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Hyper Light studio Heart Machine lays off 'nearly everyone' after publisher deal for unannounced game falls through
Studio founder Alx Preston said he's "not sure yet what's next for Heart Machine to survive."
Marathon creative director shoots down rumored merge with Destiny 2: 'Please don't believe everything you read online'
A "leak" claimed that Bungie is looking into combining the two games into one single, big property.
'The best videogame movie' ever? The first reviews of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil adaptation are absolutely glowing
Low bar to clear, but still.
MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy may finally be closing
Multiple employees have said on LinkedIn that everyone left is being let go.
GTA 5's 'Become a celebrity' mod is almost weirdly fully featured
I wanna be a star.
Vampire RPG escapes Steam's 'Adult Only' jail just in time for launch: "At the risk of disappointing some players, Nighthawks is not porn"
Nighthawks just got a happy ending. Developers of the vampiric RPG have successfully removed the game's 'Adult Only' rating on Steam - a label that would have otherwise…
"15 years ago, people understood it was an unfinished game": As Endless Legend 2 hits 1.0, Amplitude reflect on how early access has changed
Amplitude have always used early access for their games, even before Steam Early Access was a thing. Ahead of Endless Space's release in July 2012, players who preordered…
Wardogs Outpacing Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2 on Steam and Has Already Made More Money Than Marathon Across All Platforms to Date, Analysis Shows
Breakout hit Wardogs is outpacing Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2 on Steam in terms of copies sold at launch, new data shows.
Low poly horror Tumblebee combines the joy of tumbling bees with the not-joy of being chased by huge spiders
For the last few years I've been labouring to transform my terror of spiders into guarded appreciation, even wonder. I've been drawing pictures of spiders, and writing stories…
Balatro developer LocalThunk turns up on Discord to talk about the 1.1 update and life after burnout: 'I truly am having the best time making the game now'
It's been a year since the Balatro 1.1 update was delayed into 2026.
Ex-MS engineer reveals the story behind the infamous 'FCKGW' Windows XP key: 'Pirates started baking the key into images or just writing it on the CD with a Sharpie'
'The most plausible source is an OEM or hardware partner that received final media early so they could ship PCs on launch day.'
Dog in the Machine reinvents the domino tactics of Into The Breach as a mecha dog show, with players teaching their hounds tricks
If the organisers of Crufts ever have to produce a season of Robot Wars, the results probably won't be a million miles away from Dog in the Machine…
How to watch the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026
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All active Aniimo codes for launch, September 2026
Get more Glimmer and other freebies with these Aniimo gift codes.
MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy appear to be making fresh redundancies, as one staffer says he's "helping wrap things up here in the HR department"
Update: The IWGB Games Worker Union have issued the following statement to RPS from vice-chair Ben Newbon: We cannot add any further insight into the heartbreaking job losses…
Is Aniimo a gacha game?
The creature catcher says Anii-no to typical gacha banner pulls.
The Witcher 3 producer says it's scary to work with another studio on the game's expansion: 'I also think twice about leaving my baby with someone'
But, "there are people over there who are not me who take the best care ever of them."
"A dried husk of a product": former Doom producer berates Microsoft for making Halo a "mid-tier" game and mourns the "financialisation" of AAA
Former Doom: The Dark Ages producer Andrew Willis has shared tuppence on the state of the blockbuster videogame trade, arguing that the biggest companies and most popular series…
"We're trying to make it easier": Valve confirm the Steam Frame is just the start of plans to get Steam games working on compatibility-challenged ARM PCs
The Steam Frame, unfortunately RAM shortage-ravaged as it is, is unique among virtual reality headsets for its ability to run Steam games – VR or 'flat' alike –…
"They often don’t make it in the door": Wardogs studio Bulkhead check for "anti-crunch messaging" on prospective hires' social media, CEO says
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer has revealed that the studio behind recent FPS hit Wardogs check the social media accounts of prospective hires for public criticism of crunch practices,…
'We can't stuff AI back in a box' says former US president Barack Obama, confirming he's 'not a doomer' while still calling for more government AI regulation
'But we can collectively determine how it's developed and how it’s used.'
