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Assassin’s Creed Shadows improves on one of the series’ best features

By Pete Volk - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 21:07

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the latest Assassin’s Creed game to take place in a vast, beautiful world — so large that it can be overwhelming. For grand open-world RPGs like this, making sure the map s...

Xbox, stop trying to make Silksong happen, it's not going to happen

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 19, 2025 - 21:05

"...and of course Hollow Knight: Silksong too!" Read more

What To Do First Upon Reaching Honolulu In Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

By Brandon Morgan - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 20:30

After spending so much time drifting between minor islands, stumbling upon a massive city like Honolulu, in a pirate ship of all things, is quite the spectacle. Of course, despite your arrival being p...

New Cartoony Zombie Game Is Perfect On Steam Deck

By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 20:20

Released earlier this month, Zombieville USA 3D is a new, super-stylish top-down indie roguelike zombie shooter that is both simple and incredibly well made, with fantastically responsive controls and...

The Antidote To Sephiroth Posting Is Barret Posting

By Kenneth Shepard - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 20:10

You’ve no doubt encountered someone who posts on social media like they’re Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, right? You know what I mean. These people, usually to simp for billionaires, voice their su...

Helldivers 2 boss says industry doomed to "unnecessarily brutal" layoffs while "chasing after the battle royales"

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 20:05

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt has slammed the current spate of video games industry layoffs as "unnecessarily brutal" and said that companies needed to learn lessons to avoid the sa...

New Ark DLC gets AI-generated trailer so awful that the original developer's washing its hands of the whole thing, and fans are in uproar: 'This is disgusting and you should be ashamed'

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 20:04

"There's a bit of Ark in your AI."

The United Nations asked Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead if it'd give a talk on psychological manipulation: ‘Could we brainwash an entire community to fight for a fascist state? … Would we be okay with that? Turns out, yeah’

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:39

Players’ eagerness in the fight for Super Earth begs the question: are we the baddies?

D&D suffers more layoffs as Wizards cuts Sigil VTT staff by 90%

By Charlie Hall - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:38

Sigil, the Unreal Engine 5-powered virtual tabletop built to support the latest version of Dungeons & Dragons, arrived in a less-than-complete state just a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, a team member...

Shield-slinging open worlder The Knightling goes all Jak & Captain America in August

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:33

Remember how it felt in Bloodborne when you discovered a shield and learned that it existed purely to shame and humiliate returning Dark Souls players who are over-reliant on blocking? Do you remem...

All Marvel Rivals Codes March 2025 For Free Skins And Rewards

By Cheri Faulkner - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:28

Marvel Rivals exploded into existence in late 2024 and hasn't relented in pace since. While codes for freebies in NetEase's hero shooter are scarce, the developer has been known to dish out rewards in...

Monster Hunter Wilds modders team up to turn Alma into a bird

By Tyler Colp - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:20

There sure are a lot of Monster Hunter Wilds PC mods for Alma, your nerdy sidekick, but none are as good as the one that turns her into a Seikret. You read that right: Someone put the Chocobo knockoff...

It's not for PC gamers but Razer's new AI QA Copilot could ultimately benefit every PC gamer out there, and it's looking like it could be a killer app that AI needs right now

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:19

And there's a good chance that it becomes an example of AI improving someone's job, not replacing it.

Elder Scrolls Online's Longest-Running Issue Is The Target Of A New Play Test, But It's Just A First Step

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:01

When The Elder Scrolls Online first launched in 2014, one of its biggest selling points was Cyrodiil: the MMORPG's large scale, open-world PvP zone where hundreds of players across the game's three fa...

Try birdwatching in Red Dead Redemption 2

By Nicole Carpenter - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:00

American robins are quite common in North America; their cheerful trills are common tunes sang in neighborhoods and cities. You may hear their songs before you see them yourself, though they’re not ne...

I honestly thought Razer's Sensa haptics stuff was just a gimmick until I tried it with a sim racing setup, and now I'm absolutely sold

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:00

At the very least, it's great for the blood circulation in your glutes.

These 8 Black Mirror Episodes Wound Up Becoming Terrifyingly Relevant

By Keith Nelson Jr - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 19:00

If you talk to enough people about Black Mirror, Netflix’s factory of fear, it won’t take long before someone questions whether they need to watch such a dark show when the actual world we live in is...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sold 5 times more than the original in its first month

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:57

That number is US sales, but it suggests Warhorse's purse is overflowing with groschen.

Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Are Way Higher Than World At Launch In The US

By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:56

Monster Hunter Wilds launched in February and sold more than 8 million copies over its first three days, becoming Capcom's fastest-selling game ever. But how is it selling in the US? Also very well, i...

Split Fiction Players Complete Super-Secret Level And Win Awesome Prize

By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:50

A super-secret and very hard level hidden in Split Fiction, so difficult that only a few of the game’s devs could overcome it, has been completed by a pair of speedrunners. Their reward? A free trip t...

Square Enix sue mech game developer for allegedly recycling parts from Front Mission

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:49

It's been a billion years since I played a proper new Front Mission game, and I'm depressed to learn that Square Enix cancelled one in 2022. Titled Front Mission 2089: Borderscape and developed by...

Best skills in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:48

Unlock all the skills then make the perfect concoction for a build.

Here's how to watch the Future Games Show 2025 Spring Showcase

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:44

This year's showcase will feature more than 50 games, with world premieres, new trailers, developer interviews, and more.

