Tag: games

It’s more important than ever to call out developers for egregious AI usage next year if we want videogames to remain interesting

It’s more important than…

God, I am growing so weary of AI. Glints of human creation chipped away at with “just a loading…
Damn Yoshi-P wasn’t lying, Final Fantasy 14’s servers really are beefed up and Dawntrail-ready

Damn Yoshi-P wasn’t lying,…

Despite Naoki Yoshida's assurance to me—and no doubt countless other journalist and content creators during the Final Fantasy 14:…
Zenless Zone Zero is an exciting blend of Persona 5 and Street Fighter, but I worry whether it’ll be able to sustain itself in miHoYo’s modern mold

Zenless Zone Zero is…

Being plonked straight into New Eridu, Zenless Zone Zero's main city hub, and I can't help but notice how…
I keep getting lost on my way home from trading wood to trolls and giving crystals to chickens in this strange but cosy survival game

I keep getting lost…

There's a charming nonsense to Into the Emberlands' economy. It starts out pretty straightforward: buy an axe, chop down…
Dawntrail’s opening hour made my heart so full, which is almost enough to distract me from these mysterious gimp suits

Dawntrail’s opening hour made…

As you’re probably figuring out by the fact that I wrote this piece today, I did not get to…
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Steam numbers have dwindled into the low hundreds, placing it side-by-side with Gotham Knights

Suicide Squad: Kill the…

I confess, I have not set my eyes on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Steam numbers for a…
It’s about time Final Fantasy 14 retires one of its most divisive, overused songs

It’s about time Final…

Soundtrack Sunday Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a…
Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: ‘We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames’

Indie Game Awards pulls…

It’s been a hell of an award season for the year’s most talked about RPG, but two of its…
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s 7

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s…

One of the big-bill selling points of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail—which just released in early access this morning—was its…
I’m now hooked on Starfield, and it’s all thanks to its recent game-changing upgrade

I’m now hooked on…

I tried to like Starfield when it first launched, I really did. I'd enjoyed all of Bethesda's past RPGs…