far off
Published: June 12, 2026 10:15
Release may be soon, but pricing still remains a mystery.
If I had known how incredibly useful a NAS would be before setting one up, I would've done it a lot sooner
Published: June 12, 2026 10:09
I'm running a NAS and loving it.
I watched the new Halo remake gameplay, then replayed the original to nitpick the differences
Published: June 11, 2026 23:57
Different, but not necessarily better.
Why do mech games rarely let you leave the cockpit? Brigador Killers devs joke that the feature 'added five years of development time'
Published: June 11, 2026 23:48
10 years after the first game, Brigador Killers is mixing things up.
After playing the new remake of Tomb Raider, I'm convinced you can't actually remake Tomb Raider
Published: June 11, 2026 23:45
The 1996 game's legacy overshadows what actually made it so distinct 30 years ago.
Time to get a little sadder about Destiny 2: TWIDs are coming to an end
Published: June 11, 2026 21:49
No great surprise, given the end of Destiny 2 update, but seeing seeing the words put to paper is a bummer.
You can just bypass Fable's 'complex, nuanced' reputation system with enough gold
Published: June 11, 2026 20:30
Fable's take on morality sounds pretty neat—if only it weren't so eager to assure us we can just buy out of it.
A single crab has the third highest player kill count in Path of Exile 2
Published: June 11, 2026 20:27
Grinding Gear Games briefly created one of the most powerful monsters in the action RPG—on accident.
Quake Champions gets a huge update and free battle pass to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Quake
Published: June 11, 2026 20:23
No, it is not dead, and if you've ever wanted to jump in, this would be a great time.
Pokémon Go data was used to help train AI systems being developed for military drones
Published: June 11, 2026 19:37
Niantic Spatial says "ground scans" collected through Pokémon Go are part of the data being used to train its models.
Phantom Blade: Zero devs couldn't care less about releasing near GTA 6: 'We don't even think of the competition, what matters is how polished the game is'
Published: June 11, 2026 18:26
They did care about making the game run as well as possible on lower-end hardware, however.
I was big into Clutch's mix of story and racing styles, but the driving's a lot simmier than I expected
Published: June 11, 2026 16:57
I wish there was a little bit less Forza Horizons and a little bit more Burnout in this new narraracer.
Dragon's Dogma 2 hands out an infinite fast travel item after people wouldn't stop moaning about how laborious it was to go anywhere
Published: June 11, 2026 16:19
That's the problem with this generation: iPhones and Eternal Ferrystones.
Phanteks shows off PC case that bucks the fish tank trend in favour of greater thermal efficiency and giving your GPU its own little room
Published: June 11, 2026 16:17
I don't need a new case, I don't need a new case, I don't need a new case…
An SSD company has just agreed to an almost $2 billion multi-year NAND deal, which is a sign it expects the memory crisis to stick around for a while
Published: June 11, 2026 16:14
It could be a very good deal for Biwin if NAND prices continue to rise.
Xbox's new chief strategy officer is still a big believer in in-game ads
Published: June 11, 2026 16:02
Matthew Ball predicted a rise in ad-supported gaming before joining Xbox, and he still thinks it's a good idea.
How to take a photo of a Track Toy at Irokawa Space Centre in Forza Horizon 6
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/forza-horizon-6-astro-toy-photo-location/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:58
Snap a pic of a Track Toy for the Astro Toy photo challenge.
SK hynix claims it will be able to triple its memory chip output by 2034, roughly 10 years sooner than first projected
Published: June 11, 2026 15:55
Just in time to solve the current crisis, right?
EVE Online's survival spinoff Frontier is a hardcore space sim you can play on a gamepad that's unlike anything else out there
Published: June 11, 2026 15:45
Gamepad, Joystick, and WASD is a game changer.
Where to find the Tokyo City region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/forza-horizon-6-treasure-hunt-tokyo-city-region-location/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:08
Climb the warehouses to beat another Festival Playlist Treasure Hunt challenge.
Witchspire is a charming Palworld-esque survival crafting game that replaces the unpaid monster labour with magic and whimsy
Published: June 11, 2026 14:48
A pretty familiar game. Get it? Because of the witches? Ah, nevermind.
Humble's offering a nearly buck-a-game deal on some of the best reactive narratives out there, including one of my personal favourite games of all time
Published: June 11, 2026 14:47
Mon dieu.
There's one AI machine that doesn't need a nuclear power station to run, and it points to a potential way forward in the memory crisis
Published: June 11, 2026 14:45
You, a box, and a crank.
The latest market data shows GPU shipments are holding up for now but AMD isn't making any inroads on Nvidia
Published: June 11, 2026 14:39
Is this the quiet before the storm?
Browser-based dirt bike game is 'Motocross meets Wall Street,' letting you ride Nvidia and Intel's stock charts
Published: June 11, 2026 14:35
Getting revved up.
Extraction shooter peak is finally returning and all you Arc Raiders players should definitely take note
Published: June 11, 2026 14:30
DMZ was doing the whole "accessible PvE-centric extraction shooter" thing long before Arc was.
