Robin Valentine

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

10 years on from its original release, The Witcher 3 still casts a shadow as enormous as its sprawling world. At the time, it felt like an unbeatable, landmark achievement for the genre. Sure enough, though RPGs have flourished in the decade since, I don't think anyone has yet matched its combination of rich and mature storytelling, expansive open world adventure, and lovable, nuanced characters. Its release hit videogames like a meteor strike.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Robin Valentine

A Decade Later, The Witcher 3 Still Does Things No Other Game Has ToppedThe Witcher is a special series. I fell in love with it through The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on the Xbox 360, before picking up every one of …

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Robin Valentine

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3 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

Steam's newly automated monthly top-seller list now lets you go all the way back to 2004, and it's been a fun way to take a trip down memory lane. And as Jody noted, it's shined a light on one particular oddity: Rag Doll Kung Fu.Chances are you've never heard of it, but this fighting game has the honour of being the first ever third-party game to come to Steam, back in 2005. That's before the release of The Orange Box, even—back then it was basically just a launcher for Half-Life 2.

3 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Robin Valentine

You've got to hand it to Ubisoft: despite Star Wars Outlaws' rocky launch, it's stuck with it doggedly, releasing a whole series of updates that have hugely improved the game's performance, stability, and the core play experience. Here we are, nine months on from the original release, and it's still going, with a new major update now available alongside the release of the A Pirate's Fortune DLC. This time, the headliner is speeder combat. Previously, mounted battles felt pretty awkward.