Arc Raiders seems to be facing its first major hurdle. It cleared the first potential hazard, as players didn't seem to care that it had used generative AI for NPC voices, despite the fact it made them sound like lifeless robots. But now matches are being plagued by exploits, including duplication glitches and infinite ammo hacks, which threaten to topple the delicate balance of the game and ruin players' experiences. However, developer Embark Studios is taking its time before banning any cheaters.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: After major Arc Raiders exploit ruins games, Embark knows players want "fast action" but is taking its time to stay fair

I love checking Zillow. It's one of my favorite hobbies, even though I bought a house last year and won't finish repaying the bank until I'm near retirement age. I just like flicking through the photos, seeing how people decorate their rooms, and wishing I could afford the footballers' mansions that occasionally pop up for millions of dollars. Now, I can do that with virtual houses too, as World of Warcraft has teamed up with the property site to show off the homely new additions to Azeroth.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: World of Warcraft now has a Zillow page, because buying a home in a videogame is easier than getting a mortgage

Total War: Warhammer 3 does some excellent things that I wish the tabletop game would recreate. Most of these take the form of powerful units - I want plastic miniatures (or should that be bigatures?) of the Thunderbarge and Necrofex Colossus, please and thank you. The newest addition to the game is Bhashiva and her impressive Tiger Warriors, another character and unit I'd love to make the transition from pixel to plastic.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Total War Warhammer 3 introduces "entirely new" Tiger Warriors after working "closely" with Games Workshop

Mewgenics has been a bona fide hit, but then again, who expected anything different? Edmund McMillen is the mind behind Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, and has been working on this cat-breeding roguelike for 14 years. His long-time collaborator, Tyler Glaiel, has a similarly impressive and varied CV. With the goodwill of all fans in their sails and a cracking game to share with the world, there was no doubt that Mewgenics could rise to the top of 2026's gaming offerings. But nobody expected it to grow quite so big, quite so fast.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Step aside Hades 2, a game about breeding neurospicy cats just became the best-performing roguelike ever

Apex Legends' early days were a simpler time. There was a smaller roster of characters, fewer weapons, and it didn't seem like people had 'solved' the meta in quite the same way they have now. The Wingman took heavy ammo and Skull Town was the hottest drop - like I say, life was simple. However, it all changed in Season 4, when Respawn announced the next legend, Forge, and promptly killed him off. It was a move that fans didn't see coming, and an ambitious piece of storytelling that hasn't been seen before or replicated since by any major live-service game.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Here's the real story of the Apex Legends character that never was, and how he was born from "pure frustration"

Of all the games I expected to capture my attention in 2026, I didn't expect one to simply be called Mole. But then, it's the games that come out of nowhere that always get you best, isn't it? Mole, which I keep accidentally calling Hole, is a game that's basically about piloting a large, post-war drilling machine. But if you liked the creepy horror of Mouthwashing, you'll know there's far more than meets the eye to this game.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Digging a huge hole has never been as exciting (or terrifying) as it is in Mole

There's nothing worse than a stuttering frame rate. Whether you can't afford a modern graphics card because AI tech bros are hoarding them in data centers, that big new release isn't quite optimized, or you're just trying to play Crysis in the year of our lord 2026, poor performance is infuriating. However, it's something you may have to suffer through while playing FPS Quest, a meta game which uses your frame rate as your health bar. If you want to survive, you'll have to break the game itself and stutter to victory.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: This new FPS game uses your frame rate as your health bar, so I'll brb after I've bought a 240Hz monitor

Have you ever experienced a moment in a game that's made you think, "That could be a movie?" I'm not talking about a cutscene from The Last of Us or any of Sony's wannabe movie games, I mean when you're getting stuck into one of the best multiplayer games and pull off a trick that's worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. If you immediately think of taking down a Matriarch in Arc Raiders, you're in luck: Patrick Soderlund, CEO of developer Embark Studios, says that he has received "many" offers to adapt the hit game into a movie or TV show.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Arc Raiders has had offers for a movie adaptation, but Embark insists it must "be done in the right way"

Have you ever wanted an Apex Legends x SSX crossover? Me neither. Who would ever come up with a concept like that? Respawn, apparently. But I've seen Lifeline snowboarding across World's Edge, there's nothing I want to do more than pop Misty 900 no-scope headshot from across the map. With the addition of pseudo-wall running and buffs for some fan favorite characters on the cards, too, there's only one question left on my lips: where's the snow?

