Rocket Well is a casual game that challenges players to stick rockets to their ragdoll character and ascend from a deep well. Your mission is to guide the character, strategically using boosters to rise higher and overcome obstacles. However, be cautious about managing your fuel range to ensure a successful ascent.
Reddit will switch to a 'logged-in only experience' The exact details of the change are still being determined (and yep, this is about AI). Reddit will become a "logged-in only experience," and the company plans to move fast, beginning testing soon in regions outside the US before flipping the switch globally. The popular community website—home to a great many official and unofficial gaming message boards—lost one million search engine referrals per week on average in October, CEO Steve Huffman said on an investor call today. In the Q&A portion of the call, Huffman said that Reddit has nothing to announce about those deals, but that it is in "active discussions" and that its leadership will "do what makes sense and is in the best interest for Reddit strategically and economically." Although it reported 53% year-over-year revenue growth in its 2026 third-quarter results, as well as 16% growth in weekly active users, Reddit's share price dropped today due to a lower-than-expected forecast for the next quarter.
Sir Patrick Stewart’s friends and colleagues from the world of Star Trek have taken to social media to share their tributes to the late Jean-Luc Picard actor, who died Thursday at the age of 86 from Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. The official Star Trek Instagram account posted: “A voice. Sir Patrick Stewart gave generations of fans an icon who inspired us to look toward the stars. My colleague, my Captain, ‘no good-byes, just good memories…’ Akiva Goldsman, co-showrunner and co-creator on Star Trek: Picard, posted on X: “Safe Journey Dear Friend.” Goldsman elaborated in a statement provided to Variety: “Patrick was not only a true lion of the profession, he was the rarest of alchemists, one who could literally turn the written word into flesh and blood.
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What to play this Halloween, plus last-minute costume ideas and spooky movie recommendations Welcome to PC Gamer's hub of Halloween horror. This article is brought to you by No More Room in Hell 2. - Amnesia: The Bunker | $4.99 (80% off) on Steam and GOG - Hunt: Showdown 1896 | $11.99 (60% off) on Steam - No More Room in Hell 2 | $22.49 (20% off) on Steam - The Outlast Trials | $11.99 (70% off) on Steam - Grim Fandango Remastered | $2.24 (85% off) on Steam and GOG - Resident Evil Requiem | $48.99 (30% off) on Steam - Resident Evil Village | $9.99 (75% off) on Steam - Sons of the Forest | $8.39 (72% off) on Steam Staff picks A selection of lesser-known horror games to check out this Halloween. - Tuesday: Round 1 — 16 games - Wednesday: Round 2 — 8 games - Thursday: Round 3 — 4 games - Friday: Final — 2 games - Saturday: The scariest game revealed What to watch Scary, gory, or creepy movies we think you'll like.
Are we in the cozy gaming gold rush era? 'Cozy' has grown over 250% on Steam and 200% in my inbox since 2024 Uh oh, everything is cozy now. I've only received 15 emails from this year that include the term and I'm expecting that number to rocket in 2024 as developers, publishers, and press teams all learn the magic word." —Me, three years ago Cozy games on Google First let's check back in on the same Google Search data I pulled in 2023 to compare how much we, the audience, are actually seeking cozy games. Best laptop games: Low-spec life Best Steam Deck games: Handheld must-haves Best browser games: No install needed Best indie games: Independent excellence Best co-op games: Better together Cozy gamers in the wild Back in 2023 I felt protective of cozy gamers.
Epic announces game jam where you have to use AI, then walks back the requirement The Unreal Engine and Fortnite company has extended the public a many-fingered invitation. Epic has walked back the AI requirement. The theme of the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam will be revealed on November 11, and participating individuals and teams will then have from November 12–15 to produce their games with the help of AI tools. The winners in three categories will each receive $7,500, with smaller cash prizes for second and third place winners, as well as additional categories like "best team." Also on the table are "Development Continuation Grants of up to $50,000 per team." Epic extended the invitation with a reference to The Matrix's 'red pill' scene, presenting red-pilled AI-driven development as an opportunity to "ship awesome games in a weekend," while old-fashioned blue-pilled development would have you "wait months to prototype." The hand offering the red pill features an extra finger, a reference to the common mistake made by AI image generators.
RIP BioWare: EA has shut down the legendary RPG developer Bloomberg also reports that EA is cutting "around 400 jobs" across the company. BioWare is closing, and the next Mass Effect game is cancelled. The legendary RPG studio was founded in 1995 by doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, and was responsible for a number of classics, including the original Baldur's Gate games, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and more recently, the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. "These games became so much more because you played them, debated your choices, fell in love with the characters, and made these worlds your own." After establishing itself in the PC gaming canon in the '90s and early 2000s, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007, and became a mainstream RPG powerhouse with the release of the Mass Effect trilogy and first Dragon Age games.
