Jul 24

My heart's already been stolen by this stop-motion adventure made out of wood and 'mostly in a garden shed'

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

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jrVFc9E4iEnxKHm8pCSPe7-1280-80.jpg[/img] "Every animation was captured frame-by-frame using real sets, hand-crafted props, and a physical wooden mouse."

Jul 24

Primal Planet is my favorite new metroidvania because it has friendly dinosaurs, gorgeous pixel art, and you can hug your wife

PC Gamer - shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N3xn9HgFGYVV3bMSvYyyxX-1280-80.jpg[/img] It also has alien robots.

Jul 24

Its demo only took me 10 minutes, but this claymation picture book puzzle game inspired by medieval alchemy is one to watch out for

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

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TpRPBCYWh5ttpBhGWqqs2L-1280-80.jpg[/img] Wait, you've got *all* the living things in there?

Jul 23

7 years on, CliffyB is 'still bitter' about people gravedancing when his studio Boss Key failed: 'It was amazing at first and then, well, it broke me for a good long while'

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

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pa44xNnUaFnUN4ooqW6KcL-1280-80.jpg[/img] The storied developer isn't eager to jump back into game development.

Jul 23

At long last and 'with gracious permission from Valve,' Garry's Mod now contains 'most of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2 Episodic content' even if you don't own those games

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

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rafeyGheTmbWQStA5zdvhg-1280-80.jpg[/img] Players should no longer see pink checkerboards or giant ERROR models when they "play on community maps that expect you to have this content."

Jul 23

Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees after a 'redundancy consultation process', delays Directive 8020 to 2026

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/smVAHRsUZpMudUacGYhWuC-1280-80.jpg[/img] "We anticipate losing" is a funny way to say "we're laying off".

Jul 23

Monster Hunter Wilds Flamefete event brings back five months-worth of time-gated event quest cosmetics for the next two weeks—including my favorite cursed giant cat head

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EE273VfBsGaUNEwiaoKwk5-1280-80.jpg[/img] You can collect any event quest rewards you're missing, including some from Blossomdance.

Jul 23

ESO devs at ZeniMax reel from Microsoft's 'hollow' layoff emails, with some wondering how a 'carcass of workers' is 'supposed to keep shipping award-winning games'

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ehgFZpPLm5EqXVV8NBnbnL-1280-80.jpeg[/img] "I don't care how many times they do it to try and make it seem normal—it's not."

Jul 22

Guy with 35,000 hours in Ark: Survival Evolved gives it a negative Steam review: 'How do I get a refund!!'

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

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3VswRv3QVxgYr5Bmnhgs4-1280-80.jpg[/img] "You had something great. Hope you don't choke on your GREED!!!"