'Thank you so much for the best weekend ever': The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time

The recently concluded QuakeCon was a big one, marking the 30th anniversary of the game that started it all and, more notably, bringing id Software co-founders Adrian Carmack, John Carmack, Tom Hall, and John Romero together for the first time in a very long time.

Steam user data 'may have been compromised' by a cyberattack targeting Valve's European shipping partner

Earlier this morning, Valve began contacting customers who have purchased Steam hardware in Europe to notify them that one of its regional shipping partners, CEVA Logistics, was the subject of a recent cyberattack that "likely" exposed their personal information.

House of the Dragon's Most Glorious Death Scene Reveals a Dark Truth About the Game of Thrones Saga

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Published Aug 10, 2026, 12:50 PM EDT

Ser Roderick Dustin's end in the HOTD finale was as epic as he hoped

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House of the Dragon's season 3 finale saw Rhaenyra as the troubled Targaryen learned that her half brother Aegon had risen from the dead (and so had his dragon). The inevitable attack on Tumbleton threatened to make the episode a dour affair full of dragon-sized chickens coming home to roost. Yet the siege wasn't a series of rough losses and tragic endings. Ser Roderick Dustin (Tommy Flanagan), aka Roddy the Ruin, gave the episode some much-needed comic relief — if not one of the series' most iconic moments.

Assassin’s Creed Creator’s Next Game Is Out in Just 2 Weeks

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Published Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

Time travel as a cat in 1666: Amsterdam

Assassin's Creed creator's next game is out in just 2 weeks

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Someone's head is killing me in Memoirium, a PSX-styled soulslike about battling through bizarre dreamscapes and decorating your bedroom

Naptime's over

I don’t know whose dreams Memoirium warps into action-RPG soulslike levels - it may not even be the player character’s - but whoever they are, they need to lay off the post-10pm Babybels. Besides being filled with chair-wielding thugs and hornfaced monsters, this blocky sleeprealm is lousy with the kind of shattered fantasy geometry that could send an innocent dodgeroller tumbling fatally off a hundred-foot-high-ledge. Also, the ledge is a giant sword.

Forget Quake, Worms: The Director's Cut just got a free expansion for the series' 30th anniversary

If you've checked in on Worms creator Andy Davidson sometime in these past few years, you'll know he's been hard at work on Worms: The Director's Cut 1.5, an unofficial but nonetheless Team 17-approved expansion pack for the original strategy-party mashup's Amiga-exclusive sequel. The goods have finally arrived: you can download the whole thing for free now.

25 Years Ago, This Critically Acclaimed RPG Heralded the End of an Era

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Published Aug 8, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

Though a new dawn may be breaking again

25 years ago, Golden Sun heralded the twilight of an era for RPGs

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They just don't make games like Golden Sun anymore. After Camelot and Nintendo released the much-lauded RPG for the Game Boy Advance in August 2001, the genre began a slow decline both in volume and innovation. The genre shrank, and its eventual regrowth, in trying too hard to recapture past glories, has largely fallen short. Which is a shame. Golden Sun deserves every bit of praise heaped on it, as one of the only examples of a modern (at the time) RPG that built on its inspirations and turned them into something wholly new and captivating.

Deborah Ann Woll says Tales from Woodcreek season 2 is 'Clue at the Overlook Hotel'

Deborah Ann Woll and filmmaker Ed Gass-Donnelly didn't sit down and decide to make a Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in a haunted colonial village. But when they stepped foot inside Toronto's Black Creek Pioneer Village with a loose idea in mind, the pair found themselves enchanted by the weathered schoolhouse, creaking staircases, and centuries-old buildings. The deeper they explored, the more the location revealed the story they wanted to tell. The fictional town of Woodcreek grew naturally out of a very real, very spooky place. Tales from Woodcreek was born.

The 10 Most Ambitious Video Games of All Time

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Published Aug 8, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

Because bigger can be so much better

The 10 most ambitious games of all time

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Big Walk: So, what's the deal with that number puzzle?

Early on in Big Walk, as you and your pals are scurrying around the world solving puzzles, you might come across a curious sight: a structure near the beach with an oblong prize (here at PC Gamer we call it a nubbin) inside a frosted glass container. Hanging on a hook above it: a sign with some numbers on it. Curious!