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Teaching Moments

How developers build the tutorials you skip.

Mortal Kombat 11 Sets The Standard For Storytelling In Fighting Games

Mortal Kombat 11 sets the standard for storytelling in fighting games.

harvey smith

the co-creative director of dishonored 2 on chaos, open worlds and the differences between his game and prey.

Game Time

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the PC Gamer Weekender

Werewolf The Apocalypse

The details have been unleashed, and it’s a fascinating beast

Baldur's Gate III

Larian combines the best of Divinity with D&D 5th edition

Castle Mania

With BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT, Koji Igarashi created a homage to his own games.

How The Sims Changed PC Gaming

Six stories of how The Sims changed PC gaming for everyone

Port Appointed

How SEGA chooses which Japanese games to port and when.

Rain Maker

How developers make the beloved moist sky bullets.

Back From The Dead

In the early days of the internet, there were text-based RPGs. And in spite of big-budget MMOs,GENESIS LPMUDis making a comeback.

Cinderella Story

OGs journey to the top prize in DOTA2

High Fantasea

With two gorgeous new continents to explore, WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH is a welcome departure from the cataclysmic drama of Legion.

Double-crossed

PHANTOM DOCTRINEs take on XCOM-style strategy manages to be exciting, original, dull, and underwhelming.

Capital

STRANGE BRIGADE belongs in a museum.

Few Indeed

WE HAPPY FEW is a mess of crafting, jogging, and stealth with a strong script.

flower power

grow up takes procedurally-animated robot bud to new heights.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

A touch of Sekiro sends Cal and BD-1 backtracking

What's it Like To Watch Your Favorite Game Overshadowed By A Spin-Off Mode?

What’s it like to watch your favorite game overshadowed by a spin-off mode?

The Future Of Immersive Sims

As the mainstream industry moves onto pastures new, what does the future hold for the shadowy genre known as the immersive simulation?

Scale Models

JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION looks gorgeous but lacks bite. 

Underworld Ascendant

Ultima Underworld’s successor has nice ideas, but they’re not original

A Linear Sequence Of Scares

A twisted funhouse based on a fake TV show is one of the best levels in Max Payne 2.

BioShock

Worse things do happen at sea.

The Dunatian

A Kerbal Space Program recreation of Andy Weir’s The Martian.

Snap Happy

Ubisoft is fleshing out our knowledge of BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL 2

In Transit

How players are searching for real exoplanets through EVE ONLINE.

Processing Reality

Faking physical cameras with post-processing.

Spy Party

Networking at events has never been more stressful

Party Pooper

Murderous Pursuits struggles to find its target.