Tag: games

How a former NASA employee became the world’s foremost author of videogame cookbooks: ‘It can’t look like you’re eating a Pokémon’

How a former NASA…

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits…
Arc Raiders briefly overtakes Battlefield 6’s concurrent player count on Steam as it proves to be one of the hottest PC games this fall

Arc Raiders briefly overtakes…

I’ve tried my hand at an extraction shooter here and there. They tend to be ludicrously hardcore and punishing,…
NetEase racks up its third studio casualty in one week, kneecapping dev working on a Warhammer MMO: ‘Devastated doesn’t even begin to cover it’

NetEase racks up its…

It’s been a bad week for budding MMO studios. Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street’s MMO is now officially kaput after NetEase…
Finally, Arc Raiders is the extraction shooter for people with jobs, and it’s all the better for it

Finally, Arc Raiders is…

Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: making friends with every raider over a mutual…
The weirdest FPS of the decade just got a free, standalone PvP mode that’s a blast if you can keep your lunch down

The weirdest FPS of…

2022 wasn’t exactly a banner year for first-person shooters, but it did bring us Hyper Demon. Like its predecessor…
Before his death in 2025, Half-Life 2 art director Viktor Antonov worked on one last game: A Wild West FPS roguelike that’s ‘coming soon’ to Steam

Before his death in…

Visionary artist Viktor Antonov defined a small but unforgettable selection of games with his unmistakably bold visual style, including…
Before his death in 2025, Half-Life 2 art director Viktor Antonov worked on one last game: A Wild West FPS roguelike that’s ‘coming soon’ to Steam

Before his death in…

Visionary artist Viktor Antonov defined a small but unforgettable selection of games with his unmistakably bold visual style, including…
After Helldivers 2 stole its thunder, Starship Troopers: Extermination is now cribbing from Arrowhead’s worksheet by adding airstrikes in its next update

After Helldivers 2 stole…

Imagine how awkward it would be to end up trapped in a lift with Starship Troopers: Extermination and Helldivers…
Russian politician says GTA 6 carries ‘the stench of Americanism,’ but it’s not so bad because the games are all about Americans killing each other

Russian politician says GTA…

It feels like the whole world is on tenterhooks for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, if not…
The roguelike’s unstoppable conquest of gaming continues with Age of Empires 4’s latest DLC, and players declare the invasion successful: ‘It may be my new favourite way to play’

The roguelike’s unstoppable conquest…

Every game is a roguelike now. And if it isn’t a roguelike, then it’s a roguelite. The beat ’em…