Riot Games, the maker of the enormously popular League of Legends multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) PC game, has issued a new set of company values on its web site. They’re the result of some soul searching after the company was accused by many of its own employees last year of having a sexist “bro” […]
Razer showed off two new potential pillars for its gaming ecosystem at CES, one coming later this year and one that’s a bit more…experimental. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Razer’s announcements ran the gamut at CES, from updates to their beloved […]
Previous Next Gamers looking for the best Nintendo 3DS games have no shortage of titles to choose from thanks to the console’s long lifecycle. The 3DS has enjoyed several updates over the years, but each was compatible with its predecessor, and that translates to a huge library. There’s options for nearly ever genre, from action […]
Enlarge / The soldier here is Ubisoft. The Capitol building is Steam. Epic is… the turret? The Epic Games Store’s relatively new effort to take on Valve’s Steam juggernaut received a major shot in the arm today. That’s because Ubisoft has announced that the PC version of The Division 2 will not be sold on […]
AAA video games have gotten remarkably similar to each other over the last generation, with publishers becoming less-willing to bet on creative and unique ideas as they focus on established franchises. Indie games — those created by independent developers without the backing of a major corporate publisher — don’t have this problem. In recent years, […]
Gaming and Mac computers haven’t always been on the best of terms. Many believe the optimal PC gaming experience comes via a Windows-based machine and won’t waste their time shelling out the dough for a Mac. The argument usually begins and ends with most Macs’ lack of a powerful GPU and restrictive hardware designs. While the options […]
Have you powered through all versions of The Sims, but still want more? Give these similar life-simulation games a try. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Are you a fanatic when it comes to The Sims? Do you find being able to […]
The holidays are over, but the New Year has a few gifts for gamers, from Resident Evil 2 to Kingdom Hearts III. These are the games we can’t wait to play in January. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. The holiday season […]
“Fortnite”/Epic games"Fortnite”/Epic games “Fortnite” is the world’s most popular game, with 80 million players spread across the globe. “Fortnite” will feature a ball drop and fireworks at the top of every hour as the New Year reaches all 24 time zones. However, as the celebration began on New Year’s Eve in some time zones, players […]
Modern digital game distribution makes buying and installing games easier than ever. If you play games on a PC, there is a very good chance you’re using Steam. But with many games requiring more and more storage space for all those HD textures and uncompressed audio tracks, most players don’t have space for every game […]
Sometimes 2018 feels like it flew by, and sometime it feels like it was 6 years long. Either way, we’ve reached the end. And that means we need to pick our favorite games of the year. So we did exactly that. As usual, we deliberated to figure out GamesBeat’s top 10 games as well as […]
We’re at the end of the year, and that means I have to figure out my favorite games of the year for our annual GamesBeat Rewind. And that was tough. I played so much good stuff in 2018, and it didn’t help that a lot of those games came out just a couple of weeks […]
Man, 2018 was another great year for video games. And while a lot of the blockbuster games I was looking forward to delivered, I fell in love with a bunch of unexpected indies this year. I even have a game in my top 10 that made me a believer in VR! That’s something I never […]
Enlarge / Ready to save the day, one side quest at a time. Insomniac / Sony Update: It’s Christmas Eve and Ars staffers are enjoying a winter break (inevitably filled with Santa horror movies and ample video game time). As such, we’re resurfacing a few favorites from the site archives touching on such topics—like this […]