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PowerWash Simulator 2 announced, Nintendo Switch 2 launch plans discussed

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 16:00

UPDATE 5pm UK: FuturLab has backtracked on its confirmation of a Switch 2 launch for PowerWash Simulator 2. Read more

PowerWash Simulator 2 has split-screen co-op for "twice the wash-power"

By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 16:00

Zen-like spout splasher PowerWash Simulator is getting a sequel, and you need to get some mates: it's got both couch co-op and shared online campaign progression. It's also self-published by FuturLab...

PowerWash Simulator 2 devs tell us their tips for real life house cleaning

By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 16:00

"Do they have any tips for how to get water stains off a plastic shower floor? I've tried everything," was Graham's pitch for a question to ask PowerWash Simulator 2 devs FuturLab following the revea...

Epic Games is addressing one of Windows-on-Arm’s last big app compatibility gaps

By Andrew Cunningham - Ars Technica | Mar 13, 2025 - 16:00

Drivers and kernel-level software can't be translated automatically by Windows.

Crusader Kings 3 saddles up for a long-awaited return to the east with its first Asian DLC, Khans of the Steppe

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:58

Pitch your yurt and scout out the steppes on April 28.

All Marvel Rivals characters - current and upcoming heroes

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:57

From iconic MCU heroes to obscure misfits, this is one stacked roster.

Spectre Divide shutting down six months after launch reminds us how hard it is to make a live-service game

By Oisin Kuhnke - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:57

Crikey, it's still looking rough out there in the industry at the moment, isn't it folks? Yesterday unfortunately brought the news that another online game is shutting down, with the studio alongsi...

I've Never Been More Skeptical Of A Christopher Nolan Movie Than I Am Of The Odyssey

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:55

Some guys ponder the Roman Empire. I prefer to think about what Achilles meant when he encountered Odysseus in the underworld and told him he’d rather have lived a slave than died a hero. I’m not a hi...

LocalThunk gave up making Balatro for 3 months but resumed because 'I was bored but the internet was out so I couldn't play Rocket League'

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:51

What a Save!

Ranking AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by their visual design, cuz, you know, I can't buy one for MSRP so have to kill my time somehow

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:50

Ranking AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by their visual design, cuz, you know, I can't buy one for MSRP so have to kill my time somehow

As a real life museum employee, I'm a bit confused by the amount of pirate ghosts in Two Point Museum—but it's not going to stop me trying to make the most realistic exhibits I can

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:40

Will my expertise be a help or a hindrance?

Halo Infinite adds classic Firefight mode back to the fray

By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:17

Firefight - a mode that was initially introduced all the way back in Halo 3: ODST - is making its return in Halo Infinite. Read more

How To Use Gifts To Get Mai Shiranui’s Cool Leather Jacket In Street Fighter 6

By Samuel Moreno - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:15

Although most people will just take new Street Fighter 6 characters through Arcade mode or online, that isn’t the only new content added with them. They also become available in the World Tour mode, m...

This gaming PC build smashes together the very latest components but if I did it again, I'd do it differently

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:14

The H9 Elite looks glorious, but with an RTX 5090 plus AMD's 9950X, it makes for a toasty little number.

'No AI used': Netflix's Devil May Cry showrunner confirms that all of Kevin Conroy's lines were recorded before he passed

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:03

"Mr Conroy gave an amazingly nuanced performance."

Tactical Shooter Promoted By Shroud Shutting Down Just A Year After $30 Million Investment

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 15:00

Spectre Divide is a neat tactical shooter that struggled after server issues at launch, mixed reviews on Steam, and $90 shop skins that rankled some players. It’s now shutting down less than a month...

AI will be crammed in more of the graphics pipeline as Nvidia and Microsoft are bringing AI shading to a DirectX preview next month

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 14:29

Neural rendering might be the name of the game in future.

Civilization 7's Big Question: Towns Or Cities?

By Brandon Morgan - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 14:15

As you begin to step beyond your boundaries and expand your empire in Civilization VII, you’ll note that investing in a Settler and sending them off on a mission to settle new land doesn’t culminate i...

