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I was today years old when I learned that Clippy has a canonical gender

I was today years…

It was just another day at PC Gamer towers when a colleague posted a message in Slack bemoaning that…
I was today years old when I learned that Clippy has a canonical gender

I was today years…

It was just another day at PC Gamer towers when a colleague posted a message in Slack bemoaning that…
Final Fantasy composer shares concern about ‘stagnation’ in game music: ‘Frankly speaking, there’s less weird things now’

Final Fantasy composer shares…

As reported by Automaton, iconic video game composer Nobuo Uematsu, best known for his work on the Final Fantasy…
Trump shooting suspect’s Steam game sees review bomb, spike in activity

Trump shooting suspect’s Steam…

As reported by Newsweek and Wired, suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter, Cole Thomas Allen, had previously attempted a…
Erik Wolpaw, co-writer of Portal and Portal 2 adores Burnout Paradise and has 1,500 hours in Slay the Spire: ‘This is the perfect level of strategy’

Erik Wolpaw, co-writer of…

Erik Wolpaw’s first encounter with computer gaming was on a TRS-80 in his high-school library. “It was one of…
GOG wants to revive more classic Japanese games on PC: ‘Working with Japanese partners often requires demonstrating both technical capability and cultural understanding’

GOG wants to revive…

They may not officially be called Good Old Games any more, but GOG still sells plenty of games that…
US DoJ puts $11 million bounty on ransomware king allegedly responsible for stealing $18 billion

US DoJ puts $11…

The United States Department of Justice has placed an $11 million bounty on Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk—who also…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: 007 First Light

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to 007 First Light, IO Interactive’s exciting new James Bond game. From…
‘We don’t have to fire 1000 people to keep it working’: Facepunch Studios says paying s&box game developers is sustainable, with ‘$500,000 paid out to date’

‘We don’t have to…

Facepunch Studios’ new game creation platform s&box will release next week on April 28 on Steam. Built on Valve’s…
‘An embarrassing failure of the US patent system’: Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo’s latest patents on Pokémon mechanics ‘should not have happened, full stop’

‘An embarrassing failure of…

The last 10 days have brought a string of patent wins for Nintendo. Yesterday, the company was granted US…