PC Gaming Show 2023 liveblog

HomeNews PC Gaming Show 2023 liveblogDunno what a “PC Gamer” is but it’s running a NotE3 event Dunno what a “PC Gamer” is but it’s running a NotE3 event Image credit:PC Gamer Image credit:PC Gamer Welcome to our PC Gaming Show liveblog, where we’ll be bringing you someextremelylive coverage of PC Gamer’s contribution to the currentNotE3/Summer Game Festproceedings. If it’s anything likelast year’s, the 2023 PC Gaming Show will be a breathless barrage of PC-focused game announcements, reveals, and trailers – and myself and Liam will be on hand to relay them all, one or two lines at a time....

June 11, 2023 · 25 min · 5318 words · Rebecca Nguyen

Race cars across alien planets in the follow-up to Exo One

HomeNews Race cars across alien planets in the follow-up to Exo OneExo Rally Championship looks gorgeous! Exo Rally Championship looks gorgeous! Image credit:Exbleative Image credit:Exbleative The gang behindExo One, a game about drinking in dramatic sci-fi vistas while flying and rolling a strange craft across alien planets, have announced a spin-off. It is not a spin-off I would have expected.Exo Rally Championshipis an off-road rally racing game where you’ll zoom across exoplanets in a six-wheeled car with manoeuvring thrusters....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 306 words · Anthony Neal

Sea Of Thieves finally makes the most obvious move ever with a Monkey Island crossover

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves finally makes the most obvious move ever with a Monkey Island crossoverA three-part Tall Tale expansion is coming in July A three-part Tall Tale expansion is coming in July Image credit:Microsoft Studios Image credit:Microsoft Studios I’m a fan ofMonkey Island, as many of you know, and so hearing the opening bars of the Monkey Island theme during theXbox Games Showcasetonight was an instant little serotonin booster....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 287 words · Joshua David

Shadow Gambit and its undead stealth pirates are hitting PC in August

HomeNewsShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Shadow Gambit and its undead stealth pirates are hitting PC in AugustX marks the spot for Mimimi’s latest on August 17th X marks the spot for Mimimi’s latest on August 17th When Mimimi Games announced their latest stealth strategy gameShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crewback in January, I waspretty darn stoked. You can also imagine my excitement when they said it would be out later this year, too....

June 11, 2023 · 3 min · 436 words · Brian Tran

Spiritfarer studio's next game is a 33-player roguelike based on MMO raids

HomeNews33 Immortals Spiritfarer studio’s next game is a 33-player roguelike based on MMO raidsWatch the announcement trailer for 33 Immortals Watch the announcement trailer for 33 Immortals Image credit:Thunder Lotus Image credit:Thunder Lotus MMO raids can be some of the most satisfying experiences in multiplayer gaming, so it’s a shame that they’re so often one of the last things you gain access to after a whole lot of time and grinding....

June 11, 2023 · 3 min · 524 words · Lisa Porter

Starfield companions include a knock-off HK-47 and a space cowboy you can kiss

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield companions include a knock-off HK-47 and a space cowboy you can kissAll a growing girl needs All a growing girl needs Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios What’s a captain without a crew? At the combinedXbox Games ShowcaseslashStarfieldDirect tonight, Bethesda did a deep dive on a few aspects of their upcoming space RPGStarfield- including thecompanion system. Although, given that you assign them to different tasks on your ship and various outposts, it might be more appropriate to call them “employees”....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 376 words · Kayla Gomez

Starfield's different playstyles lets you be more than just a shooty-shooty space cowboy

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s different playstyles lets you be more than just a shooty-shooty space cowboyYou can also be a sneaky-sneaky space ninja You can also be a sneaky-sneaky space ninja Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios If you’re like me and thought thatStarfieldwas just gonna be a shooty shooty space cowboy game, then think again. Revealed during the Starfield Direct that happened just after theXbox Games Showcase, Bethesda highlighted a number of different playstyles that Starfield will be able to facilitate when it launches this September, including everything from being gung-ho all lasers blazing to a stealthy assassin....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 257 words · Kevin Ramirez

Starfield's exploration looks like searching a quarry for the best piece of gravel

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s exploration looks like searching a quarry for the best piece of gravelFreedom, but freedom to what? Freedom, but freedom to what? “So why go this big withStarfield?” asks Bethesda Softworks' lead landscape artist Matt Carofano at the beginning of a segment in tonight’s Starfield Direct. “Because we want to give you freedom on a galactic level,” is the unsatisfying response. Starfieldfeatures over 1000 planets to visit, each procedurally generated upon your approach but populated with handcrafted elements....

June 11, 2023 · 3 min · 606 words · Tanner Porter

Starfield's spaceship combat is more than just holding down a trigger and hoping for the best

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s spaceship combat is more than just holding down a trigger and hoping for the bestBang bang boom boom Bang bang boom boom Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda I’d rather just saunter around space looking at pretty planets inStarfield, but I guess in a game as big as Bethesda’s sci-fi behemoth they want fighty fighty spaceship battles. During the Starfield Direct that ran just after tonight’sXbox Game Showcase, the folks over at Bethesda explained just how ship combat works, and it’s more than just holding down the trigger and aiming in the right direction....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 383 words · Sheila Lang

Starfield’s ship building still threatens to produce the most cursed crafts in sci-fi

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s ship building still threatens to produce the most cursed crafts in sci-fiFlight of fugly Flight of fugly Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Of the manyStarfieldelements deep-dove into during theXbox Games Showcase’sStarfieldDirect, the ship building was one that we’d previously seen a decent amount of. Yet it also cemented, in quite gleeful fashion, the design tool’s potential as a foundry for some truly wretched space boats. Just, awful....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 347 words · Christine Moore

Vampire Survivors is getting even more reasons why you should absolutely play it

HomeNewsVampire Survivors Vampire Survivors is getting even more reasons why you should absolutely play itThe 1.5 update brings a chaotic level, deadly paintings, and more The 1.5 update brings a chaotic level, deadly paintings, and more RPS' covetedgame of the year 2022,Vampire Survivors, is getting another update, which means there are now even more reasons why you should play this game if you haven’t already. Like, seriously. The big 1.5 Overwhelming Update brings with it new brain-overloading shenanigans which you can see in the trailer below, first revealed at thePC Gaming Show....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 313 words · Mark Sims

Yakuza 8 is heading to the USA, in the nude

HomeNewsLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Yakuza 8 is heading to the USA, in the nudeThe official name is now Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth The official name is now Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega A newYakuza 8trailer reveals its full official name, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, as well as a surprising new location. Seems our boy Ichiban is off to the USA, without his pants. Even he didn’t expect that....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 276 words · Timothy Stevens

You're stuck on an oil rig with an unknowable horror in The Chinese Room's new adventure

HomeNewsStill Wakes The Deep You’re stuck on an oil rig with an unknowable horror in The Chinese Room’s new adventureStill Wakes The Deep looks, in a word, horrifying Still Wakes The Deep looks, in a word, horrifying Image credit:The Chinese Room Image credit:The Chinese Room I do love me a game from The Chinese Room, andStill Wakes The Deeplooks to be a right old trip. Announced during theXbox Games Showcaseat this year’snot-E3, this first-personhorror adventurecasts you as a worker on an off-shore industrial oil rig and something seems to have slithered aboard from the depths....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 304 words · Timothy Hudson