'I want you to have the confidence to give it a try': Elden Ring Nightreign's combat director politely tells you to git gud, says he's beat all the game's bosses, solo, without relics

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 12:39

I dunno if "confidence" is the word I'd use to describe how I feel.

Elden Ring Nightreign merchant locations: The Priestess looking to the side from under her white cloak and hood.

TSMC boss claims the chipmaker doesn't need to pick winners to work with, just wait patiently 'because they will all come to us in the end'

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 11:58

If you build it, they will come.

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. logo atop a building at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. TSMC is scheduled to release earnings results on Oct. 19.

The UK House of Lords denies the government's AI bill for 'state sanctioned theft' of copyrighted data for the fourth time

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 11:42

The UK and US governments seem aligned on letting AI do whatever it wants.

Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court.

Spooky friend-time ghost-em-up Phasmophobia is the next videogame to get the movie treatment

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 07:00

Who you gonna call?

Phasmophobia character posing for camera

The new Arctis Nova 3 looks like SteelSeries is min-maxing the midranged headset with both hardware and software

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 06:32

The lavendar and aqua colourways are also really nice to see as a standard option.

Today's Wordle answer for Wednesday, June 4

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 05:00

Today's Wordle: Help with the daily puzzle.

Remedy announces very friendly minimum specs for its co-op Control spinoff, FBC: FIrebreak. You only need a GTX 1070 for 1080 60 FPS play.

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 04:52

The hardware you need to not set your PC on fire.

The furnace ventilation area with fires breaking out in FBC: Firebreak.

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon review

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 04:52

A unique spin on Arthurian legend with bold world design.

Sir Galahad in his ornate, blood-spattered armor

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma review

PC Gamer

4 juin 2025 à 01:44

Guardians of Azuma makes good on the time you spend rebuilding the world and finding your place in it.

MindsEye is set to launch next week, so it's probably not great that the studio's chief financial officer and chief legal officer have both resigned

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

4 juin 2025 à 01:01

The MindsEye saga gets weirder.

The Witcher 4 tech demo has me hyped for a big budget open world for the first time in years—but not because of the Unreal graphics

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Par :lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)

4 juin 2025 à 00:29

Thank god, they're making open worlds with character again.

Ciri smiling in the Witcher 4 tech demo.

Old School Runescape private server development is paused 'indefinitely' as Jagex says it has more important things to work on

PC Gamer

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

4 juin 2025 à 00:01

"There are other areas of the core Old School experience that deserve more attention right now."

A forester from Old School Runescape, contemplating life next to his pheasant friend on a green field.

The PC game releases we're most excited about in June

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 23:28

And this is the list before Geoff Keighley's big showcase.

Dune: Awakening spice-infused copper dust - A close-up shot of Zantara with a flying bat-like creature perched on his arm.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater: All the key details on the remake of a PS2 classic

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 23:17

The full intel report on Konami's return to Metal Gear.

Death Stranding 2: All the key details on the next game from Hideo Kojima

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 22:12

Your guide to understanding at least 10% of what's going on in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios cuts 'senior management positions' because after all the other layoffs, 'the company had a lot of senior management in relation to our current size'

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

3 juin 2025 à 22:00

Hi-Rez president Stewart Chisam said "the timing was finally right" for him to move on, while a handful of others are also being shown the door.

Here's when Dune: Awakening pre-loads and unlocks in your time zone

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Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

3 juin 2025 à 21:32

When you can begin preloading Dune: Awakening, and when the "head start" and full launch happens on Steam.

Players survey desert with a sandworm in the distance

Slay the Spire 2: all the key details on the beloved deckbuilder’s sequel

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 21:00

Here’s everything that’s on the cards for Slay the Spire 2.

Slay the Spire 2's new mystery character

RuneScape studio Jagex confirms layoffs 'to reduce complexity, increase agility, and ensure we are fully focused on the areas that matter most'

PC Gamer

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

3 juin 2025 à 21:00

Jagex said the cuts won't impact ongoing development of its game.

An adventurer readying their spectral axe in RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

This Russian fishing sim is bizarrely popular on Steam but players hate the monetisation, and to be fair it has a $2000 microtransaction

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 19:05

It's no Get Bass, but then what is.

Elden Ring Nightreign Night Aspect boss guide: How to beat Heolstor the Nightlord

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:54

Topple Heolstor the Nightlord in Night Aspect to crown yourself the victor.

Elden Ring Nightreign Heolstor - Priestess

Elden Ring: Nightreign bucks the extraction trend, but it would have been a better game if it hadn't

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:49

Escaping from Limveld with our loot might have helped mitigate Nightreign's frustrating randomisation and pointless events.

