‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia

There was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car park’ ...
CNET

How to Get a Free PC Game Every Day From the Epic Games Store

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. From Dec. 18 to Jan. 1, Epic is giving away one free PC game per day. These games are ...
PC World

The Epic Games Store is giving out free PC games daily for the holidays

The Epic Games Store is once again giving away a free PC game every day for the holiday season. Every day at 11am Eastern, a new title is unlocked, which is only available for free for 24 hours and ...
GamesRadar+

Hogwarts Legacy is now free on the Epic Games Store, but you'll have to move fast if you want to grab it before it flies away

Controversial Harry Potter RPG Hogwarts Legacy is currently free to claim and keep, but it's about to fly away on its magical broomstick if you don't move fast. Just yesterday, the Epic Games Store ...
PC World

I’m sick of $70 games. Play these 7 fun (and free) PC games instead

Who hasn’t thought to themselves, I’d really like to play something new again, but unfortunately my wallet looks so empty. These days, a full-price game costs at least $70–sometimes even more. There ...
GameSpot

PlayStation Plus Free Games For December 2025 Are Live Now

PlayStation has released this month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members can get the following five games as of December 2: Lego Horizon Adventures, Killing ...
ZDNet

World's first truly free software phone? That's the FSF's new 'long game'

No one has managed to make a fully free software smartphone. Open-source and free software projects have had limited success. The problem is proprietary tech with no public documentation. Zoë Kooyman, ...
Wired

Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...
ZDNet

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...
PC Gamer

FPS legend John Romero says Wolfenstein 3D was the first game id Software took its time with⁠—a luxurious 4-month development instead of just 2

In a recent appearance on Nightdive Studios' Deep Dive podcast, Doom designer John Romero talked about the ways id Software casually revolutionized PC gaming in the early '90s, all on a blistering ...
IGN

Civilization 6 Platinum Edition Gives Players Free Game and DLC on the Epic Games Store

The Epic Games Store is giving away Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 Platinum Edition away for free on PC for an entire week starting today. The latest addition to the Fortnite maker’s free game offerings ...