Dog tries to shoot PC gamer, but their rig (and RAM) takes the bullet instead: 'It would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn't been there'
Published: June 11, 2026 13:15
Other redditors naturally claim it's just an advanced 'dog ate my homework' excuse.
This DIY motion capture rig features 16 cameras made from scratch and is doing nothing to assuage my Vtubing delusions of grandeur
Published: June 11, 2026 13:10
DI-why not?
This custom fingertip mouse is one of the weirdest I've seen and now you can build one for yourself, though you'll need to sacrifice another mouse first
Published: June 11, 2026 11:56
There is something fitting about this spider-like mouse devouring a different mouse to function.
The BBC quizzed chip maker TSMC on the possibility of increased prices and you're really not going to like the answer
Published: June 11, 2026 11:29
Inflation and TSMC's "value" looks set to push prices ever higher.
Thanks to a substantial 27% discount, this ROG Falchion gaming keyboard is a seriously tempting deal for anyone aiming for an all-white theme
Published: June 11, 2026 11:28
It's wired-only, but don't let that put you off.
WoW Classic players are in an arms race against annoying RMT casinos, but Blizzard's working on strategies so 'they will hopefully piss off'
Published: June 11, 2026 10:59
The house always wins.
Alienware AW2525HM 320 Hz gaming monitor review
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-monitors/alienware-aw2525hm-320-hz-gaming-monitor-review/
Published: June 11, 2026 10:27
An enticing option for competitive FPS gamers on a budget.
Framework has delayed its 'MacBook Pro for Linux users' by a month, citing problems with its display and touchpad
Published: June 11, 2026 10:18
You can still get the Mainboard by June if you've already preordered, though.
Reports suggest Meta was working on another facial recognition feature that was quietly pushed out to millions of users before being just as quietly deleted
Published: June 11, 2026 10:13
Smart glasses continue to be a scourge.
Xbox CCO Matt Booty says he's seen The Elder Scrolls 6, 'it looks amazing, and it's coming along well'
Published: June 11, 2026 03:43
I want to believe.
Xbox speedruns 'we're so back' to 'it's so over' pipeline at a speed previously thought impossible
Published: June 11, 2026 01:08
More layoffs are on the way, framed as a "reset" for a brighter future.
Your dad's favorite TV show might become a videogame
https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/your-dads-favorite-show-might-become-a-videogame/
Published: June 11, 2026 00:02
The "Sheridanverse" is expanding into games.
Microsoft doesn't know what to do about the memory pricing crisis Microsoft is causing
Published: June 10, 2026 23:45
It's astonishing how much expectations are being lowered for the next Xbox.
While you're waiting for Valheim 1.0, why not try this map that transforms it into a massive RPG?
Published: June 10, 2026 23:03
Put down your hammer, Viking. Adventure Map has already been built.
Jason Momoa drops out of the Helldivers movie
https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/jason-momoa-drops-out-of-the-helldivers-movie/
Published: June 10, 2026 21:48
Sony is now looking for a new star.
Once again players are right to suspect AI was used in a game, once again a dev apologizes for using AI in their game
Published: June 10, 2026 21:41
1666: Amsterdam dropped a cool trailer at Summer Game Fest, and you know what happened next.
'An evolved game of cat and mouse:' Alien: Isolation 2 leads on taking the alien outside, the good kind of AI, and why a sequel took so long
Published: June 10, 2026 20:07
The horror sequel's creative director and lead designer on what it's like to face the Alien outdoors.
Are these real posts from the r/skyrimmods subreddit, or did I make them up? Take our newest and rudest quiz!
Published: June 10, 2026 19:44
Truth is stranger than fiction in our new quiz.
Ubisoft closes another 2 studios, lays off hundreds more employees
Published: June 10, 2026 19:25
Ubisoft Winnipeg and Belgrade are gone, and nearly a third of its studio in Barcelona have been let go.
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda would like to see his old games on PC someday, too
Published: June 10, 2026 19:01
Ueda's next game, Gen Atlas, is the first on PC in a 25 year directorial career.
Xbox 'console exclusives' are strictly about console releases, Xbox exec affirms: Games will 'still show up on all the normal places where we sell the PC version'
Published: June 10, 2026 16:42
Some much needed clarity from Matt Booty.
Steam Frame's tutorial video appears to leak on Reddit, demonstrating a very brief explainer of its software
Published: June 10, 2026 16:25
Here's hoping we actually see it release soon.
18 embargoes from Summer Game Fest just lifted, so let's rank everything I saw in LA
Published: June 10, 2026 16:16
A gauntlet of new games.
All 26 new catalysts in Destiny 2's final update
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/destiny-2-new-catalysts-monument-of-triumph/
Published: June 10, 2026 16:06
How to get them and what they do.
After a 'corporate mandate' demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took 'many mini miracles' to buy their independence from Activision
Published: June 10, 2026 15:52
"We knew that it wasn't the right fit."
Logitech's new mouse comes with a little bag to carry it around in. Oh, and it's foldable too
Published: June 10, 2026 15:22
Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise.
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