Elden Ring Nightreign - Nightfarers at the gate

This Final Fantasy Tactics-like RPG from former Octopath and Destiny devs lets you do the best thing a videogame can: Make a town look cooler while you rebuild it

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:46

Also vanquish your foes or something, I think.

A little witch hanging out in front of a sinister bat-skull thing.

The Witcher 4's leafy glory is all down to Epic's Nanite Foliage, and largely so is the fact it can run ray-traced at 60 fps on a lowly PS5

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:38

That level of performance on an aging console suggests good things for the PC version.

Nanite Foliage in The Witcher 4 tech demo

Dead Take is a first-person horror game out to expose 'the darkest secrets' of the entertainment industry: 'I want players to think, I can't believe they actually did this'

PC Gamer

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

3 juin 2025 à 18:04

The new game from Surgent Studios will be out later this year.

Peeking through a door at a freaky statue in Dead Take

The Elder Scrolls Online's subclassing feature shakes up the meta in its newest update, Seasons of the Worm Cult, as the devs set their sights on harder difficulties: 'It's in the works'

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:01

10 years on, and things are changing for The Elder Scrolls Online.

Three adventurers ride in on mounts to The Elder Scrolls Online's next update: Seasons of the Worm Cult.

The Edge of Fate will be the biggest change to Destiny 2 since it launched—an injection of fresh ideas, but also of ARPG grind

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:00

The launch of a new saga is bringing a massive shift to how Destiny 2 works.

Images and artwork from the Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate expansion

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate's new exotics include the most powerful primary weapon I've ever used and gloves that enable one of the coolest player-requested abilities

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 18:00

I tested the weird and wild new exotic weapons and armor coming with next month's expansion.

'In a very interesting way, it actually reduces the work': Destiny 2's director explains why reinventing the wheel with The Edge of Fate was actually the easier option

PC Gamer

Par :timothydclark@gmail.com (Tim Clark)

3 juin 2025 à 18:00

Tyson Green talks about being 'the fun police', creating meaningful rewards for solo players, and making a love letter to Super Metroid.

Unreal's MetaHuman Animator can generate surprisingly lifelike animation with just your phone and it's now integrated directly into Unreal Engine 5.6

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:54

Just look at the way the mouth moves as they speak.

A screenshot from State of Unreal 20205 showing off the MetaHuman Animate tool

The 'main goal' for Epic Games' new Unreal 5.6 engine is more performance on the PS5 and that should be good news for gaming on affordable PC hardware

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:53

A game designed to run fast on PS5 should absolutely fly on modest PC hardware.

Penguins confront Lovecraftian cosmic horror in the next game from the developers of Umurangi Generation

PC Gamer

Par :lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)

3 juin 2025 à 17:51

Oh dear.

A penguin stands near the corpse of a fallen antarctic explorer in Penguin Colony.

At just $23 the Razer DeathAdder Essential is virtually an impulse purchase, so surely it's time to replace your clattered old mouse

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:32

It's not exactly high-specced, but for $23? You could buy a pair and wear them as earrings.

The Razer DeathAdder Essential gaming mouse on a teal deals background

SteamDB changes might finally herald the end of a long wait for Silksong (again), though with SGF on the horizon, I think Team Cherry has the potential to do the funniest thing of all time

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:26

Deluded chanting: Shadow drop! Shadow drop!

Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong is seated, morose, on a bench.

After almost 18 years, Team Fortress 2 just had its toughest tournament ever, and there could be more to come

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:16

This Denver competition was one of the best showcases I've ever seen for the long-lived FPS.

A red Heavy from TF2 is beset by blue aggressors, including two Scouts draped upon him

Pick up enough Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 comics to keep you going until The Witcher 4 comes out for $24 with this digital bundle

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

3 juin 2025 à 17:06

It even includes the original Polish Witcher comics, translated into English.

Geralt, Eredin, and Ciri in The Witcher 3.

You won't have to rely on co-ordinates to track down your friends in Minecraft thanks to its upcoming drop

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:05

Minecraft keeps adding banger after banger in its newest update.

Two players in the cherry tree biome in Minecraft

How to watch the PC Gaming Show 2025

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 17:00

Featuring a much higher chance of us hurting ourselves with electronics than in previous years.

Elden Ring Nightreign has a BuzzFeed-like personality test to help you figure out which Nightfarer suits you best

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 16:50

The test essentially called me a coward.

A bird man character from Elden Ring reads a book in a library

Minecraft Chase the Skies drop: Everything you need to know about the next update

PC Gamer

3 juin 2025 à 16:47

Leave your head in the clouds with Minecraft's newest additions.

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