Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston

Your dad's favorite TV show might become a videogame
By Christopher Livingston published
News The "Sheridanverse" is expanding into games.

While you're waiting for Valheim 1.0, why not try this map that transforms it into a massive RPG?
By Christopher Livingston published
News Put down your hammer, Viking. Adventure Map has already been built.

Are these real posts from the r/skyrimmods subreddit, or did I make them up? Take our newest and rudest quiz!
By Christopher Livingston published
NSFW Truth is stranger than fiction in our new quiz.

One day before launch, extraction shooter Sand gets delayed again—oh, and it's an early access game now, too
By Christopher Livingston published
News It'll be a few more weeks (at least) before you can ride your mechanical base into the desert.

It's fine if the visitors to your theme park die in this sim: it's actually the whole point
By Christopher Livingston published
News Everyone's gotta eat.

This FPS that looks like Bioshock with magicians has me under its spell
By Christopher Livingston published
news Magicians: The Devil's Deal is due out in 2027.

State of Decay 3 just gave us a release year, and at least that's something?
By Christopher Livingston published
News The long awaited survival game takes another shambling step closer.

Three days before launch, one of the most wishlisted games on Steam warns players not to expect 'a huge survival game' with 'hundreds of hours of main progression'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Instead expect a "calm, cozy, focused survival craft sandbox made by a tiny team" says developer Cyberwave.

Left 4 Dead meets friendslop as you and your pals try to escape 'the galaxy's most-unregulated waterpark'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Don't pee in the pool.

Believe or not, this co-op and PvP zombie shooter is 'inspired by true events'
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Last Harbor you’re stranded on a boat during a zombie outbreak, but the real threat are your fellow players.

Sebulba and a whole bunch of other Glup Shittos appear in the first story trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer
By Christopher Livingston published
News Oh, there's a story? I was hoping it would just be racing.

It took 12 years but we finally got a teaser for Alien: Isolation 2
By Christopher Livingston published
News The xenomorph is on the hunt again.

Everyone in Rust is getting a new face
By Christopher Livingston published
News Player models are getting overhauled for the first time in a decade.

Subnautica 2 promises to add 'one of the most requested' features, but sorry, it's not a knife you can stab fish with
By Christopher Livingston published
News You can't get stabby, but you can "get stompy."

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

Backrooms movie is just a start toward the 'true root of the narrative,' says director: 'I am definitely not done'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Kane Parsons says Backrooms "has always been planned to be more of a series that goes outside the confines of this film."

Funcom is adding a singleplayer mode to Dune: Awakening, and wow, the new features are definitely gonna bring me back to the game
By Christopher Livingston published
News In September you'll be able to play the survival MMO completely solo, with some big bonuses.

Steam reviewer says 'I am done with this game' after 10,000 hours of Destiny 2, then plays another 160 hours just to be sure
By Ted Litchfield published
news Honestly, same.

I am the law, man, thanks to this mod for Red Dead Redemption 2
By Christopher Livingston published
Mod Column My first days as a sheriff in the First Response mod don't go as smoothly as hoped.

Robot watch: The weirdest things the clankers did this month including moonwalking themselves to death, losing a fight to a step, and drowning by the dozens in Sydney Harbour
By Christopher Livingston published
🤖 Android are you okay? Android are you okay? Are you okay, Android?

Backrooms and Exit 8 make the perfect double feature for videogame-adjacent horror movies
By Christopher Livingston published
No Way Out Quiet. Tense. Creepy. And not overstuffed with lore or exposition.

Playing 007 First Light? Send us gameplay videos galore and you could win a $500 Amazon gift card
By Christopher Livingston published
👀7️ Your best clip could win big.

No Man's Sky now has its own Death Star with a laser so big it can 'destroy space station sized objects'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Look at the size of that thing!
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