A killswitch has been pitched for the Linux kernel that could shut down vulnerable functions while users wait for patches
Is the 'nuclear option' sometimes the best one?
Oblivion's persuasion wheel has spawned another wacky gamejam, cue sentient cheese struggling to three-point turn gracefully past dancing French rats
"Mon dieu...LOOK AT ZE SIZE OF ZAT PARMIGIANO!" shout the rats as they shuffle in graceful yet unquestionably hip fashion. They're right. The giant cheese wheel I'm trying to roll past them to the safety of a fellow named the Mouseman isn't small. That's probably why its sheer girth is being…
The strange parade of Stardew-style horror farming games continues with Besmirch, in which there is far too much smiling
Here is what I think happened: at some point circa 2020, a cabal of game developers with very long fingernails and offputtingly white teeth got together in a backroom beneath a hideous effigy of a concerned ape, sacrificed a few 'doves', and declared in voices like slamming coffin lids that…
Crimson Desert's latest patch gives the people what they want, which is to tame and ride a random bear with your own two hands—or a goat, if you're freaky
Or a wolf, or a lion, or a tiger, or a raptor, or…
Forza Horizon 6 leaks early, developer responds by banning the IPs of anyone playing it for just under 8 thousand years
"We can't wait to see you on 31st December 9,999!!!"
Forza Horizon 6 leaks early, developer responds by banning the IPs of anyone playing it for just under 8,000 years
"We can't wait to see you on 31st December 9,999!!!"
'Apple does this and y’all love it': Microsoft defends new Low Latency feature in Windows 11
The new mode is reportedly snappier.
Turns out you yearn for the return of PC Gamer's two favourite genres just as much as we do
PC gamers just want to stack boxes and send little guys to battle.
Battlefield 6's first truly big map feels like playing a different, much better Battlefield
I was burnt out on Battlefield 6, but Golmud is reeling me back in.
You're not paranoid—KCD2's devs gave Henry photo mode voicelines just to stop you abusing it for stealth runs
The hungry lines are just hungry lines, though. And god bless them.
Mixtape review
Perfect playlist, but just a decent videogame.
Directive 8020 review: One giant leap for sci-fi body horror
An unmissable adventure for any fan of sci-fi horror.
California bill pushing to keep games playable after server shutdowns "doesn't reflect how games actually work", ESA assert
Earlier this month, Stop Killing Games, the campaign group seeking to prevent online games being rendered unplayable when publishers shut down their servers, threw their support behind a Californian bill aiming to put a requirement that studios either take action to keep games running after server…
After fining Google more money than exists on Earth, Russia demands so little from EA it feels like a weird joke
Well one of these strategies has gotta work.
New Steam update hints at four separate Steam Machine models and a reservation system
Presumably that's for different specced models.
How does co-op work in Outbound?
You'll have to unlock multiplayer before a friend can join the ride.
Mortal Kombat 2 redeems itself by fixing the worst thing about the first movie
As a Mortal Kombat 1 hater, I was pleasantly surprised by its sequel.
Former Epic tech director announces The Immense Engine, his AI-heavy "European alternative" to Unreal
Guerilla Games co-founder and former Epic Games technical director Arjan Brussee is making what he styles a "European alternative" to US-developed videogame engines like Unreal and Unity (the latter originally conceived in Denmark, to be fair). In a show of true generosity towards internet…
This week in PC games: Subnautica 2 early access, a Battlestar Galactica roguelite, and Directive 8020 disproving the old saying about space and screaming
Our infamously workshy news editor Edwin – he only posted barely twice the number of articles last week as I did, the skiver – is off doing something that isn’t the Maw this morning. See? This time he didn’t even have the gumption to hurl his own body into its waiting gullet, where through…
Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaks early, allegedly rumbling out of the garage via a Steam upload mishap
Forza Horizon 6's PC version has leaked online ahead of release next week, with an unencrypted Steam build allegedly being to blame. Read more