Tag: games

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar taught me that farming simulators don’t have to follow the same routine to be just as fun as Stardew Valley this year

Story of Seasons: Grand…

Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of…
Are you a proper Sims buff? See if you can name all 97 expansion, game, and stuff packs in our quiz!

Are you a proper…

More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia We’ve got…
Fallout: London is a truly impressive modding achievement that mostly hits the mark, but it’s barely playable right now

Fallout: London is a…

I'll give Fallout: London (FOLON) this—it crashes smoother than any Bethesda game I've played. Ordinarily, hitting a hard stop…
After 5 hours of exploring the galaxy and ghosting past Stormtroopers, Star Wars Outlaws is finally winning me over

After 5 hours of…

Star Wars Outlaws didn’t put its best foot forward when I played it at Summer Game Fest. That demo…
I knew it—Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s final boss has some hokey freaking hitboxes the size of barn doors

I knew it—Elden Ring:…

Shadow of the Erdtree has, overall, gone down about as well as one might expect. It’s one of FromSoftware’s…
An innocuous video about how FromSoft protagonists are 5 feet 7 inches tall led to me becoming weirdly fixated about videogame character height this year

An innocuous video about…

2025 was a year of highs and lows for me. Not for personal or professional reasons, but rather because…
Tales of Fablecraft’s early access release is already an excellent introduction to tabletop roleplaying for a new generation of Dungeon Masters

Tales of Fablecraft’s early…

Increasingly it feels like the tabletop RPG industry is feeling out its digital future. Virtual tabletops, which provide a…
Elden Ring’s new patch just released, and it finally fixes an infuriating problem with summoning your spectral steed

Elden Ring’s new patch…

Elden Ring just got a small update that adjusts PvP equipment, skills, and spells, fixes a couple of minor…
Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties has quietly become one of the best historical Total War games ever

Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties…

Total War: Pharaoh got off to a bit of a rocky start, mostly by no fault of its own.…
There’s a surprise lack of Pictomancer nerfs in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s first major balance patch—which streamlines Viper and tries to save the suffering Black Mage

There’s a surprise lack…

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail is getting its first tier of raids’ Savage difficulty today, and you know what that…