Relic thought Company of Heroes 3's ambitious dynamic campaign would eventually come together, but it didn't: 'We bit off more than we could chew'
Conceptually, it was great, but it was also quite broken.
Looks like SK hynix wants to make memory chips on US soil and it could work with Intel to do it
Or so the rumour mill says.
Full body tracking could come to Steam Frame courtesy of this supercharged Base Station-like device that doesn't require headset support
Soulart says it's working to support Steam Frame with its standalone motion tracker.
Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons won't have waypoints, so that players can figure things out without 'blindly trusting' a UI
"You lose that feeling of curiosity because you're like, well, why even bother?"
Where have all the RTX 5090s gone? Stock of the high-end GPU is disappearing from US online retailers
Not much of a mystery.
Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember has a demo out, as Koei Tecmo carve an early 2027 release date into some hulking demons from Chinese mythology
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty sequel Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember will release in March next year, devs Koei Tecmo have revealed as they've whipped out an alpha…
Total War: Shogun 2's Complete Edition adds 50 minor factions in return for breaking your mods, but fear not, players who stick to the old version will get legacy DLC for free
If you recently glanced at Total War: Shogun 2 and thought "gosh, lovely hip-and-gable roofs on that miniature of the temples in Kyoto, but this could really do…
I've been waiting all year for the 2nd Chapter to last year's best JRPG remake—it did not disappoint
Enjoy some JRPG comfort food with Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter has one of the creepiest JRPG monsters I've encountered
Keep your eyes peeled in Kaldia Tunnel.
How to fish in Valheim
Where to find a fishing rod and how to catch fish in the Viking survival game.
Blizzard is aware Overwatch fans are tired of seeing its fanciest skins go to the same heroes and it's 'the number one' thing it's working to fix next
Lucio hasn't been forgotten, don't worry.
As Skyblivion's launch approaches, the team is looking for help to get the word out
But will the long-awaited mega-mod make its 2026 release target?
Wardogs CEO says he won't hire devs who aren't down with mandatory crunch: 'If you care about what you're making, this is the place to work'
A controversial stance, to say the least.
Steam reverses porn game rating it mistakenly gave to an indie vampire RPG, and despite the stress it was a 'net positive' overall as wishlists on Steam 'basically doubled overnight'
It's a happy ending, but Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eyes Games says this was absolutely not a guerrilla marketing stunt: "I’m not that dumb and I'm not that…
Wardogs delivers what Battlefield 6 was too console-brained to pull off: A real server browser
Millions of players, yet zero matchmaking.
Nvidia CEO Asks Trump To Reassure Everyone That AI Isn’t A World-Ending House Of Cards As AI Stock Prices Fall: ‘It’s All A Hoax, The Data Centers Are Great’
Trump also stated that data centers are great because 'they make people wealthy,' and described AI as being 'bigger than the internet'
Diablo 4 player discovers secret Diablo 2 easter egg in its new throwback season and now everyone is wondering what else Blizzard hid in there
It's more than old bosses coming back for the Season of Hell's Legacy.
The Witcher 3 'is not untouchable,' story director says of the upcoming expansion and remaster: 'I still find some places that I think maybe nowadays, I would do it differently'
CD Projekt is remastering its RPG masterpiece and rolling out a new expansion in 2027, and that means changes are coming.
Skyblivion's release is "getting closer" as the massive Skyrim mod's makers start recruiting for a big final marketing push
Skyblivion, that massive Oblivion remake mod which was originally set to release last year, finally seems to be on the verge of arrival. While they've still yet to…
No, AI, you are not human: Microsoft's code of practice for artificial intelligence actually gives me some hope for the industry
A fool's hope, perhaps.
