Tag: Action

‘According to Steam, I have around 10,000 hours logged,’ says the modder who’s spent a decade turning GTA 5 into a photo realistic wonderland

‘According to Steam, I…

When those first bars of Tom Petty’s Love Is a Long Road rang out against a sun-kissed cityscape in…
FromSoft leans into the nu-metal vibes and goes full Evanescence with the Elden Ring Nightreign launch trailer

FromSoft leans into the…

The FromSoftware aesthetic is best summed up by the famous quote from Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki. When presented…
To A T review

To A T review

Need to Know What is it? An adventure about a kid who can’t put his arms downExpect to pay:…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has Dead By Daylight content in it now for reasons fathomless to man

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has…

Two months in, Assassin’s Creed Shadows continues to trundle along quietly in the videogame background, presumably quite pleased with…
Aureole – Wings of Hope is a high-speed, nifty platformer where you wrangle a supersonic, physics-based ring to eventually thwart a jacked devil

Aureole – Wings of…

Platformers are a tricky thing to iterate on. Given they’re one of the older genres in the medium, and…
Parries and timed blocks are the future of action games—and they’ve got a place in turn-based RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, too

Parries and timed blocks…

This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 407 in February 2025, as part of our ‘Why I…
After its pre-rendered trailer caused a stir last year, this Dark Messiah-inspired RPG now has a gameplay teaser—but the internet is debating if it’s real or not

After its pre-rendered trailer…

As the self-appointed Fox Mulder of games about kicking goblins down flights of stairs, I want to believe that…
Konami re-recorded the Snake Eater theme for Metal Gear Solid Delta, but don’t worry—it’s still the same excellent vocalist belting “Snaaaaaaaaake Eaaaterrrrrrrrr”

Konami re-recorded the Snake…

Snake Eater is special. And as much as I love Cold War Metal Gear, I’m not talking about the…
This ‘stealthvania’ is like if Prince of Persia never gave up on 2D and narrated your every move

This ‘stealthvania’ is like…

I’m a sucker for both retro side scrollers and stealth games, but since we’ve yet to get Mark of…
Mafia: The Old Country: all the key details on the gritty gangster prequel

Mafia: The Old Country:…

Mafia: The Old Country is quickly approaching, and it seems like we’re in for a summertime trip to Sicily…