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Champion modder ports the OG 'Father' Nier back into the PC remaster, original voiceovers and all
Modder Elevna on the Nier Replicant Nexus has made my day with the full release of Nier Gestalt ver.1.22474487139…, a project that replaces the young protagonist of the cult classic’s 2022 remaster with his grizzled, older counterpart from the 2010 original. Let’s back up: In Yoko Taro’s vision for Nier, the titular protagonist (whose name…
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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI slop music video is terrible for us all
ShiftUP CEO Kim Hyung Tae hasn’t exactly been lowkey with his pro-AI stance over the years, but he and his company have now made it clearer than ever with one of the most god-awful videos I’ve ever had the displeasure of witnessing from a company with enough money to do better. Critical Hit (Image credit:…
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Space Marine 2's latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 just closed out its second year of post-release support with a one-two punch of updates. Patch 14, aka The Confrontation Update, adds a new enemy and significantly expands the game’s PvP options. Since Confrontation’s release, a separate update has added Steam Workshop support to Saber Interactive’s hugely successful shooter. Let’s…
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Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida is 'a huge fan' of Bloodborne, says it's 'a complete mystery' why it was never put on PC
First reported by GamesRadar, former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is apparently just like us: He loves Bloodborne, and he doesn’t get why Sony and FromSoftware haven’t done anything with it since its November, 2015 expansion, The Old Hunters. Yoshida’s remarks were part of his keynote address at Japan’s CEDEC Industry event.…
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The voice of Lady D and Orin the Red will be back for the next D&D videogame
Baldur’s Gate 3 proved that the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, with some tweaks, make a brilliant framework for a videogame RPG. And yet Wizards of the Coast seems intent on making games that don’t use that framework. Last year the publisher announced Invoke, one of its internal videogame studios, was making Warlock, a third-person…
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Modder restores missing PS2-era visual effects to Metal Gear Solid 2, including 'a ton of things that were literally left marked as BLUEPOINT TO-DO still in the source code'
I’ve said it before and, in all likelihood, will say it again several more times: one of the best things about PC gaming is that modders can come in long after a game has been set aside by its developers, and proceed to clean up all the nagging bugs and imperfections that continue to linger.…
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD, which is its real name, is free on Steam for a limited time
The era when it seemed like every second game was about zombies and the one where I played a lot of Flash games because they were free had a lot of overlap. Which is why I have fond memories of the hours I lost playing games like The Last Stand and Rebuild 2. I’ve just…
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If you miss the straightforward action RPGs of the past, try the generous demo for Darkstone Restoration
Before action RPGs relied on seasonal ladders and DLC treadmills there was Darkstone, a 1999 hack and slash where you clicked on things until they died and liked it. It had some interesting ideas, like the companion mode that lets you switch between two player-characters, the other controlled by the CPU while you took the…
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Ubisoft says the Black Flag remake has exceeded 'annual expectations' in just two weeks, shortly after it laid off a number of the people who made it
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a game with a title that feels like it ought to have a colon or an em dash somewhere in there, is finally here and it’s selling like whatever the nautical equivalent of hotcakes is. Hardtack, I guess. Not only did it sell 2 million copies in a single day,…
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What does GTA Online 2.0 even look like—and, more to the point, what do we even want from Grand Theft Auto 6 multiplayer?
We’re still in the dark with regards to a GTA 6 PC release date, but the neon-filtered pre-order screen for Rockstar’s next blockbuster on my PS5 looks too good to be true. I’ve racked up thousands of hours in GTA Online on PC over the last decade, but in the space between its arrival on…
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Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered review (2018)
From the archives: This story originally ran in PC Gamer #321 (UK, Sep. 2018). The review appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. It’s a damn crime that no game ripped off Red Faction: Guerrilla’s Geo-mod destruction feature. You take a hammer and you use it to smash out a…
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Rockstar co-founder says 'I don't know if I personally care' if games release on disc, adds 'I love physical media'
I still remember the long ritual of installing World of Warcraft to my parents’ laptop as a young’un, mystified by the sheer number of discs it took to squeeze the game onto a hard drive. The more discs a game took to install, the better it must be, I figured—child me would be aghast at…
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Helldivers 2 is giving players a free car in October, except for those who already earned it in June
One aspect of Helldivers 2 I’ve repeatedly lamented is how many of its new toys are locked away inside Warbonds, with too few new weapons, equipment and stratagems unlockable through regular play. Hence, it’s worth giving Arrowhead credit when they do let you unlock a new toy through spending requisition slips and nothing else. Such…
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Are pellet guns legal for crowd control in India? | Explained
Story so far: At least one of the 80 protesters injured in police action during the Monday (July 20, 2026) march to Parliament called by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) sustained pellet gun injuries, according to a source at Lady Hardinge Medical College, where the victim is undergoing treatment. While the Delhi Police has denied using…