How To Defeat The Mourner In Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The bridges were burned, now it’s their time to cry. Once we show you how to tackle their palace, that is

Final Destination: Bloodlines directors say IMAX viewers will get a version no one else will ever see

It’s been nearly 15 years since Final Destination 5, the most recent installment in the horror-movie franchise where someone responds to a premonition about deadly disaster by saving the victims, who death then jealously pursues in the order they should …

Helldivers 2 dev says it’s starting work on next game, but won’t abandon Helldivers

Arrowhead Games Studios CEO Shams Jorjani wants to ensure Helldivers 2 players know that, while the studio has “some really cool concepts” for its next game, it won’t be abandoning Helldivers 2 anytime soon. As spotted by VG247, Jorjani messaged Helldive…

Civil war breaks out in Helldivers 2 as players spawn dozens of mechs to crash each other's games

Moderators of the Helldivers subreddit have threatened to ban players for showing off the game-breaking technique.

Nintendo’s redesign of Diddy Kong is so much better

Just like Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong is getting a minor makeover as Nintendo moves into the next generation. And like the elder DK, Diddy will look a bit more like his The Super Mario Bros. Movie counterpart, with the addition of… teeth. A poster on the Fam…

Netflix's Gears Of War Movie Eyes John Wick Co-Director

David Leitch is reportedly in talks to direct the live-action Gears of War movie for Netflix.

Hideo Kojima wishes Death Stranding 2 playtesters found him ‘a bit more controversial’

Hideo Kojima, known for his unconventional approach to game design, does not seem to believe in crowd-pleasers. Despite that, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach might become a mainstream hit. VGC reported that in a recent interview with Edge Magazine Kojima…

Dear Andor, thank you for not fridging Bix

From the beginning of season 2 of Andor, I was angry on behalf of Bix Caleen. Adria Arjona’s character on the show spent a lot of the season getting what fans of reality competition shows lovingly call “the loser edit,” where every time the series c…

The best episodes of Love, Death & Robots Volume 4 ranked

In 2019, Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller launched Love, Death & Robots, an animated Netflix anthology series serving as a showcase for Miller’s own Blur Studio, along with other animators. The series has won a Primetime Emmy fo…

GTA 5 Has Sold An Absolutely Absurd Amount Of Copies In The Last Three Months

Parent company Take-Two Interactive confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V has sold a staggering five million copies in the past three months.

EA Announces Full Return To Office, Effectively Ending Remote Work

Employees were reportedly told that "offsite local roles" will be gradually phased out.

Jade Raymond Leaves Fairgame$ Studio, Game Now Delayed To Spring 2026

The founder and head of Haven Studios has left the company, reportedly following concerns from developers over PlayStation's upcoming live-service title.

No, Your Steam Data Was Not Leaked, Valve Confirms

None of your Steam information leaked, although your phone number might have.

Dark Horse's Stunning Lovecraft Manga Adaptations Are Steeply Discounted

The deals include a 50% price cut on At the Mountains of Madness Deluxe Edition, a beautiful, 626-page hardcover book.

Mario Kart World's New Unexpected Feature: Binoculars

Why binoculars? The better to see Mario with, my dear.

A deep dive on Kingdom Hearts 4’s new screenshots

After Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link was canceled earlier this week, fans joked that within it was the most information we’ve gotten on the development of Kingdom Hearts 4 since it was revealed in an announcement trailer three years ago. Square Enix said i…

Murderbot showrunners say they nailed the books’ tricky tone by ignoring it

As a fan of Martha Wells’ award-winning, popular Murderbot Diaries book series, I’ve been dubious about Apple TV Plus’ TV adaptation Murderbot from the beginning. In part, those books are so beloved because they ride such a specific, unusual, entertainin…

Hideo Kojima Reveals He Has A 'USB Stick Of Game Ideas' For His Studio To Use After He Dies

Kojima opened up about how falling "seriously ill" during the pandemic caused him to re-evaluate his career ambitions.

Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games Of All Time

These games have sold a few copies…

Helldivers Dev Self-Funding Next Game, PlayStation Not Involved

Sony and Arrowhead had a successful partnership for Helldivers, but all things come to an end eventually.

Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Game Plus, Photo Mode, And More

Obsidian has a lot planned for Avowed between now and the end of the year.

Locke & Key Keyhouse Comic Compendium Gets Massive Limited-Time Discount

Pick up all six volumes of Joe Hill's superb comic book series in one 976-page hardcover tome at Amazon.

Take-Two Feels 'Reasonably Confident' It Won't Be Affected by Tariff Changes

We've been writing a lot lately about the ways in which the ongoing tariff chaos in the United States might impact the games industry, from consoles to accessories to software. And yet, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick seemed relatively unphased by the idea …

Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune Is a Love Letter to Hondo Ohnaka

Take-Two CEO Has 'Great Optimism' for Nintendo Switch 2

We're less than a month away from the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and amid all the turmoil around pricing, tariffs, game key cards, and what-have-you, one third-party publisher says it's feeling pretty good about about the console: Take-Two Interact…

Shadow Labyrinth’s Weird Metroidvania Take on Pac-Man…Actually Works!

