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‘Um, as a favor, if you buy a new one, please sell your gaming PC to our company’ says Tokyo-based computer store as it offers ‘pretty high prices’
If you happen to live out in Tokyo and find yourself not using an ageing gaming rig, one company seems…
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Steam defies RAM-ageddon and the AI-pocalypse to smash through a new concurrent user record, and I’ll see you back here in like 4 months when it somehow does it again
Chalk up a win for small business! The Seattle offices of Valve Corporation—a plucky upstart company co-founded by Washington businessman…
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Anthem players log in to say goodbye to the game they loved before it’s gone forever: ‘Strong alone, stronger together’
While Anthem wasn’t well-loved at launch, it wasn’t hated either. Steven Messner gave it a middling score of 55 in…
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The sound of this one specific bird from Age of Empires keeps haunting me through pop songs, movies, and across other games
Age of Empires 1 – All sound effects – YouTube Watch On It’s not uncommon for videogame sound effects to…
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‘Don’t toil away on the things that don’t really matter’: Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has ‘proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games’
Red Dead Redemption 2 has some of the most precisely represented horses in the videogame industry. They have multiple distinct…
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The Witcher 3’s former lead quest designer says ‘of course’ there is romance in upcoming vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker: ‘You can expect to build relationships with characters’
The Witcher 3 may notionally be about helping Ciri defeat The Wild Hunt, but real heads know CD Projekt’s RPG…
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After Netflix pulled the rug from under Monument Valley 3 six months after launch, its developer says it’s a ‘PC first’ studio: ‘we can build more direct relationships with our audience and community’
Monument Valley was an award-winning phenomenon on mobile back in 2014 that made its way to PC eventually, as did…
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Divinity: Original Sin 2’s brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I’m bummed we’ll apparently never see it again
I’m mourning a friend today, and what’s more, my friend’s memory is being slandered. Not only will Divinity not carry…
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Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: ‘We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats’
You might remember Slork. He featured in a PC Gamer article with the headline “Slork,” and the strapline, “Slork.” Everyone…
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Valorant’s latest update adds a new pistol to spice up early rounds, as Riot plans to take ‘a holistic look’ at the shooter’s arsenal through 2026
When Valorant launched back in 2020, it was pitched as Counter-Strike with added superpowers, a combination that proved irresistible for…
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