Sega's ongoing effort to revive Crazy Taxi now appears to be taking the form of… a movie?
Yeah, I dunno either.
Steam Mischaracterizing Indie Game As Porn Works Out In The End
'I hope to never have to go through anything like this ever again,' said Wadjet Eye Games founder Dave Gilbert
Tim Willits doesn't think Rideshare's generative AI is damaging Saber's reputation
A few weeks ago, when I spoke with Tim Willits, chief creative officer at Saber Interactive, makers of games like Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z,…
Steam’s New Hit Shooter Has Players Switching Teams In The Middle Of Matches To Cheat And Troll
Is that teammate in Wardogs fixing a wall or actually just opening up a hole to let the enemy in...
Marathon's next major update runs a few months further away, permanent PvE in hand, as Bungie ditch their "strict seasonal schedule"
Bungie have announced that the Marathon update originally slated to arrive on September 22nd will not be doing so. Instead, it'll rock up in December as part of…
The Witcher 3's story director says an ideal quest is 'constructed in such a way that the player puts the controller away, stands up, and starts walking'
"Then [the player] goes back, and then the player picks one of the choices."
Serial numbers on RTX Founders Edition graphics cards, including PC Gamer's very own, are fading and apparently it's causing a problem with RMA requests
If true, that could make for some expensive paperweights.
The best Total War game is getting a remaster with 50 newly playable factions, modern visuals, and a full Japanese voiceover
Even better: Shogun 2 Complete Edition arrives on October 13.
Paradox's grand strategy game Afterworld hasn't got a fixed history, it changes with every playthrough
Each time you start a new campaign in Afterworld, Paradox's upcoming post-apocalyptic grand strategy game, a tiny virtual historian cracks their knuckles and gets to work writing a…
European Commission's proposed EU Kids Act could see online games forced to enact stricter age verification amid new rules around accounts for under 15s
The European Commission are reportedly set to propose new rules around how under 15s access the likes of social media, AI chatbots, and online video games. Dubbed the…
Toss a project at your printer: vibe coded tool allows developer to throw stuff at his 3D printer in VR to begin printing
Flick of the wrist.
No One Can Believe The Current Price Of An Nvidia RTX 5090
The top-end GPU has hit astronomical prices, even in large retail stores
Lies of P's sequel is a Wizard of Oz homage called Wonders of O, going by a Neowiz trademark, and probably not a videogame based on a famous work of French erotica
Earlier this week, trademarks were spotted over at the European Union Intellectual Property Office for a videogame or videogame-related Something called 'Wonders of O'. The trademarks were registered…
Steam Deck 2 plans aren't affected by ongoing component crisis, Valve maintains, as Steam Frame arrives later and more expensive than expected
Valve is in the news again thanks to the impending launch of its Steam Frame VR headset. The developer recently opened up pre-order registration for the £889 /…
Valve considered making a new VR game for the Steam Frame, before tackling the "ludicrous" task of getting Half-Life: Alyx running standalone
Valve have sometimes – if perhaps not often enough to call it a grand old tradition – massaged interest in their hardware by pairing the kit with a…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump he agrees the AI doomsayers are perpetrating a hoax: 'you saw through all of that'
On slowing down AI, the CEO says Nvidia is "not going to let that happen."
Dishonored director Harvey Smith thinks there's still room for big-budget immersive sims: 'When it really comes together and it has the budget behind it and the team, you end up with Deus Ex or Dishonored'
And now he's going to have to duke it out with Thief designer Randy Smith Evergreen.
Admitting the OGL fiasco was a 'rug pull', D&D head says 'bluntly, we're recovering from a lot of missteps—very loud, very public missteps'
"We're not going to fix it in one year."
The Steam Deck 2 has 'not really' been impacted by the memory supply crisis, with Valve still focused on a 'very delineated performance improvement' for its next handheld
Excuse me, my eyebrows rose up all by themselves.
