Author: Jody Macgregor
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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown system requirements are pleasingly low
If you’re used to looking at system requirements with a feeling of “am I going to have to replace my GPU already” dread, you’ll be happy to know that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown won’t demand a high-end rig. That cartoony art style was never going to be a real resource hog, but it’s…
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Warhammer co-creator Bryan Ansell has died
Bryan Ansell, photographed with his Chaos army for Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edition. (Image credit: Games Workshop) The Instagram account shared by miniatures game designer Bryan Ansell and his wife Diane has announced that he died at home with his family on December 30, 2023. He was 68 years old. Ansell is known as the…
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Our boldest predictions for PC gaming in 2024
Predicting the future of something as volatile and changeable as videogames truly is a mug’s game. Well, fill us up with coffee because we are apparently mugs. In 2023, the most talked-about game of the year was a CRPG with turn-based combat, and the most quickly forgotten one was a new Bethesda open world. While…
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2023’s second-best RPG about people who are too horny for their own good was Thirsty Suitors
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2023, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. Everybody knows you have to go back…
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Four years after it was removed from sale, Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory has returned
Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a CRPG set in an Orwellian nightmare, a sci-fi society overrun by bureaucracy. At one point while playing it I tried to get a broken door fixed so I could get through, and after bouncing back and forth between various repair departments I eventually learned there was a final form…
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Atomic Heart’s next DLC looks even weirder, and will be out in February
When a game has multiple endings, that can cause problems for post-ending DLC. Do you canonize one ending, which risks alienating players who chose a different one? Make the story vague enough that it could follow on from any of the endings, which can mean tying yourself into narrative knots? Rewrite the ending and provide…
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Pirate stealth game Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew gets surprise modding tool
Mimimi’s swan song was supposed to be the two DLCs it released earlier this month for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew—Yuki’s Wish and Zagan’s Ritual. But the studio dedicated to stealth tactics games has one last parting gift before closing its doors altogether. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew now has a modding tool for creating…
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Blood Bowl 3 gets Shambling Undead team, and a sizeable patch
Each new season of fantasy football parody Blood Bowl 3 promises a new Blood Pass and a new team that can either be unlocked by paying for said Blood Pass or earning your way up to the top of its free tier. The first season’s team, the Lizardmen, were given away for free, while the…
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A villain in Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally guaranteed to kidnap whoever you romanced, ‘which wasn’t very popular’
In my first playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3, not long after making it to the city that makes up the massive RPG’s final act, one of the villains kidnapped Lae’zel. And while I didn’t put off rescuing her for too long, I also didn’t rush it. Don’t look at me like that, this was in-character—I…
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Insomniac Games has reportedly been hacked, with details of its upcoming Wolverine game included in the stolen data
According to a report from cyberdaily.au, Insomniac Games, the studio behind the Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank games, has been hacked by a ransomware group. The group, who call themselves Rhysida, provided proof that included a screenshot of Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game as well as character art for various Marvel-owned characters. More concerningly the hack…