Here's that noir thriller built in the original Half-Life engine you asked for PC Gamer 11 janvier 2026 à 16:00 Blast your way through the neon-drenched city of Prava as you aim to take down its most dangerous gangster.
The Witcher 3's former lead quest designer says 'of course' there is romance in upcoming vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker: 'You can expect to build relationships with characters' PC Gamer 11 janvier 2026 à 15:00 Love bite.
Former Assassin's Creed director doesn't think the current way of making big budget games is 'tenable': 'I think the future lies in smaller teams' PC Gamer 11 janvier 2026 à 14:00 "There's this theory that says that whenever humans create something that surpasses a hundred people, it completely changes the dynamic of it."
Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources PC Gamer 11 janvier 2026 à 13:00 "You could, for example, attempt to monopolise Iron Slabs by hiring all Merchants on routes that export them."
After Netflix pulled the rug from under Monument Valley 3 six months after launch, its developer says it's a 'PC first' studio: 'we can build more direct relationships with our audience and community' PC Gamer 11 janvier 2026 à 03:54 Ustwo is also the studio behind Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Assemble With Care, and Desta: The Memories Between.
Divinity: Original Sin 2's brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I'm bummed we'll apparently never see it again PC Gamer Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) 11 janvier 2026 à 01:04 Sic transit gloria mundi.
Original Fallout lead Tim Cain reckons vitriol around games has always been around, but it's 'more hostile' these days: 'I see lot of people arguing past each other, even if that means denying that the other group even exists' PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 23:34 "People have always had different tastes and they wanted different things."
'Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't': Valve gives a box of sweets to Steam's biggest breadwinners every year, and Peak's devs finally got one after years of jealously watching their Slay the Spire office mates enjoy GabeN confections PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 23:29 It's okay, they finally got it.
Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: 'We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats' PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 20:49 The curious case of Fathom, Deadlock's missing best boy.
Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts PC Gamer Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) 10 janvier 2026 à 19:48 My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards.
'I can finally do the thing I wanted to do in every previous game': Divinity's head of design teases a new mechanic without saying what it is PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 17:53 "It stares you right in the face if you think about it."
If you've got a spare 200 hours, the massively ambitious sci-fi grand strategy from the creators of X-COM: The Long War just launched out of early access PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 16:00 Terra Invicta aims to be the last word in preparing Earth for alien invasion.
Valorant's latest update adds a new pistol to spice up early rounds, as Riot plans to take 'a holistic look' at the shooter's arsenal through 2026 PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 15:00 Riot wants to continue "putting the emphasis back on gunplay".
If for some reason you can't get enough of Stranger Things' Vecna, you can now play as him in Dead by Daylight's latest crossover PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 14:00 Behaviour Interactive's second collab with Netflix lets you play as the series' fleshy villain.
A classic space sim conceived by Star Citizen's creator just got an unofficial sequel after 15 years of development: 'The project was based on the crazy idea that Microsoft "axed" Chris Roberts' Freelancer' PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 13:00 Freelancer: The Nomad Legacy is available now.
Luto is an underappreciated 2025 horror gem with the perfect mixture of Stanley Parable narration and P.T. ambience PC Gamer 10 janvier 2026 à 01:05 The horrors of being held hostage by your own home.
Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer hopes we won't want to save scum in Divinity: 'Our ambition is certainly to make failure more interesting' PC Gamer Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) 9 janvier 2026 à 23:32 F5 + F8, save scummers say "great" / Overwriting autosave, scummers behave!
Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games PC Gamer 9 janvier 2026 à 23:17 Valve's futuristic MOBA has been figuring itself out on the fly, and I kind of prefer that to a carefully considered roadmap.
Baldur's Gate 3 composer Borislav 'Bobby' Slavov is coming back for Divinity: 'We wouldn't be able to stop him even if we wanted to' PC Gamer Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) 9 janvier 2026 à 23:05 Slavov's return was confirmed, twice, during today's AMA.
Arc Raiders player ranks 30 common outfits by how likely they are to shoot you in the back, and I have to admit it's right on the money PC Gamer Par :morgan.park@futurenet.com (Morgan Park) 9 janvier 2026 à 23:02 And not just because my go-to outfit is in the nicest tier.
Competitive demon slaying is about to take over Diablo 4 as its next update finally adds official leaderboards PC Gamer 9 janvier 2026 à 22:24 Get your builds ready.
Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again PC Gamer Par :lauren@pcgamer.com (Lauren Morton) 9 janvier 2026 à 21:49 Here we are again trying to divine the future of The Sims from an announcement about the future of The Sims.
Divinity's reveal trailer was brutal and dark for a reason, Larian's writing director says: 'We want to give players the opportunity to be the light in that darkness' PC Gamer Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) 9 janvier 2026 à 21:41 But not in the way that those dudes who got burned alive in the trailer were lighting up the darkness, I suppose.
It's not the news we wanted but it's what we expected: EA has finally admitted Project Rene is a 'mobile-first' game PC Gamer Par :lauren@pcgamer.com (Lauren Morton) 9 janvier 2026 à 21:40 After over a year of leaks, getting some answers about the future of the series is better than more silence.