Making our favorite FPS modes 1v1 to decide the greatest of them all
PC Gamer launches a reader-voted single-elimination tournament to crown the greatest FPS mode of all time, starting with Round 1 matchups.
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Video game releases, updates and studio news — from platform and studio newsrooms (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam) and established gaming publications. Page 15 of 35: briefings 421-450, published Sep 28, 2026 to Sep 29, 2026.
Garry Newman adds necks to his neckless characters because the lack of necks 'comes up consistently in our many many many negative reviews'
Garry Newman added necks to the default characters in s&box after repeated complaints in reviews, though players can still remove them via sliders.
Valve Rolls Out Huge Update for Hero Shooter Deadlock as Game Hits All-Time Peak
Valve’s City Never Sleeps update for Deadlock adds a New York-themed map, six new heroes, and Haunts, driving player counts to a record 228,000 concurrents on Steam.
Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team horror imprint Broken Mirror Games
Tymon Smektala, former Techland franchise director, joins Bloober Team’s horror imprint Broken Mirror Games as executive director to lead development and partnerships.
Game on: Henry Cavill is putting Googlebook to the test
Actor Henry Cavill will develop a video game using Googlebook’s AI-powered hardware, launching in November to demonstrate the laptop’s creative capabilities.
NBA The Run Kicks off its First Season with a Major Update
NBA The Run’s first seasonal update introduces 2000s Legends, new cameras, Championship Belts, licensed music, and expanded gameplay modes for free, with a $9.99 DLC option.
My GTA 5 install has a death wish but I have soothed it with flossing
A PC Gamer editor’s relentless GTA 5 modding has pushed the game to instability, yet a new Fortnite Floss Dance mod forces Franklin Clinton into endless, automated dancing regardless of in-game chaos.
Brendan Fraser's 124-Minute Action Thriller Classic Is Back From the Dead on Streaming
Brendan Fraser’s 1999 action-adventure classic The Mummy has resurfaced on Netflix’s top charts amid renewed franchise interest.
The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Officially the Best-Reviewed Game of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered leads Metacritic’s 2026 new releases with a 94 Metascore, though based on only eight PC reviews.
Thief Gets a New Sequel 30 Years Later — Here's a First Look
A new Thief graphic novel, *Pulse of Promise*, bridges the gap between the original 1998 game and its 2000 sequel, expanding Garrett’s shadowy world with a missing chapter.
I perished in the flesh pipes of Darktide's Depths of the Damned update, and you will too
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Depths of the Damned update introduces a sprawling new mission set in Tertium’s water treatment facility, featuring hazardous environments and challenging combat.
"Why should we just give up the entire month of November?" – The indie games going head to head with GTA 6
Indie studios Fairy Mount and Devolver Digital defy GTA 6’s dominance by launching Flame, Forest and Flood and Volvy’s Adventure: Reslimed on November 19, aiming to carve out distinct audiences amid unprecedented...
"A quite beautiful compromise": The LEGO Skylines devs did consider brick by brick building, but decided it was too much fuss for players
LEGO Skylines offers customizable prefab LEGO structures in a city-builder, but players hoping for brick-by-brick construction may find the compromise lacking.
How to get unlocked Multi Frame Gen working on an RTX 40-series graphics card
A workaround enables RTX 40-series cards to run Multi Frame Generation at higher rates than officially supported, though Nvidia warns of potential issues and unsupported status.
The Witcher 3 Remastered has scuppered an ambitious cut plague quest restoration mod, but there'll be "something extra" in the update that gets it working again
The Witcher 3 Remastered update temporarily breaks the WAR Project mod restoring a cut plague questline, but modders promise a remastered-compatible update with English voice acting within a week.
29 Years Ago, 'Buffy' Introduced Its Best Villain. He Was Never Meant to Last.
Twenty-nine years ago, *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* introduced Spike in “School Hard,” a pivotal episode that reshaped the series and launched one of its most iconic characters.
Switch Finally Gets One of 2025’s Best-Reviewed RPGs
The 2025 indie RPG *Keep Driving* arrives on Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X after its acclaimed PC launch, offering a grounded road-trip survival experience with roguelike elements.
Former Elder Scrolls writer Kurt Kuhlmann is '100% convinced' a load-bearing bit of series lore was inspired by a typo
A former *Elder Scrolls* writer claims a foundational lore concept, the Dragon Break, originated from a typo in an internal timeline during *Daggerfall* development.
Best new video games of 2026 (so far)
The 2026 gaming year has delivered standout titles like *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*, *Grand Theft Auto 6*, and *Resident Evil Requiem*, with surprises such as *Big Walk* and *Denshattack!* shaping the...
Control Resonant Proves Everything Is a Live-Service Game Now
Remedy’s Control Resonant received a major day-one patch overhauling combat, transforming a sluggish hack-and-slash into a faster, more fluid experience. The update addressed widespread criticism of shallow progression...
"It's a nice story to tell": How DICE bounced back from Battlefield 2042's disastrous launch to release the blockbuster Battlefield 6
DICE restructured after Battlefield 2042’s troubled launch, adopting live-service practices and multi-studio collaboration to deliver Battlefield 6, which sold over seven million copies in three days.
I have broken GTA 5 by installing so many mods that the game only launches in windowed mode now
A modder’s aggressive modding of GTA 5 has pushed the game into a broken state where it only launches in windowed mode, with fullscreen triggering an unbreakable black screen.
New 'Pokémon Winds and Waves' Leaks Fill Major Gap Left by Game Freak's Silence
Leaked data from a 2024 breach reveals new details about Pokémon Winds and Waves, including character models, maps, and potential time-travel mechanics ahead of its Switch 2 release.
Here’s Every Change in the Witcher 3 Remastered
CD Projekt Red releases The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered on September 29, offering free upgrades, new expansions, and extensive quality-of-life improvements to the 2015 RPG.
Steam Dev’s Viral GTA Clone Is The Perfect PS2 Throwback
A solo developer’s no-budget GTA-style game set in 1970s Istanbul, blending PS2-era chaos with modern gunplay, has gone viral ahead of any release date.
Gears of War: E-Day and XBOX Unleash “The Emergence Pie” with Prince St. Pizza
Xbox and Prince St. Pizza unveiled a limited-edition Emergence Pie to celebrate the 2026 launch of Gears of War: E-Day, featuring exclusive in-game rewards and a game-themed pizza cutter.
"We clearly handled that responsibility poorly": Paradox ban Discord profile pics of historical figures born after 1800, after bust-up with Hearts of Iron 4 pla
Paradox Interactive banned Discord profile pictures of historical figures born after 1800 in Hearts of Iron 4 communities, following backlash over a moderator’s removal of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s image.
Microsoft boss Nadella says Xbox has to invent "sustainable business model"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Xbox must develop a sustainable business model to expand gaming access, despite recent layoffs and studio closures under new chief Asha Sharma.
35 Years Later, the '90s Remake of a Cult Classic Thriller Is Officially Free to Watch on YouTube
The 1991 NBC revival of *Dark Shadows*, a cult Gothic soap opera, is now available to stream in full on YouTube after 35 years.
Steam Week in Review: Great, haystack slop is a thing now
Steam’s latest trend features games centered on repetitive tasks like finding needles in haystacks, with multiple titles releasing or announced in recent weeks.