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The new game from Painkiller and Bulletstorm's creators is a tropical survival shooter that looks a teensy bit like Far Cry, and it's out in early access next month

Just the other day I was thinking "I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry". You know, one ...

Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware 'kill switch' to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison

After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis Lu has finally been sentenced for a malware kill switch scheme he deployed in 2019 ...

Even in a year packed with great RPGs, you don't want to miss Disco Elysium-style time loop noir Rue Valley, which has a new trailer and a release date in November

Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we're most exc ...

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to ...

Chicago man sues Home Depot, alleging it's secretly using AI facial recognition at self-checkout

If you're shopping at Home Depot, you might want to watch out for facial recognition at the check-out counter. Benjamin ...

Survival climber Cairn is getting a free-solo mode, letting you channel your inner Alex Honnold when it launches in November

I've been continually impressed by Cairn ever since it was announced in June last year. The survivalist climber features one ...

We just got a free expansion pack out of nowhere for one of the most underrated FPSes on Steam⁠, and it adds a second open world to the one we already had

Echo Point Nova is one of our favorite recent FPSes here at PCG: Four player hoverboard shooting in an open world of floating ...

History goes cheap in the Age of Empires franchise sale, with up to 75% off the classic RTS series

You can get all four AoE games, plus Mythology Retold and couple of DLC packs, in the Age of Empires 25 th anniversary ...

Apple's upcoming Pro Mac Mini might just be a tiny gaming powerhouse, if rumours around the M5 chip are true

Alex Blake over at Techradar absolutely is. After complimenting their M1's fair price and powerful abilities, Blake is ...

Today's Wordle clues, hints and answer for August 24 (#1527)

Get your Sunday off to a rewarding and relaxing start with our Wordle help. Hey, it's the weekend—you can even click straight through to the August 24 (1527) answer if you want to. Or if you've got ...

Metal Gear Solid Delta still lets you wait two weeks for a boss to die of old age⁠—or mess with your system clock to cheat him out of his final fight

Thankfully, I learned of an Easter egg in the fight via GameFAQs: Save your game during the battle, leave for two weeks, then ...

After stretching the definition of 'beta' for 8 years, Escape From Tarkov is finally hitting 1.0

Eight years really stretches the definition of a "beta," and Tarkov is of course far from the only game to do so. Star ...