PSA: You don't need Assassin's Creed lore knowledge to play Shadows

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:42

Assassin's Creed Shadows is a pretty standalone entry in Ubisoft's long-running series, with fewer ties to what's gone before than any other game in recent memory. Read more

Nvidia has cut the MSRP of RTX 50-series FE cards in the UK and Europe and that means... not a whole lot right now

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:31

Talk to me when these numbers actually refer to something.

Hasbro exec says to expect what’s next for Baldur’s Gate ‘in really short order’

By Ian Walker - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:30

Hasbro is spending at least part of its time at the 2025 Game Developers Conference teasing what’s next for the Baldur’s Gate series. It told IGN we should expect to hear more about how the company pl...

Get 26 Dragonlance Novels For Just $18 This Month

By Brendan Hesse - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:28

Dungeons & Dragons has spawned numerous fictional settings for players to explore, but one of the biggest and most detailed is Dragonlance. The high-fantasy world, known as Krynn, was crafted by a...

Microsoft's Adaptive Joystick is geared towards 'players with limited mobility' and is available now for just $30

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:21

Lightweight, and light on price too.

Silksong's weary hollows tossed another scrap of hope from Xbox on high, as a blog post namedrops it next to other 'upcoming games'

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:17

"We know how many times Xbox's talked about a potential release timeframe."

Game developers launch North America's first industry-wide union 'to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status'

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:16

United Videogame Workers was announced today as a local of the Communications Workers of America.

Game Informer Seems To Be Teasing A Comeback

By Kenneth Shepard - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:15

It’s not every day you get good news in the media landscape, but it looks like we might have some. Game Informer, the longest-running video game magazine in America, was shut down last August by its w...

Tarkir’s Dragonlords are returning to Magic The Gathering, much cuter than before

By Alice Jovanée - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:15

The launch of the latest expansion for Magic: The Gathering, Tarkir: Dragonstorm, is right around the corner. To commemorate the April 11 launch date, Wizards of the Coast has commissioned a Secret La...

Game Informer, Shut Down In August 2024, May Be Back From The Dead

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:12

Game Informer, the games journalism institution that began in 1991 and ran for 33 years before being shut down by parent company GameStop in August 2024, may be making a comeback.The previously silent...

Rejoice! PCI Express 7.0 hits 'final draft' status enabling bandwidth that you probably won't notice on devices that won't appear for years

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:12

Call me back in 2035 when things are getting real.

American Truck Simulator’s latest teaser is just a sound effect and no one seems to agree on what exactly it means

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:02

Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound like the game’s current coterie of big rigs.

Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5

By Cameron Faulkner - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 18:00

New Half-Life games make me do stupid things. When Half-Life 2 came out on PC, I trekked to GameStop to trade in my Xbox, controllers, and games. I had hoped to score hundreds in trade-in credit, but...

Microsoft is finally rolling out its controller-friendly virtual keyboard for a better Windows handheld gaming PC experience

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:50

It's part of the latest Insider Preview build, but soon to roll out fully.

You Can Start Making Your New InZoi Family A Week Early

By Phil Owen - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:41

Even though inZoi, the new life sim from Krafton that aims to be the first real competitor to The Sims, won't officially release until March 27, you can get a head start on the creation aspect of the...

Pokémon Go will "never" get pop-up ads, and your location data won't be shared with the Saudi government

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:39

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has discussed the game's future following its impending sale to Monopoly Go maker Scopely, which is owned by the Saudi-backed Savvy Games Group, in a deal worth $3.5bn....

The best racing games to play right now

By Oli Welsh - Polygon | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:35

Racing games have been central to video game culture since day one, yet this genre still sometimes flies under the radar. Many of the games play to specialized, niche audiences, yet the genre is also...

Expelled! review

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:35

Inkle once again makes being a monster magnificent.

EA Offering Players More Money To Appear In College Football 26

By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:35

College football players who agree to appear in the upcoming EA College Football 26 will reportedly receive more than double the $600 EA paid players last year. And they will also get a free copy of t...

WoW Classic Players Will Finally Get To Wield One Of The Game's Most Iconic Weapons

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:22

World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Discovery servers may have exhausted all of vanilla WoW's original content, but that doesn't mean the season is over. Blizzard is instead progressing past vanilla...

Palworld's Crossplay Update does far more than let you play with console buddies, adding photo mode, a drafting table and 'dimensional Pal Storage'

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:14

Palmaxxing.

It's not looking good for D&D's virtual tabletop Sigil, as Hasbro follows a quiet release by reportedly laying off 90% of the people working on it

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:13

Not a great sign.

While we despair of RTX 50-series supplies and wait on next-gen Rubin, Nvidia reveals its next-next GPU architecture will be known as Feynman and is due in 2028

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 17:03

Blackwell will beget Rubin and only then will we get Feynman

Become The Ultimate Stealthy Strategist With Marvel Rivals' Invisible Woman

By Brian Barnett - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 16:50

Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman, is incredibly powerful in the Marvel Universe. That’s also true in Marvel Rivals, once you know how to use her well-rounded set of tools. As one of the first post-lau...

Some Fallout 76 players have encountered a 'major game-breaking bug' which either makes it impossible to complete the ghoul quest or just makes you temporarily invisible

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 16:43

"My progress is stuck with no way forward."

Pokémon Sun Cartridge Lost Outside And Battered By The Elements For Six Long Years Somehow Still Works

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 19, 2025 - 16:40

I once had a Batman action figure from Batman: The Animated Series. It meant the world to me. Then I lost it playing in the yard one day and never saw it again. Every once in a while I would look unde...

Major performance issues aside, over half of Monster Hunter Wilds’ sales are from Steam alone

By PC Gamer | Mar 19, 2025 - 16:36

The formerly console-exclusive series is now among the most-played games on PC