Minit is a cute Zelda-inspired adventure with a cruel, clever twist: you die every sixty seconds. Viewed from above, Minit has a wonderfully stylish 1-bit art style, presented entirely in black and white. I leave my house and explore the beach, dodging crabs along the way, and find a sword washed up on the shore. If nothing was persistent, there wouldn’t be much you could achieve, or many places to explore, in sixty seconds. The most important thing is that I’ve never played anything quite like

Geralt of Rivia is set to make his first appearance outside of the Witcher universe later this year, according to CD Projekt Red’s head of community. Marcin Momot tweeted earlier today that our favourite bathtub dweller could step into another “upcoming game”, without hinting at what that game might be. Fighting game Soulcalibur 6—the first in the series to come to PC—seems to be the favourite. CD Projekt Red already has a relationship with that game’s developer Bandai Namco, and the series has

Twitch viewers have watched more than 5,000 years worth of Fortnite in the past two weeks alone, making it the most popular game on the platform by a long shot. Fortnite’s growth on Twitch is staggering: throughout December, around 2,000 channels were streaming the game to 40,000 viewers, on average. Currently, it’s averaging 4,000 channels and 65,000 viewers (less viewers than both League of Legends and CS:GO). Interestingly, League of Legends has a much better ratio of viewers vs channels stre

Whether slain by antagonised NPCs or a fall into the nearby abyss, plenty of Dark Souls players die at Firelink Shrine. You’ll note it’s only a portion of the Dark Souls map, but it gives some enjoyable insight into how most players cope with the first portion of the game. “I’m collecting the data with a custom game client I wrote,” user DriftItem explained on Twitter. The Capra Demon and Gargoyles areas are both common death traps, with the belltower following the latter encounter full of soaps

The White House said last week that US president Donald Trump would meet with executives from the videogame industry to discuss violent videogames in relation to violent real-world behavior. “Video games are enjoyed around the world and numerous authorities and reputable scientific studies have found no connection between games and real-life violence. “The upcoming meeting at the White House, which ESA will attend, will provide the opportunity to have a fact-based conversation about video game r

The quest to save Chrono Trigger is on. When I saw him boot up Chrono Trigger on Steam, I knew he was assessing the case. Sunday night, just a few days after Chrono Trigger’s release, he sent me a message: “Chrono Trigger modding is a thing now. Turns out it really didn’t take long to figure out what was wrong with Chrono Trigger. But Chrono Trigger deserves better than a blurry mess, and thanks to modders, the PC version should soon get there.

Grim Dawn is an old-school action-RPG in the tradition of games like Diablo 2 and Titan Quest—in fact, developer Crate Entertainment was founded in 2008 by former members of Titan Quest studio Iron Lore Entertainment. An expansion, Ashes of Malmouth, arrived in October 2017, bringing with it new classes and chapters, and today Crate revealed that a second expansion called Forgotten Gods is on the way. The new expansion will feature new powers, unique items, and enemies, plus “quality of life fea

Chris Ekins of Newt Industries is making Risk System (a demo is currently available at that link) with a different approach, aiming for an audience distinct from the usual shmup enthusiast crowd. Risk System goes the anti-bullet hell route. Death in Risk System results in a quick and painless restart from a checkpoint versus being ejected to a “continue?” How is Risk System different from other side-scrolling shooters that involve similar grazing boosts, like eXceed? This extends to movement its

In practice, I lasted about six minutes in open-world multiplayer sailing simulator Sailaway before I suddenly became desperate to talk to another player. Which is weird for me: I don’t play many multiplayer games, and when I do I sort of hate talking to people anyway. One sailor issues a greeting but says “hello to ‘MY BOAT’ owner” which I think is probably an insult. I still feel a little better that I’m not just sailing around in a purgatory filled with ghost ships. So, I do what they all did

The March 2018 Hearthstone reset that hit last week did not go off entirely smoothly. Blizzard was forced to disable Ranked Play almost immediately after it went live because of issues with progression that, according to one theory, saw players in Asia earning a sweet five stars per win rather than the usual one. Ranked Play was restored the next day, but it’s starting to look like the trouble may not have gone away entirely. The team has been monitoring Ranked Play since coming back online last