InZOI's system specs make me want to see this handsome Sims killer running on a pocket calculator

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 14:09

The Sims players among us have been gazing cautiously at inZOI, a new neighbourhood and life management game from Krafton. I am cautious for essentially two reasons. One is that the game makes use...

Nvidia says it's sold twice as many RTX 50-series cards as RTX 40-series in the first 5 weeks. I'd bloody well hope so given there was essentially just the RTX 4090 for competition

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 14:03

So, combined it sold more of four different GPUs than a single $1,600 card.

I just played Half-Life 2 RTX, a fully ray-traced overhaul of the original, and its meaty headcrabs have me hankering for more

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 14:00

It's time to dust off the ol' crowbar.

The 10 Most Important Moments On The Road To WrestleMania 41

By Mike Bellamy - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:45

The Road to WrestleMania traditionally kicks off with the Royal Rumble, setting the stage for unforgettable moments leading up to WWE’s biggest event. Last year, Cody Rhodes won the Rumble and went on...

Fanatical Steam Spring Sale is amazing for PC gamers, here's my top picks

By Christian Wait - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:36

I know I should finish the 15 games I already started before buying more, but then Fanatical goes and drops a Steam sale like this. With discounts hitting up to 96%, there are some absolute steals he...

These CyberPower RTX 5080 Ti prebuilds on Amazon are the cheapest I've seen so far

By Christian Wait - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:36

Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series launch has been nothing short of ridiculous. Every time a new GPU hits the shelves, it disappears faster than a PS5 in 2020. The RTX 5070 Ti is no exception. Despite being on...

The 17 Best Co-op Games You Can Play Right Now

By Kenneth Shepard, Zack Zwiezen, and Carolyn Petit - Kotaku | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:30

Split Fiction, the latest co-op adventure from Hazelight, has just arrived, and it’s another example of how the It Takes Two developer is leading the charge on games that are designed around what’s po...

Looks like a reference design AMD RX 9070 XT card has shown up in China, but let's not get carried away with thoughts of MBA cards just yet

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:25

Looks like an engineering sample.

I'm already smitten by upcoming action RPG Town of Zoz thanks to how much it understands food

By Oisin Kuhnke - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:15

I love a game that features some kind of cooking element, so I was quite pleased yesterday when Humble Games revealed they're publishing Town Of Zoz, a new action RPG that's all about fighting off...

Sony quietly expands PS Portal cloud streaming with PlayStation classics

By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:08

Sony has quietly expanded the cloud streaming feature on its PS Portal handheld to include a number of games from its Classics Catalogue. Read more

WoW flexes its MMO player housing system in a new blog post, and it really might just beat FF14's dated furniture placement into the dirt

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 13:04

Blizzard's doing it right.

Call Of Duty's generative AI disclosure reveals a glaring issue with Steam's policies

By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:55

A few weeks back, a new AI generated content disclosure appeared on the Call Of Duty Steam page, reading "our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets". This followed several...

An official Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake will release as soon as next month, claims report

By Nic Reuben - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:53

While never officially announced by Bethesda, rumours of an Unreal Engine 5 remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have been circling the proverbial dialogue pie since 2023, surfacing first via an...

Free-to-play tactical shooter Spectre Divide to go offline two weeks after first season, as studio runs out of funding

By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:51

Spectre Divide developer Mountaintop is taking the game offline, and the studio will be "closing its doors" at the end of this week. Read more

Wild Blue is a spiritual Star Fox sequel from one of the SNES game's original programmers

By Oisin Kuhnke - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:35

I couldn't tell you why Nintendo has left Star Fox to rot with the likes of Kid Icarus, while other series like Advance Wars have made a comeback (no shade to Advance Wars fans), but it has. Chuhai...

Civilization VII, one month later: The community and developers chime in

By Samuel Axon - Ars Technica | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:30

Executive Producer Dennis Shirk talks with Ars about the state of the game.

