Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
Discord now displays a log of your recent playtime, so your friends can peer into the unholy depths of your gaming habits
news An update to Discord's activity tracking feature shows what you've been up to for the past 30 days.
Spectre Divide, the most promising tactical FPS since Valorant, is out next week
news A twist on the Counter-Strike formula, Spectre Divide gives each player two characters to control.
The eagerness to grave dance on unpopular games has become a bad habit
bad vibes Concord's low turnout has led to the usual jubilation over the prospect of seeing a big game fail.
Peter Molyneux says he's 'coming home' to PC, but should we welcome him back after everything that's happened?
Fallen God A brief-ish account of Molyneux's controversial career, the forgotten god of Godus, and why I'm not writing off Masters of Albion on sight.
How to watch the Future Games Show's Gamescom showcase today
news The Future Games Show livestream will feature over 50 games and another look at Civilization 7 on Wednesday.
Civilization 7's new features: a revamped three-age structure, towns, navigable rivers, and more
Intel dump Everything we know right now about the changes in Civilization 7.
'If you fire it up, there's a build of Civilization 1 on there': The PC that Sid Meier used to make the first Civilization has a whopping 16MB of memory and still works
news The Firaxis IT team got the classic Compaq Deskpro 386 running with the help of "some creative salvage."
Civilization 7 hands-on: Huge changes are coming to the classic strategy series
Through the Ages Firaxis is changing Civilization's structure with the goal of getting more of us to the victory screen.
He's baaack: Peter Molyneux announces new god game Masters of Albion, and honestly it looks really good
news "What the hell was I doing? I thought to myself: I need to come home to PC and console," said Molyneux in a surprise Gamescom announcement.
Civilization 7 releases this February, first gameplay trailer shows off new art style, navigable rivers
news Firaxis gave us our first real look at Civ 7 at Opening Night Live.
Many of Epic's exclusivity deals were 'not good investments,' says Tim Sweeney, but the free games program 'has been just magical'
news The most cost-effective way to get new users on the Epic Games Store has been the free games, not the exclusives.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney accuses Apple of 'malicious compliance' as Fortnite finally returns to iOS, but only in Europe and with a convoluted install process
news The new mobile Epic Games Store is finally launching on iOS in the EU and on Android worldwide.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra is now CEO of one of those technically-not-gambling daily fantasy sports apps
news Ybarra stepped down from Blizzard during this year's massive Microsoft layoffs.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in August
📆 Steam's most wishlisted game and Ubisoft's open world Star Wars adventure drop this month.
We'll see what makes Civilization 7 different on August 20 when Firaxis shows off the first gameplay of its 'revolutionary new chapter' in the grand strategy series
news The Civ 7 gameplay trailer will premiere at Gamescom's Opening Night Live, and will be followed by longer livestream.
The Witcher books reading order: where to start with the short stories and novels
Wiedźmin Reading order recs for starting your Witcher novels journey.
Assassin's Creed subreddit promises bans for anyone who keeps complaining about 'historical accuracy' and Yasuke: 'We are all exhausted of this tedious discussion'
news Complaining about Yasuke's inclusion in Assassin's Creed Shadows will now get you booted from the unofficial subreddit.
The best games on Steam
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.
Game archivists lament end of the Xbox 360 Marketplace
news You can't buy games on the Xbox 360 digital store after today, but owned games still work.
A dairy-sponsored women's Fortnite tournament called 'The Milk Cup' is awarding 'the largest women's esports prize pool in North America' this year
news The milk lobby continues its quest to make milk "the performance drink of gamers."
Actors' union 'not happy' about GTA 6 strike exemption, but confirms it's in the contract: 'Insane, but it's there'
news The SAG-AFTRA strike technically only applies to recently-started projects, which means GTA 6 is exempt.
Videogame voice actors are officially on strike over AI: 'We refuse this paradigm'
news SAG-AFTRA actors will refuse to work for Activision, EA, Take-Two, and other major developers.
