PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

A terrible quest in vanilla WoW 'holds a really special place in my heart', says Jeff Kaplan, but was also 'the hubris of a junior game designer who thinks he's clever but is actually a dipsh*t'

"I'm just sh*tting up their inventory with all these pages." ...

PC Gamer harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall)

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

One of Jeff Kaplan's 'regrets about Overwatch' was making it so team-orientated: 'I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution'

The worst part of multiplayer games are all the other players. ...

PC Gamer Elie Gould

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

'I Just Get S*** on for Things' — Ed Sheeran Addresses His Unpopular Game of Thrones Cameo, Says That Ultimately He 'Enjoyed Doing It'

Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran has discussed the backlash to his brief appearance in Game of Thrones, and argued that, act...

IGN Tom Phillips

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Texture pop-in may be about to pop-out of existence thanks to even faster asset streaming ushered in by new Zstandard support in DirectStorage

Racing ahead. ...

PC Gamer Jess Kinghorn

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Modder behind cancelled Star Wars game's unofficial revival has 'no concern at all' about Disney reprisal: 'We pose little to no threat to any upcoming or ongoing titles'

"Ultimately any Star Wars game more than deserves preservation and restoration." ...

PC Gamer Nic Reuben

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

10 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing Monster Hunter Stories 3

We'll help you start your latest adventure in the world of Monster Hunter on the right foot

Kotaku George Yang

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Sony Accused of 'Monopolizing' Sale of Games Through the PlayStation Store in New UK Class-Action Lawsuit

A $2.6 billion class-action lawsuit alleges that millions of UK PlayStation users have been subjected to "excessive and ...

IGN Vikki Blake

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

The IGF 2026 Winners Are An Exceptional Selection Of Indie Games You’re Going To Want To Play

We've highlighted some of our favorites among the finalists

Kotaku John Walker

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Finale Review - The End... and the Beginning

Starfleet Academy Season 1 Finale Review: As Starfleet Academy Season 1 ends, it feels like the cadets are just getting ...

IGN Scott Collura

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

AMD announces next-gen 'FSR Diamond' AI-enhanced upscaling for future Xbox consoles, but the question is whether it's coming to PC and which GPUs will support it

And will it be limited to next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs? ...

PC Gamer Jeremy Laird

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs ever

It is fair to say Nintendo's new Animal Crossing-like Pokémon Pokopia has had a pretty darn successful launch. R...

Eurogamer Victoria Phillips Kennedy

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Dave the Diver's jungle DLC release date confirmed for summer, so you'd better start learning how to outrun piranhas

Wahey, Dave The Diver's jungle DLC finally has a release date. Mintrocket's waiter/swimmer of the murky depths sim will...

Rock Paper Shotgun Mark Warren

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

"We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit

Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has said his 2021 departure from Blizzard followed an ultimatum about redundancie...

Rock Paper Shotgun Mark Warren

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Magic's Lord of the Rings Commander Decks Are Finally Back In Stock Online, and Just Got an Tidy Discount As Well

Ready for Magic's upcoming Hobbit set? The Lord of the Rings Commander precons are on sale again.

IGN Lloyd Coombes

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

PlayerUnknown reckons he can take back the term 'metaverse' because 'It's just been co-opted by certain people… like, I still use Twitter because f**k [Elon Musk]'

Them's fighting words. ...

PC Gamer Joshua Wolens

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Video Games With Loot Boxes Will Now Have a 16 Age Rating Across Europe as Part of Huge PEGI Shakeup

The Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body — better known as PEGI, the European equivalent of the ESRB — is ...

IGN Vikki Blake

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

This should make navigating Windows on controller easier. ...

PC Gamer James Bentley

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Hit Manga Chainsaw Man Will End Soon, Viz Media Confirms

The hit manga Chainsaw Man from creator Tatsuki Fujimoto will soon end, according to VIZ Media.

IGN Wesley Yin-Poole

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

'This Is An Xbox' Announcement Looks to Have Been Pulled Offline, After New Gaming Boss Asha Sharma Takes Charge

The official announcement of Microsoft's "This Is An Xbox" marketing campaign is no longer accessible online, and appear...

IGN Tom Phillips

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Oscars on High Alert as FBI Warns Police Departments in California That Iran Could Retaliate for U.S. Attacks by Launching Drones at the West Coast

The Oscars is on high alert amid an FBI warning of a potential Iran drone attack on California in retaliation for the wa...

IGN Wesley Yin-Poole

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

"He liked the fact you were instantly on a team." ...

PC Gamer harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall)

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

"UESC is still a menace, don't worry" - Marathon community debates PvE nerfs following game's first major balance patch

Marathon players are debating the merits of a recent balance patch which has, among other things, made UESC enemies eas...

Eurogamer Connor Makar

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Life Is Strange: Reunion’s Entire Premise Goes Against the Original Game’s Message

Life Is Strange: Reunion's premise of bringing Max and Chloe back together again goes against the message of the origina...

IGN Matt Purslow

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Mewgenics will have 'at least two' DLCs, and the 'small' one is almost a third as big as the base game

Never hitting paws. ...

PC Gamer Nic Reuben

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Microsoft confirm their PC game-running Project Helix should be in devs' hands by 2027, and packs next-gen AMD innards

Microsoft have shared some more details about the hardware Xbox's next-gen console - the PC game-running Project Helix ...

Rock Paper Shotgun Mark Warren

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Valve Breaks Silence Over NY Attorney General Lawsuit, Says Loot Boxes Are Like Baseball Cards, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu

Valve has responded to the New York Attorney General's lawsuit, comparing in-game loot boxes to baseball cards, Pokémon...

IGN Vikki Blake

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

'That Was the Biggest F*** You Moment I Had in My Career' — Jeff Kaplan, Former Boss of the Overwatch Team, Finally Reveals Why He Left Blizzard

Jeff Kaplan, the former boss of the Overwatch team, has finally revealed why he left Blizzard after nearly 20 years with...

IGN Wesley Yin-Poole

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Resident Evil Requiem Hides a Secret Website Address — But the Domain Has Now Been Snatched Up By a Gabe Newell Fan

A secret website address hidden within Resident Evil Requiem looks to have been snatched up first by a fan of Valve foun...

IGN Tom Phillips

PC Gaming Mar 12, 2026

Ex-Naughty Dog artist who helped design characters for Highguard promises to keep fighting the good fight - just not in the live-service sphere, anymore

A former Naughty Dog artist will continue to work on games, but is stepping away from live-service for good after the s...

Eurogamer Victoria Phillips Kennedy