Early shooters were easy to get lost in but none were more confusingly laid out than the original Descent games. Navigating your spaceship through fully 3D spaces in a series of labyrinthine asteroid mines led many to desperation‚ lost in an endless series of caverns trying to find the missing miners they needed to rescue in order to make their escape. In 1999‚ Descent 3 launched‚ revolutionizing the series by allowing players the ability to leave the mines behind for the first time‚ blasting enemy robots while jetting around above ground. Continue reading Classic ’90s shooter may return to life after dev drops source code MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best space games‚ Best old games‚ Best flying games

Spring has arrived in much of the world‚ and that means concert season is about to kick into gear fairly soon. If you're not picky about the (de)composition of the crowd‚ you can jump in early today: SoLA‚ the second DLC for Dead Island 2‚ is now available‚ and it features a massive music festival grounds where a strangely compelling rhythm is drawing in the undead from all over LA County. Continue reading Dead Island 2’s gore-filled music festival DLC is out now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Dead Island 2 characters guide‚ Dead Island 2 review‚ Dead Island 2 map

One of the most iconic and beloved colony management games of all time has finally brought its much-requested roguelike RPG counterpart to Steam. The Dwarf Fortress adventure mode is the second key piece of one of the most intricate and best PC games ever made‚ and it’s now available to play in public beta testing via the Valve platform. Previously only available through the original ASCII graphics release‚ you can now enjoy the turn-based RPG mode on Steam‚ and PCGamesN joined Bay 12 Games for a preview of its new look ahead of launch. Continue reading Long-awaited Dwarf Fortress adventure mode is now playable on Steam MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best games like RimWorld and Dwarf Fortress‚ The best city-building games‚ The best survival games on PC

The Isle of Dorn is a battleground. You awaken beneath a pile of boulders‚ waves crashing against a stony beach‚ littered with corpses. Your rescuer calls out to either Jaina or Thrall‚ “the champion has survived&;#33;” before being cut down by the swathes of arachnid monsters that swarm the sands. This is our introduction to World of Warcraft: The War Within‚ and it’s absolute chaos. Continue reading WoW The War Within is great‚ but there’s one major flaw MORE FROM PCGAMESN: WoW Dragonflight tier list‚ The best WoW addons‚ WoW Dragonflight review

I'm just going to come out and say it: World of Warcraft Shadowlands was‚ potentially‚ the game's bleakest expansion to date. Marred by confused storytelling and a general sense of hopelessness‚ framed by the COVID-19 pandemic‚ Shadowlands strayed too far from the fantasy that makes Warcraft so great. While Dragonflight has recaptured some of that magic‚ it generally felt overly hopeful and one-dimensional‚ so I asked associate design director Maria Hamilton and game designer Ion Hazzikostas how WoW The War Within will balance the light and darkness‚ literally and figuratively. Continue reading WoW The War Within isn’t “depressing” like Shadowlands‚ Blizzard says MORE FROM PCGAMESN: WoW Dragonflight tier list‚ The best WoW addons‚ WoW Dragonflight review

When a plague has struck your kingdom‚ laying waste to a once-thriving land‚ causing grotesque creatures to walk the earth‚ and your citizens to flee in a desperate bid for survival‚ there's only one thing you can do. Obviously‚ you have head out and put your enemies to the sword‚ re-earning your right to call yourself king. In Kingsgrave that's exactly what you'll be doing‚ and it's out right now on Steam. Continue reading New‚ dark survival RPG feels like a brutal Stardew Valley MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best indie games‚ Games like Diablo‚ Best life games

A new initiative from Nvidia looks set to help small form factor (SFF) PC builders identify and purchase components perfect for their enthusiast builds. While the finer details of how this system will work are yet to be revealed‚ the early signs are promising and suggest that Nvidia is continuing to help the enthusiast community grow without needing to get its hands dirty and directly produce more hardware. Nvidia is known for producing some of the biggest and best graphics cards‚ but these SFF PC plans suggest it is keen to establish some rules for all major PC components when it comes to fitting them into a less traditionally-sized case. Continue reading Nvidia working to make small PC builds easier for everyone MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review‚ DLSS explained‚ Best graphics cards

It finally happened. Nearly a decade after we saw the inevitable addition of RGB lighting to the edges of mouse pads‚ Razer has finally done the only logical next step and made a mouse mat that's one big expanse of RGB-lit goodness. The Razer Firefly V2 Pro has just been announced as the first of its kind and offers gamers a hard mousing surface and dazzling light show in one. Arriving as easily one of the most expensive ever contenders for a spot on our list of the best mouse pads‚ the Razer Firefly V2 Pro is sure to divide opinion but certainly stands out from the crowd. Continue reading Razer’s new mouse pad is a world first for the silliest reason MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Razer Viper V2 Pro review‚ Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (2023) review‚ Best gaming mouse

Homeworld 3 is gearing up for next month's launch‚ and developer Black Bird Interactive has now revealed its post-launch roadmap. It has a lively first year planned‚ with new content scheduled monthly through August‚ with more additions arriving later in the year and into 2025. Continue reading Homeworld 3 will add three more playable factions in its first year MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Homeworld 3 release date‚ Best strategy games‚ Homeworld 3 system requirements

The president’s interest in being reelected and the country’s interests abroad are increasingly diverging.