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The PC Gamer Mysteries, Case #1, ‘A Slice of Death’: Why is there a dead golfer hidden in Golden Tee ‘99?
This murder’s gone decades without being solved... until now.
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Cancelled MMO spin-off Borderlands Online is playable once again, and the team behind the unofficial project thankfully didn’t use any genAI to get it running
Where there’s a will (and some talented, incredibly passionate modders), there is always a way in the world of video games. Today said will has manifested in the form of Borderlands Online, an MMO spin-off that was planned to be released exclusively in China as a free-to-play game. A build of that…
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Gears of War: E-Day review — terrific shooting buoys a sluggish campaign
Gears has never felt better to play, or more creatively stagnant.
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Take out some monsters and then turn them into take-out in the post-apocalyptic tycoon survival sim Midwest 90: Rapid City, out in early access next month
Surely Midwest 90: Rapid City isn’t the first simmy, Fallouty game where you turn mutated monsters into grub and serve it up to customers in your own diner, is it? None come to mind right now. Let’s not make any assumptions all the same, we can still appreciate what the tycoon survival sim set in a…
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“Your word is undeniable truth”: Can’t be bothered to find evidence in Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy? It’s fine, because no matter what, you’re always right
If the promises that Owlcat are making of Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy aren’t just PR fluff, it sounds like we might be in for a good bit of fun. In Dark Heresy, you are an acolyte of the Inquisition, meaning you have to look out for that titular heresy, which actually means that you’re a space…
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Jagex pull Runescape trailer and apologise for genAI use after complaints about six-fingered knights, pinning the blame on a “trusted external partner”
I’m really tired of writing about genAI today. It’s my first news shift with RPS, and within a few hours, I’ve written three stories that are solely about genAI use by modders, indie outfits and now, somehow, Jagex. Still, the horrors persist, and so I must continue reporting on them. As part of…
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Someone’s modded Diablo 2 for VR, and seeing the world through your character’s eyes brings a whole new dimension to the series
Of all the games I thought I’d see converted to virtual reality, the Diablo games weren’t among them, for some reason. But one industrious modder has set about changing that, converting probably the most well-liked Diablo game, Diablo 2.
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Some staff at Eternal Strands and ex-Ubisoft devs Yellow Brick Games report they’ve been laid off
According to various LinkedIn posts, Eternal Strands developers Yellow Brick Games have begun laying off staff to an as yet undisclosed degree (thanks to Chris Kerr on Bluesky for the initial tip).
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“Keep it family friendly” - Sega’s official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place
Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it’s proven immediately popular, and strictly locked down. There is no fan art channel as of writing.
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Bullet heaven battler Warhammer Survivors arrives in November, with a new demo out now to whet your appetite for destruction
Warhammer Survivors, Auroch Digital’s take on injecting the bullet heaven popularised by Vampire Survivors with characters you can buy little figures of, finally has a release date. It’s out next month, and has a new demo to fill the gap between now and then.
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“Horrible day to be a Shion main” - Overwatch fans aren’t happy about five new China-exclusive skins not coming to the rest of the world
Earlier this week, Blizzard released a new trailer for an upcoming event in Overwatch. Called ‘Defiled Anthem’, the event features skins and cosmetics for Shion, D.Mon, Kiriko, Reaper, and Emre, with the highlight of the whole activation culminating in a transforming ‘Evolution’ skin that changes…
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Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka dismisses the apparent inevitability of remakes, saying “you’re essentially providing the same experience again”
At this point, you can’t even open the Steam front page without stumbling over remake after remake (sometimes remasters, just to spice things up).
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Question passengers with tarot-like cards in Dreadline Express, a train mystery with the most intriguing conversation system I’ve played since Her Story
In Dreadline Express, you play a character who awakes in the cabin of a carriage on the last human train. It hurtles down the track, bathed in the red light of an alien sky. At the windows of the carriage, eldritch tentacles press themselves against the glass. A voice crackles at the speaker, it…
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Warhammer Survivors is more than just a Vampire Survivors spin-off
Even as we drown in Warhammer games, Survivors stands out as something extremely cool.
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Gundam Rogue Orbit gave me a sick whip sword, but held back the one thing I want most in a mech game
Let me put my own parts on my Gundam, dangit!
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Star Wars Galactic Racer review: now this is frenetically fun podracing with a totally unforgiving streak
Becoming a boost junkie in arcade racers that offer such potent bursts of extra oomph is usually only a matter of time. Star Wars: Galactic Racer is no different. The hooks have been in deep. The vast majority of the builds I’ve pulled together in runs through its singleplayer campaign have lived…
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Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more
The unannounced but consistently leaked Xbox Elite Series 3 controller has, well, leaked again. Details ranging from analogue stick technology to rumble motors and more were dug up from the backend of Xbox’s own Design Lab website that lets customers create and order custom controller designs. Read…
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Deadlock isn’t a MOBA or a third-person shooter anymore—City Never Sleeps has turned it into a horror game
Can’t a little guy find some peace in the tunnels?
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I spent an hour playing Switch Sports Resort and my favourite mini-game involves the Switch 2’s least-loved gimmick: mouse controls
This feels like the kind of admission that’s liable to make Miyamoto cross me off his Christmas card list, but my favourite game in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort was the one that required absolutely no energetic prancing at all. A desk yes, which might be a problem in some living rooms, but gleeful…
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Silver Pines review – a stylish, neo-noir detective drama
PC, PS5, Switch 2; Wych Elm Games, Team 17 Abandoned shops, ruined apartment buildings and rotting sewer networks make up a dark landscape in which you play a private eye searching for a missing singer-songwriter In a weird deserted town miles from anywhere, a troubled detective searches for a…
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Netflix includes 75+ ad-free iPhone and iPad games, here’s every app
Looking for new iPhone and iPad games to play? The App Store has plenty of games without ads and in-app…
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Exclusive – Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will let you be a crooked cop, pinning crimes on the innocent, or follow in good boy Gregor Eisenhorn’s footsteps
Investigating the RPG’s detective systems.
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PlatinumGames CEO pauses a discussion on Stellar Blade’s Bayonetta costume crossover to casually imply more Bayonetta may be on the way
It’s been a bit since Bayonetta has had any time in the spotlight. 2022’s Bayonetta 3 released to pretty good reception (although did earn ire for its depiction of the witch herself), but all’s been quiet on the Umbral front since. With creator Hideki Kamiya having left PlatinumGames in 2023, it…
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