As revealed last month, City of Brass is a BioShock-meets-Indiana Jones-type venture that incorporates permadeath. Now, City of Brass has an Early Access launch date: September 18, 2017. Uppercut describes City of Brass as already having a “core experience in place”, however players should expect more enemy types, bosses, districts and equipment, among other things come launch. “The Daily Challenge will be implemented in the Early Access version—players will be able to compete with friends on th

However, the fantasy of the wild west, as lusted after as it is, has yet to find a long term home on the PC. Wild West Online, an MMO in development by 612 Games, is hoping to be exactly that. I get a better idea when Bugaj visits the town saloon and buys a treasure map from an NPC sitting at a table. With hundreds of players in the world, anything from panning for gold to bounty hunting has the potential to allow for some elaborate ambushes and counter ambushes, especially because the world map

Obsidian has released the latest Kickstarter backer video for its forthcoming fantasy role-player Pillars of Eternity 2. Within, you’ll find details on new NPC animations, animancy cats and, um, projectile vomiting pirates. As told by the game’s producer Katrina Garsten, all races have bespoke ship steering animations—the cutest of which is easily the Orlans. On the “dancing and barfing” front, Garsten says: “When you’re a pirate in Eora, there’s lot of places to party. Pillars of Eternity 2 is

Ys Net’s long-awaited Shenmue 3 eschewed E3 this year, and was instead pushed back into 2018. Towards the end of June, we learned that it plans to show face at this year’s Gamescom and, ahead of the Cologne show next week, has announced a publishing deal with Deep Silver. Throughout this process, Deep Silver has expressed a deep passion for Japanese games, the Shenmue franchise and its fans—this gives me further confidence in Shenmue 3 and that we have found the best partner possible.” We are de

We don’t post about cosplay very often, but this build of Frost Lich Jaina from Narga Aoki cosplay is so incredible it deserves recognition. Working in collaboration with Blizzard, Aoki’s cosplay celebrates the Death Knight variant of Jaina Proudmoore, the mage hero character who turns to the dark side in the prologue of Hearthstone’s new Knights of the Frozen Throne adventure. It calls to you, where you are most desperate… pic.twitter.com/EhCBfEvg27August 15, 2017Aoki’s cosplay begins with Ja

I have been playing LawBreakers a fair bit this past week and let me tell you: I am terrible at it. First of all, the Gunslinger’s Warp ability will result in quicker traversal around the maps, as he’ll now get better momentum with every use. He’s also getting a new mechanic: if he lands a “fully charged Omega headshot” his Warp ability charge will be immediately replenished. “In terms of combat Gunslinger is dominant right now, so we’ve nudged down his fully charged Omega damage and reduced the

Last weekend, the final round of qualifiers for the Overwatch World Cup took place in Santa Monica, California. Chants of “U-S-A” and the thunderous assault from those inflatable, noise-making clacky tubes greeted team USA as they took the stage. Brazil had no answers for anything team USA threw their way, and they threw a whole lot at them. “Oh, it was definitely Rawkus,” JT said when asked what the highlight of Team USA’s match was. Team USA fan JT showed his support with a full-size American

Warframe studio Digital Extremes have finally unveiled the game it teased back in May, and it’s a first-person shooter with… wait for it… deck building. The Amazing Eternals has been in closed alpha testing for a little while now, but today marks the first proper public look at the game. As I mentioned above, the free-to-play game is being described (even by the studio itself) as a hero shooter, but there are deck building components as well. As the gameplay video below demonstrates, the dec

We reported last summer that someone going by the name of egod123 was recreating Diablo 2 in StarCraft 2. But the latter hasn’t happened yet, and so work continues—and it continues to look very good. The Curse of Tristram Megatrailer 2017 was released at the end of June, so no, this isn’t the hottest news you’re going to hear all day. But it makes for a good catch-up on a promising mod, showing off characters, combat, visual effects, and a variety of locales from throughout Diablo 2. Interesting

22 Cans’ “new” game The Trail: Frontier Challenge is actually a rework of a mobile game it released in 2016. Studio boss Peter Molyneux said in July that it would “take the core gameplay and narrative” of the mobile version, and “reimagine” it for Steam as a more strategic experience. The Trail is an innovative game where players from across the globe can explore together as they collect, craft, trade, and journey to Eden Falls, a frontier town just beyond a vast mountain range,” the studio said