Epic Games is under fire once again this week for its stance on AI, as the company is apparently pivoting to "AI-accelerated development"--and supreme overlord Tim Sweeney has been trying to make it seem as though he and his company are not bothered by the backlash even a little bit. But everything that Sweeney and his spokespeople have said this week makes them look like they're embarrassingly out of touch with the reality of our present moment. Maybe it's time for Sweeney to go outside and get some fresh air and remember what it was like to be a regular person who doesn't have a billion dollars and a powerful corporation that he rules with an iron fist. Disney gave Epic $1.5 billion a couple of years ago, and all they have to show for it so far are a bunch of Fortnite skins and some Creative islands that nobody plays--perhaps Disney is getting annoyed about that.
Epic says its new 'vibe coded' Epic Games Store launcher is faster than Steam The updated version is in beta for the time being, and represents a total rebuild of the EGS client. The big Epic Games Store rebuild teased earlier this year has arrived as a new "preview" client available to download for Windows and Mac, as well as Linux for the first time. PC Gamer was shown a demonstration of the client in advance of the announcement, and the speed improvement appeared significant. Epic claims that it's halved the launcher's startup time, and that it now goes from a cold start to the store page 46% faster than Steam.
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We are under attack, and while the governments of the world fail to react to the threat, an international organisation steps forward. XCOM is here to defeat the enemy, collecting and adapting technology and tactics, and you're leading the mission. Whatever must be done, must be done. Take The Fight To The Enemy The first wave of miniatures for XCOM the Miniatures Game features the base operatives and aliens needed for the start of the campaign, this includes: - Operatives 1 Pack - 6 operatives (1x Heavy, 1x Sniper, 2x Assault and 2x Support) - Aliens 1 Pack - 8 aliens (1x Sectoid Commander, 3x Sectoids, 1x Outsider, 3x Thin man) - Aliens 2 Pack - 6 aliens (2x Seeker, 2x Floater, 2x Chryssalid) All of the miniatures come in both resin and plastic (HIPS - High Impact Polystyrene).
"It's less risky to be the masters of our own fate" – The AAA developers going indie Veterans from Warner Bros and 2K explain why the low pay and uncertainty of the indie space beats "doomscrolling on LinkedIn" Justin Fischer and Brock Feldman suddenly found themselves out of a job in 2025, when Warner Bros decided to shutter their studio, Player First Games, the developer of Multiversus. The free-to-play fighting game, which featured various Warner Bros characters, had launched in beta in 2022 before going offline around a year later, in preparation for the full launch in May 2024. Warner acquired Player First just after that 1.0 launch – then announced the studio's closure seven months later, after pulling the plug on Multiversus. I can't control what the investment environment looks like, we can't control what the publisher scene looks like, but we can control what we're making, and how we ship it, and how we communicate with an audience." That said, Airlock Games is happy to have conversations with "interesting partners who want to help us on this journey", and the firm raised over $25,000 in a Kickstarter campaign for What the Stars Forgot last year.
11 underappreciated games you should buy in the Steam Autumn Sale, according to some of our biggest genre sickos We asked 11 very particular PCG staffers what game they think everyone should buy in Steam's Autumn Sale—here's what they picked. The ones where you have to read Skald: Against the Black Priory ($6.74 at 55% off) is one of my favorite games of the 2020s. In an age where we're spoiled for Warhammer games, 2015's Mordheim: City of the Damned ($2 at 90% off) is criminally overlooked. - Fraser Brown Online Editor - Andy Chalk US News Lead - Lauren Morton Lead SEO Editor - Andrea Shearon Evergreen Writer - Joshua Wolens News Writer - Morgan Park Staff Writer - Jody Macgregor Weekend/AU Editor - Jessica Kinghorn - Lincoln Carpenter News Writer - Christopher Livingston Senior Editor You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director on its 'very extravagant' final Sephiroth fight and whether anyone will ever pull something like this trilogy off again Naoki Hamaguchi discusses the final chapter of Square Enix's elaborate remake project. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi must be one of the least guarded interviewees working for a major publisher. Before I speak to him, I find tons of details about the final game in the Remake trilogy spread across a dozen different sources—everything from granular titbits about why Vincent Valentine has a unique skydiving animation to defending the sheer volume of minigames that make the cut. In Revelation, which launches April 8, series villain Sephiroth has summoned the destructive cosmic spell Meteor towards the planet, intending to destroy it.
In my time as a videogame partaker, I have crawled through approximately three billion airvents. I may well have crawled through more vents than you've had hot dinners. As such, any videogame that can get me excited about loosening a barred hatch and hauling my heavy ass into a square tunnel is doing something right. The Wild Gentlemen's new sci-fi immersive sim RetroSpace gives pretty fair vent.