On paper, Shadow Labyrinth should not work. Pac-Man as a dark sci-fi metroidvania where he turns into a giant mech and shoots lasers out of his mouth? What?! But somehow, it totally works. Check out our hands-on impressions of this wild take on one of ga…

Take-Two CEO Says 'Delays Pain Me — How Could They Not?' but Insists GTA 6's New 2026 Release Date Was About Making Sure Rockstar Achieves Its Creative Vision 'With No Limitations'

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick tells IGN that "delays pain me — how could they not?" but has insisted that GTA 6's new 2026 release date was about making sure Rockstar achieves its creative vision "with no limitations."

GTA 6 Development Began 'In Earnest' in 2020 Following the 'Massive Success' of Red Dead Redemption 2, Take-Two Says

Development on GTA 6 began “in earnest” in 2020 following the "massive" success of Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar parent company Take-Two has said.

This Retired R2-D2 LEGO Set Is Still Available and Discounted at Amazon

11 Board Games Like Dungeons & Dragons Worth Playing in 2025

If you like Dungeons & Dragons but want to play something a little more straightforward, we have you covered with a bunch of awesome tabletop games.

Our Big Nintendo San Francisco Interview with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser

IGN interviewed Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser to discuss the opening of Nintendo San Francisco, which is Nintendo's first public retail store on the West Coast. We also asked Bowser about Switch 2's price, if Nintendo can meet demand in the U…

Avowed Update 1.4 Patch Notes Include Arachnaphobia Mode and 2025 Post-Launch Roadmap

Obsidian Entertainment has released a 2025 post-launch roadmap for Avowed alongside patch notes for its 1.4 update.

Blue Protocol Gets a Pseudo-Revival in Star Resonance Later This Year

Blue Protocol may have been shut down last year, but it lives on in a new form now with Blue Protocol: Star Resonance. Publisher A Plus unveiled the new MMORPG today, and it's set for launch sometime in 2025.

Persona5: The Phantom X Brings the Phantom Thieves to PC and Mobile Devices Next Month

Atlus has revealed its free-to-play spinoff, Persona5: The Phantom X, is coming to PC and mobile devices June 26, 2025.

How to Play the Doom Games in Chronological Order

Where does Doom: The Dark Ages fit in the timeline?

Doom: The Dark Ages Is Out Today, and Already on Sale for Xbox and PC

Doom: The Dark Ages has already received a little discount for PC at Fanatical and GMG and at Newegg for an Xbox digital code.

Unofficial Dating App For Smash Bros. Players Gets Cease-and-Desist

Smash Together, an unofficial dating app started up for like-minded Smash Bros. players to meet and mingle, has claimed it has received a cease-and-desist letter just before its open beta.

Guilty Gear Developer Arc System Works Addresses Data Leak — Here’s What We Know So Far, Including Potential Info About Nintendo Switch 2 Carts

Last Saturday, Dexerto broke the story that Japanese developer Arc System Works was hacked, with data allegedly being leaked about Switch 2 game formats, Guilty Gear Strive, and the company’s in-development games.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Brushes With Death Review

The first DLC expansion is a bit threadbare compared to what came before.

Baldur's Gate 3 Minis From WizKids Are Here, and They Aren't Leaving the Best Impression

The cast of Baldur's Gate 3 has been transformed into pre-painted miniatures by Wizkids. But the new mini's don't seem to be landing for everyone, as even one Baldur's Gate 3 developer took to social media to express frustration with the new figures.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Patch 1.3 Adds Horse Racing To Henry's Medieval Experience

The new sport comes alongside dozens of fixes across the entire game.

Diablo 4's Most Recent Balance Patch Secretly Added A Great Quality-Of-Life Feature

It wasn't originally in the patch notes, but it's going to save players a lot of time.

Sony Releases New Flagship Headphones - Meet The WH-1000XM6

The Sony XM6 Headphones bring back the foldable design of the XM4 while improving their noise-cancelling skills.

Hunger Is a Multiplayer First-Person RPG That Uses an Extraction Loop but Isn’t Defined by It

Two things about Hunger piqued my interest immediately: its visual aesthetic and its actual visuals. Game director Maximilian Rea described Hunger’s look as “Renaissance gothic,” which seems like a fair way to sum it up. Hunger mixes first-gen firearms w…

Deals For Today: Fresh MTG Final Fantasy Preorders On Sealed And Single Cards

Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy preorders are live again for sealed sets and singles. Plus, save 23% on the Xbox Velocity Green Controller at Amazon as of May 15, 2025.

God Of War Kratos Plush With Textured Beard Is 50% Off At Amazon

PlayStation fans can also save big on the official Atreus action figure as well as multiple Horizon Forbidden West collectibles.