Welcome back to The PC Gamer Show , our weekly livestreamed podcast. You can catch the show live on Wednesdays at 1 pm PDT on our Twitch channel , or after the fact at any of the links below. This week Wes reintroduces NetHack, the guys talk about why LawBreakers is a such a fun return to twitchy arena shooting, and James lets loose some early impressions of Sonic Mania from the console version, all before wrapping with the usual Twitch chat Q&A. Give it a shot and listen to the soundtrack for y

Ogre is a tabletop wargame, designed by Steve Jackson and originally released in 1977, in which one player takes control of a massive supertank—the Ogre—while the other tries to destroy it using conventional forces. It’s been updated several times since then, and in 2012 Jackson took to Kickstarter to seek $20,000 in supplemental funding for a Sixth Edition release. For whatever reason, the money started pouring in, and the campaign ended with more than $923,000—46 times its original goal. Now,

Something else you’ll find in the comments of almost every GPU review: claims that Nvidia drivers intentionally cripple older hardware, trying to force users to upgrade. This is the so-called “planned obsolescence” approach to hardware, and I’ve always felt it was more than a bit bogus. For the drivers, each card was tested with the drivers one release after the initial product launch, and from there forward. The tested games consist of The Witcher 3 (with and without HairWorks), Metro: Last Lig

Earlier this week, Destiny Silver, the currency used in the game’s microtransaction system, went up for sale on Steam. It was only there briefly before being removed, and purchases were automatically refunded later in the day. Bungie community manager David “DeeJ” Dague addressed the surprise silver on Twitter:Destiny transactions on Steam were made available in error. As one user noted in a follow-up, “How do you sell microtransactions for a game that literally doesn’t exist on PC?” Also intere

As the latest and most ambitious project coming from Twitch this year, the Twitch desktop app is a clear attempt to take on popular social gaming services, Discord in particular. Twitch’s brewThe first thing I noticed after downloading the Twitch app and connecting my account was that the app’s interface looks almost identical to Twitch’s website in a browser. It stands to reason, then, that the app is meant for frequent Twitch users and would offer features to enhance heavy viewing—but it doesn

The bad news is that mining performance may improve over time, perhaps even significantly, as AMD tunes its drivers for blockchain compute. Fortunately for gamers, the driver update still does not push mining performance to crazy high levels. However, it does improve things by addressing a lingering problem—decreasing hashrate performance with Ethereum mining as the DAG file size slowly increases. Nathan Kirsch at LegitReviews tested the new driver on a handful of graphics cards and saw decent g

If you’re looking for an affordable power supply from a reliable vendor, EVGA has a 450W model that can be had for just $10 after mail-in-rebate. That’s already a decent price, but a $20 mail-in-rebate is what makes this a steal, assuming 450W is enough for your setup. To find out, you can plug your specs into any of several available online power supply calculators. This EVGA model is 80 Plus Bronze certified. As to the wattage rating, the 450W figure is based on continuous power rather than un

In one of the few, delightful acts of game marketing in some time, you can now make propaganda for your XCOM 2: War of the Chosen campaign using Propaganda Center, a free program on Steam. In the day that this tool has been available, XCOM players, including ourselves, have created some variously effective, funny, and inspiring indoctrination material. Here’s the best stuff we’ve found on /r/XCOM, Twitter, and elsewhere:A bunch of Starship Troopers posters have popped up, but I love the perspect

A demo version of Prey was released earlier this year for consoles, but not the PC. I didn’t (and don’t) agree with that take, but it doesn’t matter anymore because a free trial version is now available on Steam, too. The announcement doesn’t offer much in the way of detail, but the trailer describes it as the “first hour” of the game. To get it, just head to the Prey page on Steam and scroll down until you see the “Download Demo” button on the right, just below where it shows how many of your S

In partnership with Intel and PC Gamer, the Lenovo Legion Lounge is one of the most anticipated PAX West events this year. Join LEGION by Lenovo at the Hard Rock Cafe on Saturday, September 2nd from 9 PM to 2 AM and party like a true gamer. Register for the event here for a chance to party hard and win big. DetailsWhat: The Lenovo LEGION Lounge at PAX West in partnership with Intel and PC GamerWhere: Hard Rock Hotel, 116 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101When: Saturday, September 2nd, 2017; 9 PM – 2 AMR