We post our most controversial takes on Fridays to make sure everyone's all riled up for the weekend.

Mewgenics review (92%): "A sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike that will drag you body and soul into its chaotic world."

I only hope the real game is as exciting as the one I simulated. www.pcgamer.com/games/sports...

A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works from Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO's Last of Us show. Deadline reports that it'll be set directly after the events of Baldur's Gate 3, with new and returning characters.

"I'm sure you see it, too. It's as clear as day. That's right. As Arc Raiders takes place in Italy, this is a stop sign that's failing to observe Articles 144, 145, and 148 of Title 2 of the Regolamento di Esecuzione e di Attuazione del Nuovo Codice della Strada."

Keychron is about to launch a wireless, magnetic-switched keyboard with a "full concrete body."

Guerrilla Games' long-rumored Horizon co-op game has finally been unveiled as Horizon Hunters Gathering.

Valve hasn't announced pricing or release dates for Steam Machines and its other new hardware yet because of the AI-driven memory shortage.

Playing Briar and getting reversed ult by Mel is equivalent to getting hit by magic cylinder in Yu-Gi-Oh. #pcgamer #pcgaming #leagueoflegends

jetpack cat jetpack cat jetpack cat www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ov...

It's just Overwatch again.

All you get for finding stuff is more stuff. #pcgamer #pcgaming #arcraiders

Nioh 3 review (90%): "Everything I wanted from a sequel to Nioh 2, and yet, somehow so much more. One of the best soulslikes yet."

Really proud of this @pcgamer.com cover story. I got to talk to some really cool people at Bethesda and Obsidian about Fallout, and @robertnjones.bsky.social did one of my favorite back pages in awhile!

I know everyone's been asking "what did Morgan think of Highguard in the end," and folks, you can cancel those afternoon plans www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/hi...

According to Bruce Nesmith, the huge disruption of such a switch would outweigh any potential upsides. #pcgamer #pcgaming #skyrim #theelderscrolls #bethesda

‘Let’s go after people who really want a premium experience.’ #pcgamer #pcgaming #nvidia

One of the best Team Fortress 2 mods around got an official Steam release today. When you can find a sever with space, it's great.

Have you tried the Steam demo for upcoming RPG Sword Hero? @dilfpatrol.bsky.social says do it, just be careful not to lose too much sleep: www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/iv...

Her.💜 Thanks to the @pcgamer.com team and @gbits.bsky.social for this rad cover opportunity! 🥳😎 Lot of great conversations with some amazing humans for this.

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

I got enough charisma to handle the post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland 😎 #pcgamer #pcgaming #fallout #falloutnewvegas

Happy to have another excuse to write about Final Fantasy 11, which recently broke in the exact right way to force its Games Masters into doing something extremely funny:

Cairn review (91%): "A brilliant climbing adventure"

Because of Iudex Gundyr I now strafe every boss whenever possible 🤝 #pcgamer #pcgaming #fromsoftware #darksouls3 #darksouls

The latest @pcgamer.com magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com: Midnight. Plus, Total War: Warhammer 40,000, Nova Roma, Steam Machine, gaming CPUs tested, and much more, too. 🌑⚔️✨ www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...

Do you believe in miracles?

New FOV 90: The most exciting multiplayer FPS of 2026 is here (no, not that one). www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/fi...

It's easier to level the thieving skill with quests, anyway. #pcgamer #pcgaming #runescape

Will they stop killing games? 🤔 #pcgamer #pcgaming #stopkillinggames

With his Warhammer MMO cancelled following NetEase's retreat from overseas development, veteran MMO designer Jack Emmert has returned to Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and Champions Online studio Cryptic, which split with Embracer Group last year in a management buyout.

Shared.

I asked Wildlight what it makes of social media's obsession with Steam player counts, the one number we can all see. If Highguard's number isn't big at launch, is that a huge problem? www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/we...

"We could have made [a trailer] that did a better job of highlighting the unique loop of the game," said Wildlight CEO Dusty Welch. "So that's on us. We take that, but the team is resilient."

I spent 30 hours in 5 days playing Fallout 4 and I'm glad I was able to get something productive out of it www.pcgamer.com/games/fallou...

"He knew he was outside the ToS and just chose to get away with it as long as he could. Now he's trying to play the victim." https://www.pcgamer.com/games/vr/cyberpunk-2077-vr-mod-disappears-after-mod-maker-decides-hed-rather-take-it-down-than-make-it-free/ #pcgamer #pcgaming #cyberpunk2077

I'm sorry I can't stop diving.

Farewell, Nexus Mods App. We hardly knew ye. www.pcgamer.com/games/nexus-... #pcgamer #pcgaming #nexusmods

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake is one of six projects, four of them unannounced, that have been cancelled as part of a "major reset" of Ubisoft's internal structure.

Just tell us when we can buy RAM again please.

Haunted card game alert: www.pcgamer.com/games/card-g...

One of the most interesting things happening in multiplayer gaming is Foxhole, the fantasy WW2 MMO with months-long wars fought by thousands of real players. And by "fought," I mean some people just build train tracks and load clothes onto trains. www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/fo...

A ton of new stuff is being added to 2025's best card game.

New FOV 90 (PC Gamer's FPS column): Matt Larrabee, the indie dev behind the best movement shooter of the decade, talks about the indie FPS scene, Steam, and making "2007-core" shooters. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/i-...

Protect your Valheim servers www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...

It may be a work-in-progress, but this long-awaited survival crafting adventure (there's always a big one to start the year, isn't there?) is off to a good start—and as @chrislivingston.bsky.social observes, "it's a miracle it even exists at all..."

RIP Kettle 😢 www.pcgamer.com/games/third-... #pcgamer #pcgaming #arcraiders

It looks like Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with a 7.7% overclock 🤔 https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/amd-launches-its-fastest-gaming-cpu-yet-though-the-new-ryzen-7-9850x3d-is-clocked-just-8-percent-higher-than-the-9800x3d/ #pcgamer #pcgaming #amd

The anime soulslike returns with a time travel story and, more importantly, firearms. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/playing-code-vein-2-made-me-wonder-why-more-soulslikes-dont-have-guns-even-if-i-could-do-with-a-bit-less-anime-melodrama/ #pcgamer #pcgaming #codevein #codevein2 #bandainamco

"When a painting sells, everybody makes money." www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/im... #pcgamer #pcgaming #fallout