This week in PC games: a new Hooded Horse city-builder, some PS2-style horror, a school-day RPG and an absolutely tremendous catfish
Urgh! What's happening? The air feels dreadfully recycled all of a sudden. Food dissatisfies, music grates, punchlines flop like stunned seagulls - everything seems somehow overfamiliar. We have entered a Lull. There are few Big Games out this week - little in the way of Big Sequels or New IPs From…
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review
Arrow Lake's redemption is here at last.
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review
The dark horse of Arrow Lake: Ultra 7 class performance for an Ultra 3 class price tag.
Cat Parents amasses over 100,000 wishlists in just 3 days, leaving its indie devs speechless: 'We never imagined that our little dream would spark interest in so many people'
The people crave looking after cats.
Intel VP says future sockets should last longer and support more CPU generations
This could make Nova Lake a platform really worth investing in.
How to solve the Azure Moon Labyrinth puzzle in Crimson Desert
Push the right slabs to open the gate.
Pearl Abyss working on bringing Arc GPU support to Crimson Desert, with Intel 'ready to assist'
"Getting games running smoothly is always a partnership between developers and hardware makers."
Oragnized Inside is the perfect follow-up to Unpacking and A Little to the Left, as you trail a stray cat around town and tidy up as you go
Now this is a game I can sip my tea to.
Crimson Desert devs Pearl Abyss take a first stab at control improvements with their latest patch, say Intel Arc GPU support's in the works
Huggghh-puuuhhhhh. Hughhhhh-puhhhh. If you've decided to try pedalling away in attempt to master Crimson Desert's bike-like controls, Pearl Abyss' latest patch - which also brings the likes of camp storage quicker tree felling - is good news. The developers have also acknowledged the fact they…
All Close Threat answers in Crimson Desert
Complete Extinguishing the Last Flames by speaking to Shakatu.
The new Crimson Desert patch adds private storage at base camp and nerfs a few bosses—also, Pearl Abyss knows the control scheme isn't great
"We are currently preparing a patch to address this."
Microsoft might actually make Windows 11 good as the company promises to roll back AI features and improve performance
Rubs eyes with an audible squeak.
Ex-Blizzard president says gamers need to 'Man up' over AI usage in games after Crimson Desert devs issue apology
"AI, in one form or another, will be in every single video game."
Your citizens don't stay put in Stellaris-style 4X strategy game Final Vanguard - start a war and "entire waves of refugees can emerge"
Final Vanguard is a real-time sci-fi 4X grand strategy game that puts an unusually big emphasis on migration. We've seen migration mechanics in many 4X games – pops can shuffle about in Stellaris as you slop your colonies across the map, populating the periphery and slowing the development of…
How to beat the Crimson Nightmare in Crimson Desert
Overcome this ball of red gas in Fort Perwin.
Oopsie, Crimson Desert's weird AI paintings weren't supposed to left in for release, Pearl Abyss claim, outlining plans to remove them
Ah, it turns out the eyebrows raised by suspiciously AI generated-looking art found throughout Crimson Desert weren't wrong in their lanate liftage. Developers Pearl Abyss have aplogised for failing to disclose their use of asseets made using "experimental AI generative tools", claiming that these…
New Blood boss Dave Oshry 'quadruples down' on supporting GOG after worrying about its future, committing to sales, demos, one-click mods, plus day-and-date releases alongside Steam
Oshry had expressed concern about GOG's long-term health in a recent interview.
Now you can play Resident Evil Requiem in VR if that's a thing you want for some reason
You and Gideon have fun.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 23, 2026)
Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
Cult online action RPG Marvel Heroes, after more than eight years offline, has player-run servers at last
The ice has thawed.