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

Robocop: Rogue City, which I admit I was completely wrong about, is just $5 in the Humble Store Summer Sale

It’s Friday afternoon—maybe even Friday night, depending on where you are—and that means the weekend is upon us and you’ve got some time to sink into videogames. You’ve probably got a massive backlog to dig through, but you know what? Who cares, because the Humble Store Summer Sale is live and it’s got some bonkers … Read more

‘The Day Before 2?’: Everyone is skeptical about this survival game promising a map five times the size of DayZ and 5,000 players per server

CrisisX – Official Trailer | Gamescom 2025 – YouTube Watch On Survival game fans are an eternally hopeful lot. We’re always on the lookout for the next great open world sandbox offering up a new survival experience. Your game has base-building? Crafting? Exploring? Survival systems? You’ve already got our attention. But we’re a wary group, … Read more