I know Fallout is the big topic of conversation when it comes to Bethesda these days, but let’s pull our eyes away from that flickering Radiation King and focus on The Elder Scrolls for a moment. It’ll be quite a while before we see The Elder Scrolls 6, but in the meantime we’ve been eagerly […]
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Starfield came out seven months ago and many of us are yet to heal from the discourse. Bethesda’s “dream game” was a polarising thing, earning plaudits from some quarters and a more ambivalent response from others (including, ah, us). But seven months is a lot of time for reflection, and Bethesda boss Todd Howard reckons […]
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Cyberpunk 2077’s triumphant DLC, Phantom Liberty, added some fun bosses to the game—including a giant enemy (mecha) crab robot… thing. I guess it’s more of a beetle really, being a hexapod. The Chimera 0005-C M is a Militech monster that sweeps the area with a deadly laser, though you can snag its core and get […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Baldur’s Gate 3 did well—winning just about every major Game of the Year award, starting industry-wide conversations about the quality of videogames, and getting one of our highest-ever review scores. It’s also done remarkably well as a licensing deal for Hasbro, which owns Wizards of […]
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If we keep bugging Todd Howard about Fallout: New Vegas, I wonder if he’ll get so irritated that he eventually turns against the game for real? For now, at least, the Bethesda Game Studios director has reiterated that he likes New Vegas, the 2010 Fallout spin-off developed by Obsidian, and also likes Obsidian, and also […]
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In January, Blizzard had to drop a late-night emergency patch to turn Diablo 4 season 3 around. Within a day of launch, players decided the robot spider companion was useless and that dodging traps in the new vault dungeons wasn’t worth the headache. Blizzard quickly boosted the strength of the pet and streamlined vaults, making […]
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I’m not exaggerating when I say that almost everything you know about Diablo 4 is about to change. I played with most of what’s coming alongside season 4 last month on a playtest server and, like many others, am now counting down the days until the real thing goes live on May 14. Diablo 4 […]
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The most powerful items in Diablo 4 drop off of its endgame bosses. But ever since those bosses were introduced in season 2, solo players have had to put in way more effort than those playing in a group to access them. That’s going to change soon, associate game director Joe Piepiora told PC Gamer […]
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It doesn’t take a Diablo 4 expert to look at all the weapons barbarians carry around and wonder what the other classes are doing only using one or two. Barbarians are Diablo 4’s strongest class by far and it mostly comes down to the fact that, in a game about powerful items, they get to […]
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The Fallout franchise is beloved for a lot of good reasons—it’s got a timeless aesthetic, nukes are cool to look at when they aren’t melting your flesh off, and the blend of post-apocalyptic Americana with radiation that’s borderline indistinguishable from magic is pretty appealing. It’s also never really moved outside of its country of origin, […]
Read MoreAI has had a pretty controversial role across the gaming industry as of the past couple of years including—but certainly not limited to—designing NPCs. Recently, Ubisoft debuted uncanny AI-powered “neo NPCs”, and to say I’m sceptical of the tech’s actual uses is an understatement. Streamer Blurbs, however, has finally gotten me on board with at […]
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We’ve been waiting for word on when Shattered Space, the first Starfield expansion, will arrive, and now we have it—or at least a somewhat narrower release window. During an interview with Kinda Funny Games today, Todd Howard revealed that the big add-on is expected to be out this fall. Howard mentioned the detail in a […]
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In a week where Escape from Tarkov dev Battlestate Games functionally pressed the self-destruct button on years of success and community goodwill with an insulting $250 package for an unfinished game, it’s hard to imagine there being competition for the most unnecessary self-own in the industry. And yet: Bethesda Game Studios, riding high on a […]
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Amid the positive reception and general hype for the series created by Amazon’s excellent Fallout series, Bethesda did the most Bethesda thing it possibly could have done. As players rushed back to the various games in the series, Bethesda released a major “next gen” update for Fallout 4, arguably the best entry point for new […]
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I stopped playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 because it was too janky for me, and I’m saying that as someone who plays Bethesda RPGs. If you’re still into Capcom’s camp-em-up, you might be interested in this mod, which enables a path-tracing setting normally hidden from players. The effect is startling as it doesn’t just make the […]