After years of complaints from rural players, Pokémon Go adds a new challenge that city-dwellers may now struggle with

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:20

It's a fact: Pokémon Go is much easier to play in a city or large town. There are more gyms and PokéStop locations to interact with, more Pokémon that spawn, more fellow players to battle alongside...

In a world of WoW Classics and Old School RuneScapes… could Final Fantasy 14 ever do the same?

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 12:14

Let me entertain a world where we play old FF14 all over again.

Nah actually Assassin’s Creed Shadows will get Steam Deck support after all, Ubisoft say

By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 13, 2025 - 11:23

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will in fact be compatible with the Steam Deck, Ubisoft say, despite a previous tech Q&A on the sneaky-stabby ninja sim declaring point-blank that it won’t. Announced on...

Today's Wordle answer for Thursday, March 13

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 05:00

Help with today's Wordle if you need it.

Spectre Divide and its studio are shutting down after just six months: 'The industry is in a tough spot right now'

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 03:07

The game will close within 30 days, and refunds will be granted on purchases made after the launch of season 1.

Ubisoft backflips, says Assassin's Creed Shadows will support Steam Deck at launch, but I doubt I'll actually want to play it there

By PC Gamer | Mar 13, 2025 - 01:14

The studio is working with Valve on classification.

'Diversify your fashion endgame' with this Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mod that gives Henry fly new gambesons, pourpoints, and caftans

By PC Gamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 23:55

Dress to impress with unique outerwear recreated from NPC-exclusive assets and matched with recolored accessories.

There's hope yet for Classic Offensive after its Steam rejection: The team behind the Counter-Strike 1.6 revival mod is in touch with Valve about its 'concerns'

By PC Gamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 23:39

The CS:GO mod Classic Offensive hasn't come back to life, but it's not dead, either.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake reportedly set for imminent reveal

By Matt Wales - Eurogamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 23:20

Bethesda's long-rumoured The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake is reportedly due to be formally unveiled very soon, with signs pointing to a possible release before June. Read more

The Sims-like Inzoi shares full PC hardware requirements, and a look at how different settings compare

By Matt Wales - Eurogamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 22:38

There's a lot of buzz around Inzoi, the upcoming Sims-like from developer Krafton - partly because it's a promising new contender in a genre that's so far been dominated by a single series, and par...

Destiny 2 Mirror Imago God Rolls For PvP And PvE Guide

By Alex Hadzaman - Gamespot | Mar 12, 2025 - 22:20

Act II of Destiny 2: Episode Heresy has dropped and brought with it some new toys to have fun with. Adaptive-frame submachine guns are not commonplace, but this latest act introduces a new one: Mirror...

Here comes Intel's new CEO: a semiconductor veteran that won the same prestigious award as Jensen Huang and Lisa Su

By PC Gamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 22:17

Lip-Bu Tan has a degree in physics, a masters in nuclear engineering, and won the semiconductor industry's top award, the Robert N. Noyce award.

8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry's latest proposal is 'filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse'

By PC Gamer | Mar 12, 2025 - 22:05

Progress has been made, but SAG-AFTRA says the two sides in the dispute are still far apart.

Lara Croft's Return To Fortnite Leaked With Prices

By Blair Marnell - Gamespot | Mar 12, 2025 - 21:45

In Fortnite, four years can seem like an eternity. That's about how long it's been since Tomb Raider's Lara Croft made her debut in the game. Since then, Lara's been conspicuously absent from the popu...

Marvel Rivals Mid-Season Update Buffs The Human Torch

By Claire Lewis - Gamespot | Mar 12, 2025 - 21:41

Marvel Rivals has released its mid-season update for Season 1.5, and while it's a small update, it still packs a fiery punch, focusing on tweaks to The Human Torch, Iron Man, and Cloak & Dagger."F...

Monster Hunter Wilds Player Reveals Exploit Behind Mysterious 2-Second Monster Capture Time

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 12, 2025 - 21:30

Hunts in Monster Hunter Wilds can take anywhere from 10 minutes to half an hour depending on the level of difficulty and how geared up the player is. But a recent discovery makes it technically possib...