Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

15 avril 2025 à 03:36

To justify Medicaid cuts, House Speaker Mike Johnson says the healthcare program leads to "able-bodied young men" playing videogames instead of working.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference on April 12, 2024.

Balatro's publisher beat gold stakes and the Jokerless challenge so quickly it even surprised LocalThunk: 'How did you do this so fast?'

PC Gamer

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

15 avril 2025 à 02:21

"I sent him the video of the score, going, like, screw you. Yeah, I got it!" said Playstack's Wout van Halderen.

The jester from Balatro, portrayed in unsettling detail in real life, wears an uncanny smile and stares at the viewer.

My biggest pleasant surprise of 2025 so far has been the free prequel to one of my favorite indie RPGs, made with FromSoft's 25-year-old game making toolset

PC Gamer

Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

15 avril 2025 à 00:40

It's maybe not the best introduction to Lunacid, but Tears of the Moon is already one of my top games of 2025.

Key art of the videogame Lunacid, showing a pale, long haired knight in purple armor contemplating a purple, flaming sword surrounded by the different phases of the moon.

'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

PC Gamer

Par :tyler@pcgamer.com (Tyler Wilde)

15 avril 2025 à 00:23

Our champion Steam spender has dropped a new car's worth of cash into Gabe's yacht fund.

White House claims 'the Trump Effect in action' as Nvidia announces plans to build AI chips and supercomputers in the US

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

15 avril 2025 à 00:09

Is it, though?

INDONESIA - 2025/03/26: In this photo illustration the Nvidia logo is shown on a mobilephone screen against a computer screen displaying the Flag of America, as the company develops its AI systems. (Photo Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Former Concord dev says 'it was gut wrenching to see our project fail' but urges players not to judge Marathon too soon: 'To call this game a failure before it’s even out is wild to me'

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

14 avril 2025 à 23:40

The long-awaited reveal of Marathon over the weekend has drawn comparisons to the online service shooter which Sony shut down last October.

The latest Stalker 2 roadmap includes modding improvements, more A-life updates, and letting mutants eat corpses

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 22:57

Pseudodog's gotta eat.

Overwatch 2's Stadium mode gameplay trailer somehow looks even more chaotic with whole team nano boosts, multi orbs, and a mini B.O.B.

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 21:44

Small but mighty.

Star Wars Zero Company, the XCOM-like tactics game being made by ex-Firaxis devs, will be revealed this weekend

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

14 avril 2025 à 20:48

Until then, here's a look at the crew.

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 release date and expected time

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 20:14

Counting down the hours until the new subclasses and photo mode.

Baldur's Gate 3 - Astarion bows mockingly to the player

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Alice In Wonderland update is dropping next week, but I'm mostly excited about 'uncrafting' things

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 19:41

It's time to fall down the rabbit hole.

Alice in Wonderland Disney Dreamlight Valley update

How Bethesda turned the radioactive lemon that was Fallout 76 into endless lemonade: 'It taught me a lot, as pain does'

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 18:39

Almost hell, West Virginia.

Don't delete that mysterious 'inetpub' Windows folder, says Microsoft, as it's supposedly important for system security

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 18:33

Now sit down and eat your dinner, and stop touching things.

If you thought USB naming was nonsense, allow this professional furry engineer to explain the total nightmare that is the underlying hardware complexity of USB-C

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 18:32

Oh, and it's all Apple's fault. Well, possibly...

Warner Bros suits confirm A Minecraft Movie will be getting a sequel: 'The ink might not be dry… but imminently'

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 18:18

"It was a complete win for everyone involved."

A Minecraft movie promo image of the main cast standing side by side,

App promising a universal shopping experience automated with AI actually used a small army of human workers in the Philippines and Romania instead

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 17:37

The power of a button or in this instance, several hundred people pressing other buttons.

An image of a person lying on a couch, buying clothing on a phone shopping app

These are my favorite earbuds for under $100 and they're now on sale for even cheaper

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 17:35

I've just spent a few weeks trying these out and I can't get enough.

EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds on a blue background

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 is among its biggest, holding 48 pages (approx. 19,000-20,000 words) of patch notes in its vast and bountiful form

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 17:32

Goodbye, free time. I hardly knew ye.

A Dark Urge character with the default Dragonborn appearance posing dramatically, presumably after having done an evil deed.

EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds review

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 17:27

You can't have it all for under $100, but the Air Pro 4 earbuds show you can get quite close.

EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds in-case and in-hand

'Delete all IP law' says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey: 'Creativity is what currently separates us, and the current system is limiting that'

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 17:26

"I agree," notes Musk, kinda saying the quiet part out loud.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 04: Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The crypto conference is expected to draw 50,000 people and runs from Friday, June 4 through June 6th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

'Trust continues to be tampered with': A thread about SBMM in the upcoming Battlefield game is the final straw as an EA community manager lets loose on leakers

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 16:52

"It's only official when we share it."

The first leaked GPU specs for AMD's RX 9060 XT appear and it's pretty much an RX 9070 XT chopped in two

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 16:23

Named and specced to meet Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti head-on.

User reports melted power cable on an RTX 5070 and now we're wondering if any RTX 50-series GPU is safe

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 15:32

That melted cable looks awfully familiar...

Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics card from various angles

Date Everything, the dating sim where your whole house becomes dateable, finally has a release date

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 15:28

Which object will you go for?

Cast of Date Everything sat around a living room

'EA always preferred Mass Effect, straight up': Dragon Age creator reveals that his and Mass Effect's team 'didn't get along' at BioWare, as EA played favourites with its children

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 15:21

Two households, both alike in development (in fair BioWare, where we lay our scene).

The concept art for Mass Effect's legendary edition in a stand-off with The Queen of Swords tarot from Dragon Age.

Best Schedule 1 barn setup and layout

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 14:57

Grow the barn into a massive, automated base of operations.

Schedule 1 barn setup - A view of the barn from outside during the day, with the door open.

I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 14:33

A beast of a board, but holy moly that price.

The Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme motherboard on a blue gradient background

MSI will switch to AMD chips for its high-end Claw handheld PC if the rumour mill is to be believed

PC Gamer

14 avril 2025 à 14:04

The current version uses an Intel Lunar Lake chip, which is potent but pricey.

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ held in the hand, playing Dead Cells on the 8-inch screen.

After 6 years of hype, can Hollow Knight: Silksong really live up to the sky-high expectations?

PC Gamer

Par :robin.valentine@futurenet.com (Robin Valentine)

14 avril 2025 à 13:12

As the community grows increasingly rabid, I'm left wondering what players are actually expecting the game to be when it (hopefully) launches later this year.