As Civilization 7 devs Firaxis prepare to unleash the nukes, the strategy game's latest update whips out a fresh take on the classic Real Earth map
The September update for Civ 7 arrives today, September 15th. It's got a handful of new maps, including a fresh version of the real life-mimicking True Start Earth…
Here's the Aniimo release time for your region
Collect creatures on the continent of Idyll.
Arc Raiders Expeditions may not come back: 'Maybe we'll scrap the whole system'
Right now, all options are on the table.
The King Is Watching devs are making The Crab is Walking, this journalist is writing
The King Is Watching developers Hypnohead have announced The Crab Is Walking, a roguelite city-builder in which you alternate between arranging tetromino-shaped city districts on the back of…
"We track every server you enter": the Wardogs devs are "coming down hard" on XP farms and cash exploits, even as they encourage people to grind
The creators of military shooter Wardogs have announced that they will crack down heavily on players who use exploits and bugs to speedily farm in-game currency and XP,…
Valve decided that cutting the Steam Frame’s specs to avoid price rises wasn't "the right product choice" for the VR headset
Surprising no-one, Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset is launching with higher-than-expected prices, following the Steam Machine in having its budget-friendly intentions foiled by the memory shortage misery of…
Steam Frame review: Another best-in-class VR headset by Valve, though virtual realities clash with economic ones
It’s a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one. The supply of original virtual reality games…
Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset opens for orders, with the cheapest model priced at a lenswatering £889 / $1,059
Valve have just launched the Steam Frame wireless VR headset, finally completing the triumvirate of new hardware – along with the new Steam Machine and Steam Controller –…
"It's absolutely our goal to expand the market" - Valve's new Steam Frame VR headset has a nifty idea for broader appeal
Valve has said its new Steam Frame VR headset, despite costing nearly £900 for a base model, is intended to "expand the market" of virtual reality headsets. That's…
Valve's long-awaited standalone VR headset Steam Frame starts at £889 and sign-ups open today - but you'll need to be quick
After years of rumours, and 10 months since its official unveiling, Valve's long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame, is poised to begin shipping soon, and with a confirmed…
Steam Frame review
And so here it is: Steam Frame; Valve's second in-house VR headset following 2019's Index, featuring a boosted spec sheet, PC-to-headset streaming, and the ability to function standalone.…
Blizzard say Battle.net isn't looking to fight Steam and Epic for supermassive storefront supremacy, despite recently nabbing The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077
No siree. We are not trying to fight those big bosses. It's arguably a bit of a weird thing for a publisher with Diablo and World of Warcraft…
This week in PC games: become a magic girl in Kernel Hearts, a dog commando in Fright Train, or a capital class warship in Sublight
Happy new week all! Over the weekend I banished all thought of rocks, paper or shotguns and volunteered to pick apples at a local orchard. Many wonderful varieties…
"Valve is under the impression that this game is way sexier": Nighthawks devs claim vampire RPG has erroneously been slapped with Steam adult content label
Update: Wadjet Eye's Dave Gilbert has confirmed on Bluesky that Nighthawks' "Adults Only" Steam label has been removed, meaning it's no longer locked in horny jail. "Everything is…
Sony letter spells the end for unreleased The Last of Us Part 2 multiplayer mod, its creator says
A multiplayer mod for The Last of Us Part 2 which was originally set to release this month no longer will, with its creator citing a letter from…
Roblox plan to grow their absurd gaming empire even further by letting devs release games as "standalone apps", potentially via Steam, Epic, and GOG
Not content with pulling in daily active user counts roughly equivalent to the population of Japan, game creation platform Roblox are planning to let developers release their games…
Moss developer Polyarc share that they're shutting down just two months after releasing a VR-less port of the beloved mousey adventure games
Another sad one today, unfortunately. Back in July, Polyarc released Moss: The Forgotten Relic, a new version of the original two games combined together that ditched its VR…