Wuchang: Fallen Feathers patch messes the game’s story all up, renders bosses technically unkillable, and it’s all the Qing Dynasty’s fault, apparently

I’ve been quietly curious about Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. I’m a soulslike enjoyer, but I bounced off the game’s intro like it was made of rubber—still, I figured maybe with a few patches the game could be polished into something I’d like to play. Let’s just open up the Steam reviews and good lord what is … Read more

Sea of Thieves’ latest update slips The Smugglers’ League in through the back door, offering high-risk, high-reward voyages for the most daring pirates

Season 17 of Sea of Thieves has sailed silently into port, using the moonless night as cover while it unloads its contraband cargo of new features. The latest iteration of Rare’s multiplayer pirate sim introduces The Smugglers League, a furtive new faction that operates from six secret hideouts dotted across the game’s treacherous archipelago, offering … Read more

The sequel to Half-Life modding classic Pirates, Vikings & Knights quietly hit 1.0 after nearly 18 years of development: ‘It’s been over 6,500 days since PVK2 was unleashed’

Well, here’s a cannon blast from the past. Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2 hit 1.0 on Steam while nobody was looking. What’s that? You don’t remember Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2? Don’t blame yourself. There’s a reasonable chance you weren’t born when it first set sail into the freshly pixel-shaded waters of Half-Life 2 modding. … Read more

As the legal debate between Subnautica 2’s publisher and former studio execs rages, the original game and its spinoff quietly receive small patches and big discounts

Subnautica 2 has become one of the year’s most talked-about games, albeit for reasons I don’t think anybody wanted. A big legal brouhaha has developed in the wake of publisher Krafton abruptly dismissing the entire leadership team of Subnautica 2’s developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Those former leaders, including co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, subsequently … Read more

‘Veilguard is 4 games stitched together’, says ex-BioWare lead Mark Darrah, and it might’ve been better to ‘shut the project down completely’ around 2017

Mark Darrah’s tell-all with YouTuber MrMattyPlays has been doing the rounds—including on the good site PC Gamer—and for great reason. The former BioWare producer seems to’ve hit a point where he’s happy to simply divulge exactly what (he believes) went wrong with BioWare, the dozen little disasters that led to the, at the moment, death … Read more

Louisiana sues Roblox over child safety concerns: ‘It’s basically open season for sex predators on this platform’

The state of Louisiana is suing Roblox Corporation over allegations that it facilitates the distribution of child sexual abuse material and “the sexual exploitation of Louisiana’s children” through the Roblox videogame. Roblox has denied the allegations, saying in a statement provided to PC Gamer that “the assertion that Roblox would intentionally put our users at … Read more