If you’ve been watching any Overwatch League, you may have noticed that D.Va shows up in almost every team composition. Mercy remains a popular choice despite her recent nerfs, especially at lower skill levels, but overall Moira is seeing more play. To little surprise, the skill-intensive Tracer is second most-played in Grandmaster, but drops way down the list in Master and Diamond, and off it completely at tiers below that. Interestingly, the also skill-intensive Genji fares differently, seeing

Terrorhythm is unashamedly similar to One Finger Death Punch. Set in an alternate 25th century where sound has been outlawed, Terrorhythm asks you to fight on behalf of mankind’s ears and free music. Terrorhythm also has a custom music mode that lets you upload and fight through your own tunes. You can use any MP3 you have; the game will generate a sequence to suit them. The newly announced One Finger Death Punch 2, meanwhile, isn’t due until 2019.

Final Fantasy 15 and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 are both releasing to PC very soon, and if you own a Radeon graphics card, you can already download optimized drivers for both games. AMD’s new Adrenalin Edition 18.3.1 driver release is available now and promises to deliver the best performance in each of those games (on supported hardware, of course). The latest driver release also fixes a few issues. They include:Radeon Chill hotkey may fail to reset when Radeon Settings is restored to defaults. Fo

EVGA raised some eyebrows when it quietly removed the “Guest RMA” option from its US website, which allowed customers to request warranty service without registering their products. “Yes, as of now second-hand owners are still able to register and submit for RMA. Guest RMA just allowed for RAM without registering,” EVGA told PC Gamer. None of this means you should be eager to buy a used graphics card. But if you do buy a used card and it has a warranty from EVGA, it’s nice to know that the compa

Devolver Digital announced today that The Swords of Ditto, the game we described last summer as “randomly generated co-op Zelda” designed to be played from the comfort of your couch, will be out on April 24. Naturally, the launch date news includes an updated trailer and some new screens showcasing the game in action. The Swords of Ditto is a “compact action-RPG” that sets players, alone or in local co-op pairs (thus the pluralized “Swords” in the title), against a great evil plaguing a top-down

If you really want it to move some air, you need to add more fans. You can do that rather inexpensively with a four-pack of Cooler Master fans that are currently on sale. These are 120mm fans that Cooler Master designed for quieter builds—noise output is rated at just 19 dBA (for each fan). You don’t get any RGB lighting (or any lighting at all) here, nor would we expect to at this price. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our links.

One Finger Death Punch was a brutal, brilliant and surprisingly addicting rhythm fighting game about massacring stick figures to the beat. Developer Silver Dollar Games recently announced One Finger Death Punch 2 on Facebook, adding that it will come out “when it’s ready.” “We’re a year out from completion, it’s still just the two of us,” Silver Dollar said. “Just the polish and UI alone is going to take a solid eight months to finish up.” The trailer for GDC 2018’s Indie Megabooth also pegs it

We’ve added another exclusive in-game item to our package of PC Gamer Club Legendary rewards: this Flight Springfield S rifle skin for throwback WWII shooter Battalion 1944, which adds a stylish pop of PC Gamer red to your armory. Courtesy of Bulkhead Interactive, the skin is exclusively available to new and existing members of the PC Gamer Club Legendary tier—if you’re already a member, check your inbox! (Note that you must own a copy of Battalion 1944 to redeem the skin.) This item joins a bun

Without a whole lot of fanfare—or any fanfare, really—Dell has gone and updated its Inspiron 17 5000 line of 17.3-inch laptops with a couple of AMD mobile Ryzen processor options, which combine Zen CPU cores with Radeon Vega graphics. Dell, however, said it would debut mobile Ryzen laptops in early 2018. Pricing starts at $680 for the lowest end model with a Ryzen 3 2200U underneath the hood. Other than the OS, nothing is customizable, though Dell sells a slightly higher end model with 12GB of R

Enter Kerbal Space Program, a game perfectly crafted to spark a custom cockpit-building obsession. A Reddit community with more than 1,000 members has formed around custom Kerbal controllers. Josh Brown, a licensed plumber, found his inspiration from the 218,000 strong Reddit Kerbal community. The actual time involved in building a custom Kerbal controller varies wildly. And if you’re interested in making your own controller, Kerbal community members are there to help, dedicated not only to enha