Jan 14

'He was trying his best'—Palworld had a lone server guy trying to keep the game afloat during its 2 million player launch

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/89cpj5ticJKN9nDVPEMuPK.jpg[/img] "We definitely panicked more than we should have."

Jan 13

Evidence mounts that Marvel Rivals stealthily places losing players in bot matches, and I know because I'm the loser

PC Gamer - morgan.park@futurenet.com (Morgan Park)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cmJ5Ezs4q2H3mS7HJNu2Ek.jpg[/img] This sucks no matter how you slice it.

Jan 13

High-flying RPG city builder Airborne Empire has launched on Steam, and it's testing my balancing skills in more ways than one

PC Gamer - clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W3oyaW2XbXqrcfz6SpuJ3T.jpg[/img] I'm attempting to keep resources, defense, and productivity balanced while literally trying to keep my city from tilting over.

Jan 13

Percy_Verence, Elon Musk's infamous Path of Exile 2 hardcore character, dead at level 97

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7WoRKUQPBqrkhAzWJBuHNC.jpg[/img] Must've been all that low-level gear.

Jan 13

Despite the big Baldur's Gate 3 update in the works, Larian says its 'full attention' is now focused on its next game

PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/roct2ZrZn4CZsWTmtxCQBa.jpg[/img] It's also moved into a "media blackout," so you can probably forget about hearing anything more for a while unless Swen Vincke makes another joke.

Jan 13

Hyper Light Breaker has great combat, impeccable vibes, and its ambitious randomized open worlds actually work⁠—the real test is if it goes the distance in early access

PC Gamer - ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WG3dyk8Du3usH7gZMZrkzD.jpg[/img] Hyper Light Breaker makes a great first impression.

Jan 13

Marvel Rivals starts 2025 by clobberin' the most played charts, hitting over 640,000 players on Steam alone

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NGzW7knUys7BnowscbNwvV.jpg[/img] That's around 35% more players than Helldivers 2 had in its heyday.

Jan 13

Around 66 accounts in Path of Exile 2 were compromised, due to a one-two punch of an old unused Steam account and a backend bug

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqAr77E6M2ejBJHk72NEeg.jpg[/img] "66 notes were deleted, so that would imply that 66 accounts were compromised."