007 First Light gets free new DLC today, adding New Game Plus and Photo modes, new TacSim missions and more "A thank you to all the players who've been with us since the game's release." James Bond game 007 First Light is getting free DLC today in an Extended Operations update. This adds much-asked-for features to the game - such as New Game Plus, a new harder difficulty mode, a photo mode - as well as more TacSim mission challenges and a couple of game adjustments Those game adjustments are improved weapon handling "fidelity", a press release says, to give more precision to Bond's movement and weapon behaviour. New Game Plus is unlocked once you beat the campaign on any difficulty, and once you unlock it, you'll also unlock the game's new 00 difficulty, which is described as "considerably harder". "007 First Light is less cerebral and replayable than IO's World of Assassination trilogy, but makes up for it with excellent fistfights and oodles of charm," said Rick Lane in Eurogamer's 007 First Light review.
You can see October's full Raid schedule below: Five-Star Raids Xerneas (September 30-October 6) Yveltal (October 7-13) Dialga (October 14-20) Palkia (October 21-27) Origin Forme Giratina (October 28-November 3) Mega Raids Mega Victreebel (September 30-October 6) Mega Blastoise (October 7–13) Mega Dragonite (October 14-20) Mega Charizard X (October 21-27) Mega Charizard Y (October 21-27) Mega Sableye (October 28-November 3) Max Battles Dynamax Sobble (September 28-October 4) Dynamax Sizzlipede (October 5-11) Dynamax Rookidee (October 12-18) Dynamax Sneasel (October 19-25) Dynamax Sableye (October 26-November 1) Shadow Raids Shadow Incarnate Forme Thundurus (September 9-October 6) Shadow Incarnate Forme Landorus (October 7-November 3) October Spotlight Hours Pokemon Go is holding more Spotlight Hour events in October. You can see October's full Spotlight Hour schedule below: October 1 Spotlight Pokemon: Seedot Bonus: 2x catch XP October 8 Spotlight Pokemon: Elgyem Bonus: 2x catch candy October 15 Spotlight Pokemon: Stufful Bonus: 2x transfer candy October 22 Spotlight Pokemon: Morelull Bonus: 2x catch Stardust October 29 Spotlight Pokemon: Gastly Bonus: 2x evolution XP Harvest Festival: Taken Over Team Go Rocket is crashing the Harvest Festival from October 2-5 , and this time, they'll have some new Shadow Pokemon in tow. Bonuses Max Particle collection limit increased to 1,600 All Power Spots will host Gigantamax Battles Power Spots will refresh more frequently Additional Power Spots will be active Receive 8x Max Particles from Power Spots Make up to three Special Trades for the day Daily Remote Raid limit increased from 10 to 20 (October 2-3) Earn 2x Max Particles from exploring 1/4 adventuring distance to receive Max Particles World Space Week 2026 Pokemon Go is celebrating World Space Week with a special event from October 4-10 . Featured Pokemon Wild Encounters Ponyta Doduo Electrike Blitzle Skarmory Incense Encounters October 13-16 Galarian Ponyta Hoppip Electrike Dwebble Bramblin October 16-19 Hisuian Growlithe Nincada Electrike Helioptile Bramblin Bonuses Increased chance to encounter shiny Electrike Increased chance to encounter shiny Hisuian Growlithe via Incense (from October 16-19) Go Pass Milestones Tier 1: Incense activated during the event will last for two hours Tier 2: Earn 5x Mega Energy by exploring with Electrike or Manectric set as your buddy, after you've Mega Evolved Manectric at least once Sandile Hatch Day Pokemon Go's next Hatch Day event takes place October 17 and features the adorable desert croc Sandile.
Deadlock's gigantic new update gives its city a spooky new coat of paint and debuts 6 new heroes, including the one and only Rat King Valve continues to polish the game into one of the moodiest MOBAs out there. The cursed city where Deadlock's battles take place just got even spookier than it already was in the City Never Sleeps update. 2026 games: All the upcoming games Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14.
It's tough to stand out in today's games industry, but 'sorta like Helldivers 2 except dog people' worked on me The free weekend playtest for Gravhounds is fun. Also, you are a dog with a people body. Here are some reasons to try the Gravhounds open playtest on Steam: - It's free for the next few days and seems well put-together for a playtest of an unreleased early access game - It's a co-op wave shooter and those are basically always fun to muck around in with friends, at least for a bit - The movement feels good, especially gliding across networks of buildable cables - There's a light resource mining and tower defense element that has potential - You collect resources by hucking them across the map with a gravity gun, which is satisfying (just don't do it with explosive materials, I learned) - It doesn't really play like Helldivers 2, it just replicates the home base spaceship setup, but it's a good format, and the shooting is fun Also, you may have noticed that the characters are dogs with people bodies. Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs.
The short history of MindsEye, a game headed by former Rockstar Games veteran and Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, has been quite a shaky one – but it all might be coming to an end now as reports of Build A Rocket Boy's closure circulate. MindsEye launched to a very negative reception last year, standing as 2025's worst-rated game just six days after its release. It wasn't just the game itself that faced scrutiny, however. The studio behind it – Build A Rocket Boy – and its alleged "unbearable levels of overtime" and other areas of poor management did, too… from both players and former developers alike, as there were sadly plenty of layoffs stemming from the entire debacle.