People Are Ready And Willing To Pay $80 Or More For Games, Analyst Says

Despite what you might read online, data shows that people will pay more.

Elden Ring: Nightreign - We Tried The Ironeye And Raider

Jake and Tam got to check out two new classes in Elden Ring: Nightreign and fight a new boss.

Where to Stream Every Mission Impossible Movie Online in 2025

Our up-to-date streaming guide on how to watch all of the Mission Impossible movies online in 2025.

The Pokémon Fossil Museum Is Bringing Real and Fake Pokémon Fossils to the U.S. Next Year

The Pokémon Company has confirmed the Pokémon Fossil Museum is coming to North America in May 2026.

Man Arrested After $300,000+ Worth of Stolen Pokémon Cards Discovered During Raid — Police Joke: 'Gotta Catch 'Em All'

A man in the UK has been arrested after police discovered he was harboring a cache of stolen Pokémon cards worth £250,000 (approx. $332,500). Announcing the arrest, local police joked: "Gotta catch 'Em All."

Here Are Three New Cards From The Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy Collaboration

We have an exclusive look at three of the 64 cards in the series' special Through the Ages bonus sheet.

Helldivers 2 'Is Our Main Focus and Will Be for a Loooong Time,' Arrowhead Boss Insists: 'As Long as You Keep Playing and Buying Super Credits We Can Keep It Going'

Helldivers 2 "is our main focus and will be for a loooong time," the CEO of developer Arrowhead has insisted, adding: "as long as you folks keep playing and buying Super Credits we can keep it going."

Black Ops 6 Adds New DLC That Supports Military Veterans, Includes Operators Based On Real Soldiers

The newest DLC bundle supports the Call of Duty Endowment.

We Tried WoW's Player Housing, And The Possibilities Already Feel Endless

Even just a few hours was enough to show the power of WoW's upcoming housing-decoration systems, which Blizzard plans on expanding for years to come.

Avowed lets you replace spiders with orbs in the first of its major updates coming this year

A photo mode is coming before the end of the year too.

Artist accuses Bungie of stealing her designs for Marathon's art: 'I am tired of designers from huge companies moodboarding and parasitising my designs while I struggle to make a living'

It's less than a year since Bungie last admitted to using an artist's work without permission.

After hearing the king of funny Elder Scrolls clips explain how Oblivion NPCs work, I have a newfound respect for elves who steal food when they're hungry and husbands who fight their wives' dogs

Fallout 3, 4, and Skyrim's AI systems all had fewer variables than Oblivion's.

Dune: Awakening beta players extracted nearly 9 million liters of blood last weekend, enough to fill 3 Olympic-size, extremely gross swimming pools

Meanwhile, 107,000 players passed through Shai-Hulud's digestive system.

Stellar Blade comes to PC next month with new armor to cover up Eve's woefully exposed ears

She can't hear us, she's got ear armor on.

A year after Bandai Namco killed its anime MMO, Blue Protocol is getting a second, different anime MMO in the same universe

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is like Blue Protocol, but different. But similar!

Today's Wordle is the 5th toughest ever, ending streaks for 50% of players

It took pretty much everyone at PC Gamer all of our guesses to get it.

YouTube's top brains crack making its ads even worse: Using AI to insert commercials at moments you're 'most engaged' with its videos

I love the future.

With its 1.6 update, Star Wars Outlaws has finally fixed its janky as hell speeder combat

Yet another suite of improvements has dropped in time for the release of the A Pirate's Fortune DLC.

The Asus tool PC gamers use to update drivers, fix bugs, and improve security, turns out to have a bit of a security issue itself

Bug hunting.

With hardware prices in cloud cuckoo land, now's the time to love the rig you're with. And here's how to make that PC love last

It's far too expensive to be replacing bricked PC parts right now, so here's how I'm making sure my rig stays healthy in these trying times.

Incredible news: Stalker 2 fixes corpse-eating and sausage blood in big ol' patch which also gives enemies less of a death wish

No more sniping with shotguns or infini-grenades, a lot more cover-taking.

US senator introduces online porn ban proposal to 'safeguard American families', making a tired old 'won't somebody think of the children' argument familiar in videogames

Senator Lee says the new definition is "for the internet age so this content can be taken down and its peddlers prosecuted."

Nvidia might launch a GeForce RTX 5080 Super/Ti with 24 GB of VRAM sooner than we thought

Before year's end? I suppose we'll see.

GTA 5 Enhanced may have 'Mixed' reviews on Steam, but the update has opened new doors for modders pushing the boundaries of reality in a sandbox now over 10 years old: 'We have an amazing opportunity

GTA Enhanced on PC has helped the NaturalVision project hit new and incredible heights

Turns out, Super Mario 64 can trap you in a menu for 2.25 years—as long as you wait that long beforehand: 'This is a fair punishment'

Star-ting to run out of patience.

Critical Role's Matt Mercer and Laura Bailey are hosting this year's Future Games Show summer event

Strap in, it's going to be a good one.