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I stopped playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 because it was too janky for me, and I’m saying that as someone who plays Bethesda RPGs. If you’re still into Capcom’s camp-em-up, you might be interested in this mod, which enables a path-tracing setting normally hidden from players. The effect is startling as it doesn’t just make the […]
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So in a post-Fallout show bout of Uranium Fever you’ve played all the Fallout games: the post-Bethesda stuff, the 2D entries, Tactics, hell, you even booted up the PS2/Xbox spinoff Brotherhood of Steel before good sense overtook you. If you still crave more, there’s always the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game to sate you, and Humble’s […]
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A Baldur’s Gate 3 fan artist with the handle XunHe1145 has revealed a planned Stardew Valley – Baldur’s Gate 3 crossover mod to be made in collaboration with other artists. Baldur’s Village will feature Stardew versions of some of BG3’s companions in a new little town, complete with custom art and dialogue. Off the jump, […]
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Fallout 4’s next-gen update has been an unmitigated disaster on PC: in exchange for practically no improvements, many non-Creation Club (read: paid) mods for the game have been rendered unusable until the community at large or individual mod authors come up with a fix. If you already have the game on GOG, though, you’re in […]
Read MoreAfter six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]
Read MoreAfter six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]
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Greetings, fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. What if I was to tell you that Larian has launched a new massive RPG that you can play right now? Sure, it may be a bit pricier than you expect, and involve more little bits of card… Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game […]
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The Yo-kai Watch event has made a return to FF14, letting players grab weapon glams, mounts, and a terribly cursed dog. It’s a fun excuse to run around the overworld and complete FATEs, which are public group quests that spawn regularly in most zones—but there’s a wrinkle to the good times: the feared Blue Mage. […]
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Elden Ring hype at PCG has exploded as of late thanks to the dramatic Shadow of the Erdtree reveal, with multiple team members jumping back into the dark action-RPG masterpiece in preparation to once more do deadly battle with fearsome beasts and bosses. Of all of Elden Ring’s bosses, big bad demigod uber boss Malenia […]
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Fallout 4‘s long promised next gen (really current gen) update is finally here after a two-year wait since its initial announcement, but it’s not a winner on PC. We anticipated there would be the usual issues with mod compatibility (see the Fallout London devs delaying their highly anticipated project), but PC players aren’t getting much […]
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Fallout 4‘s long promised next gen (really current gen) update is finally here after a two-year wait since its initial announcement, but it’s not a winner on PC. We anticipated there would be the usual issues with mod compatibility (see the Fallout London devs delaying their highly anticipated project), but PC players aren’t getting much […]
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Lords of the Fallen’s final update, version 1.5, gives it what every good action RPG must have: a randomizer mode for the sickos who thrive in the chaos of unpredictable enemies and loot. A list of new options to modify the normal structure of the game will now be available when you’ve completed it. You […]
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Ah, so you watched the Fallout show and caught the Bethesda bug too. Instead of starting another Fallout 4 playthrough like half of my friends list, I’ve opted to give Fallout 76 a fair shake after noping out of it six years ago. If you’re doing the same, then you’ll notice a lot has changed. […]
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No Rest for the Wicked, the action RPG from Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios, launched into early access on Steam last week, and it’s really quite good. Not everyone is entirely taken with it, though: An awful lot of negative reviews flowed in immediately after release, complaining about a raft of issues […]
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Naoki Yoshida, also known as Yoshi-P, is the producer of both the (critically-acclaimed) MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 as well as Final Fantasy 16, which is still yet to come to PC. In terms of tone, FF14 is a celebratory grab-bag of Final Fantasy stories, whereas 16 (from what I’ve seen) hangs its hat far more […]
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In Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, it’s generally considered polite to check in with the DM before you build a character around summoning creatures—this is because the rules system doesn’t exactly handle large swarms of enemies well, needing you to laboriously roll through each of your minion’s turns one by one. Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t […]
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