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Apex Legends' latest update adds fan favorite Titanfall mechanic, but there's a catch

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 may have been the most underrated game to release in 2025. It's difficult to say that about a title that came fourth in our own Game of the Year 2025 list and picked up awards at other, inferior, websites. It even got nominated for the big gong at the Geoffies. But when I talk to my friends , colleagues, or strangers online, it rarely enters the conversation despite being one of 2025's biggest hits and arguably the best medieval game ever made. However, the next game from developer Warhorse Studios could be very different, thanks to job listings that suggest a change in engines.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer seems to be working on a secret Unreal Engine project

Every game has cheaters. However, there are varying levels of acceptability. It's fine to motherlode on The Sims, as it's a single-player game and you can play it however you want. It's not fine to use aimbot in a multiplayer shooter, because you're ruining other people's fun. The worst of all, however, is cheating in a competitive environment, whether that be at an esports tournament or on a speedrunning leaderboard. That's exactly what Roblox speedrunner Quinten, who goes by 'kannotlogin' on Reddit, encountered.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Roblox player succeeds in quest to pry Guinness World Record from the hands of cheaters

Escape from Tarkov is a game of patience. It's about waiting as much as it is shooting. You want to gather as much loot as you can and scurry back to your base to rebuild and recuperate. But nobody actually escapes. Not until now. Developer Battlestate Games only added the ability to escape from Tarkov entirely when the hit extraction shooter launched on Steam with version 1.0 last month. In just two and a half weeks, a streamer by the name of 'Tigz' has put 150 hours into the game and has seemingly become the first to make it out of the eponymous city.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Streamer becomes the first person to actually Escape from Tarkov, and it only took them two and a half weeks

It's a lovely day in 10th-century China, and you are face to face with a horrible goose. You've sliced up legendary swordsmen and gone sword-to-staff with ferocious witches, but this foe strikes true fear into your heart. Yes, a large percentage of the Where Winds Meet community, myself included, are struggling to defeat a simple goose. The white-browed goose can be found in Qinghe, close to the Moonveil Mountain fast travel point, but make sure you're prepared for battle if you head on up there.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Where Winds Meet's toughest enemy isn't a legendary warrior, it's a particularly aggressive goose

What graphics card do you use? I'm looking to upgrade at the moment as my old 30-series is starting to show the telltale signs of age when I'm trying to hit the top settings on triple-A games. However, prices never seem to come close to RRP, even in Black Friday sales and the like. A recent Steam survey has shown that I'm not alone, and plenty of others are also playing on older hardware. But the biggest surprise of all is that most users aren't rocking the best graphics card, and are instead opting for an Nvidia GPU made specifically for laptops.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Steam's most widely used GPU is less powerful than you'd think, but new survey shows RTX 50-series is catching up

Cyberpunk 2077 is a comeback story for the ages. While I still don't think it has lived up to the pre-development hype, there's a really solid linear adventure to be found in the gargantuan open world of Night City. The game is now touted as one of the best RPGs ever made, rivaling developer CD Projekt Red's previous effort, The Witcher 3. I still think the Continent has a more believable, living, breathing world and Night City feels a little like a façade at times, but that doesn't stop me from hoping for more adventures in the studio's sci-fi offering.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Cyberpunk 2077 hints at new update for fifth anniversary, so here's when you'll need to tune in for more

It's easy to forget that Manor Lords was created by just one man. When it first started, developer Slavic Magic was the name for Grzegorz Styczeń's solo studio. Since the game's success - it's a regular feature on our list of the best city building games - he's expanded to hire more developers, but the team remains small. However, Styczeń excels in listening to the community, and the latest update is no different. It makes numerous quality of life improvements and fixes so many bugs that I barely know where to start.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: New Manor Lords update leaves players "seriously impressed" as beloved city builder drops to lowest-ever price on Steam

The Prince of Persia The Sands of Time Remake has had a troubled existence. After being first announced back in 2020 with a speculative January 2021 release date, it has since been moved from Ubisoft Mumbai to Ubisoft Montreal and been stuck in development hell for the past four years. However, industry insider Tom Henderson suggests that the game will finally be releasing next month, four years after its intended launch window.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: We've been waiting for Ubisoft's Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake for four years, and now it might be round the corner

Fortnite Chapter 7 launched with a bang this weekend, following a strong Simpsons-themed season with a surprising Tarantino crossover and sci-fi legend Marty McFly. However, the news isn't all good. As you wander Classified Canyon and Battlewood Boulevard in search of one of the new driveable Reboot Vans, you may see in-game adverts that have a whiff of generative AI about them. While Epic hasn't confirmed it used the contentious technology when creating these ads, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's recent comments about AI disclosures might suggest the company isn't averse to its use.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Fortnite Chapter 7 launches with apparent "AI slop," days after Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggested Steam should bin AI disclosures

My favorite Apex Legends weapon is probably the 30-30 Repeater, and not just because of the buffs that marksman rifles have received in recent seasons. After that, I've always loved the sound of the Volt SMG, as well as the baroque Dreamweaver skin that I will never change. As you can tell, my tastes are based more on look, feel, and sound more than power, but it's still fun to run about with something completely broken whenever it appears. The latest overpowered weapon is a special R99 variant known as the Bird of Prey, and I can't remember ever seeing something this busted in Apex before.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Apex Legends' new gun may be the most broken weapon in its history, but boy is it fun to shoot missiles from an SMG

People always find ways to challenge themselves in games, whether the developers intended it or not. I've Nuzlocked more Pokémon games than I've done regular playthroughs by this point, and I don't show any signs of slowing down. Minecraft players also love to make things harder for themselves. Where some people actively seek out the best Minecraft seeds to give them a head start, others embark on challenge runs or try to walk to the end of the procedurally-generated landscape - it took him 14 years, by the way.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: You've seen Doom on a fridge, now here's Minecraft running at 0.5fps on a device you'd never expect