This week in PC games: gritty GTA 4-coded brawler Samson, Ancient Greek bull defender Minos, and a wobbly violinist battles some stairs
Didn't expect to see me here, did you? Well, as always there's a new - if slightly abbreviated - week of PC games to dissect. Edwin's away travelling the world and hopefully encountering some tolerable bed and breakfasts, so I've popped in to see what sorts of stuff we can stick in the Maw in order
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The rise, fall, and resurgence of Australian game development
The Australian games industry has been on a real roller-coaster ride over the past couple of decades. The country had built up some big studios like Pandemic, Krome, Blue Tongue, 2K Australia, and Team Bondi, but after the 2008 global financial crash, around 60% of Australia's game development secto
Disney Dreamlight Valley's all-new Star Path feature means rewards never truly disappear for good
Disney Dreamlight Valley is set to roll out its second update of the year on April 8, Whispers of the Wind. While the main appeal of this update will be the addition of Pocahontas, there's another feature tucked away in the patch notes which is equally as exciting for any player who actively works t
Disney Dreamlight Valley's all-new Star Path feature means rewards never truly disappear for good
It's huge news if you missed out on previous goodies.
Overwatch will free Anran from her "baby face" in Season 2, director confirms, and her voice actor approves: "She looks much more like the strong older sibling we knew her to be"
Blizzard went back to the drawing board in February
Pokémon Champions Global Release Timings Revealed
Pokémon Champions launches this week on Nintendo Switch — and you can find out exactly when you'll be able to start playing right here.
Crimson Desert has received FSR SDK 2.2 support, offering better upscaling and frame generation for AMD cards
Time for a second playthrough? It'll only take you 600 hours.
Broadcom to supply Anthropic with 3.5 gigawatts of Google TPU capacity from 2027 — Claude pioneer says its annual revenue run rate has passed $30 billion
Broadcom disclosed in a securities filing on Monday that it’ll supply Anthropic with roughly 3.5 gigawatts of Google TPU capacity starting in 2027.
Team Liquid becomes the 4-peat World of Warcraft Race to World First champions after 2 weeks, 473 pulls, and one fake out
They had us in the first half.
Overwatch will free Anran from her "baby face" in Season 2, director confirms, and her voice actor approves: "She looks much more like the strong older sibling we knew her to be"
Blizzard went back to the drawing board in February
OG Persona fans beg Atlus for a remake, Atlus says best I can do is a surprise rebrand and a phone case
They're doing this on purpose, I think.
Bite by Night codes (April 2026) for Scrap
These Bite by Night codes grant new characters in the DBD and FNAF crossover experience in Roblox
Marvel's X-Men director explains why Thunderbolts and Beef writers are the perfect fit for the "soap opera" superhero movie: "[They] understand how to drive ideology from personal stakes"
Joanna Calo and Lee Sung Jin are currently writing the X-Men script, says director Jake Schreier
Save up to $150 on Apple's brand-new M5-powered MacBook Air 13, now from just $949 — all models receive the biggest discount to date
The entire range of Apple's M5-powered 13-inch MacBook Air laptops receives the largest discounts to date. Save up to $150 off all models.
After Dune 3 IMAX tickets sold out in minutes, scalpers are reselling tickets online for $1000
Dune fans are not happy with how the IMAX pre-sale was handled
Bite by Night codes (April 2026) for Scrap
These Bite by Night codes grant new characters in the DBD and FNAF crossover experience in Roblox
11 years later, Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity gets a turn-based combat mode to make it a little bit more like Baldur's Gate 3
More than 11 years later, Obsidian's old-school-style role-playing game Pillars of Eternity has added a turn-based combat mode on PC. Read more
‘The game was in a Word document’: State of Decay 3’s 2020 announce trailer was just a concept, studio head says
The original announce trailer for State of Decay 3 was just a concept trailer, because work on the game itself hadn’t even started. That’s according to Undead Labs studio head Philip Holt, who revealed on the Sunny Games podcast that the reveal trailer shown during an Xbox Showcase in July 2020 was
IGN Entertainment and Dentsu Gaming announce Women in Gaming UK event
IGN Entertainment and Dentsu Gaming will host a Women in Gaming UK event on Friday, April 17 in partnership with Meta. Read more
6 trippy horror movies to watch while you wait for A24's Backrooms
Backrooms doesn’t hit theaters until May 29, 2026, but i you’re like me and can’t wait to get lost in its liminal embrace.
6 trippy horror movies to watch while you wait for A24's Backrooms
Backrooms doesn’t hit theaters until May 29, 2026, but i you’re like me and can’t wait to get lost in its liminal embrace.
How Malcolm in the Middle convinced Bryan Cranston to do wild stunt with 10,000 bees
Here’s how the writers of Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair convinced Bryan Cranston to be covered in 10,000 bees.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases a taster of its best moment online for free and, yes, we're talking about the Star Fox anime sequence
Reporting for duty
Super Mario 64, Star Fox programmer says devs weren't historically given free copies of their games, so they had to "wait until supply caught up with demand" if their work sold out
Fox McCloud's original designer isn't getting an early screening of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie either
As Ocarina of Time Remake Rumors Swirl, Co-Developer Discusses The Legend of Zelda Series Future
Nintendo studio Monolith Soft has confirmed plans for its role to expand on future Legend of Zelda games.
'This Is What Nostalgia Feels Like' — Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Adds a VHS Aesthetic and Somehow Makes the Game Look Even More Realistic
Cyberpunk 2077 may be approaching its sixth birthday and CD Projekt itself has ruled out further content, but modders are very much keeping the game alive — and this latest effort hit me right in my 80s fan feels.
'Dad, This Makes Me Want to Play KSP!' — 11-Year-Old Kerbal Space Program Gets Player Boost Amid Artemis II's Mission to the Moon
Space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world's first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades. The Artemis II crew are heading home after travelling further from Earth than anyone before, with a splashdown back on Earth scheduled f
Target warns shoppers are “responsible” if AI makes mistakes on orders
Target has warned shoppers that if they use AI to do their shopping, and it makes any sort of mistake, they will be liable for it and have to pay up.
New Daredevil: Born Again season 2 teaser spoils a pretty big plot development for Jessica Jones, and fans aren't happy
Things have changed for Jessica Jones
Valve could well be giving Steam its most useful update ever: Frame rate estimates for games, based on how well they've been running on users' gaming PCs
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