Christopher Livingston
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
![A city in the winter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V73cjitReaeqXSkh2zLfxi-320-80.jpg)
New Frostpunk 2 teaser shows just how big your city can get, and wow
By Christopher Livingston published
news The bleak and frosty survival city builder looks twice as big as the original.
![A person wearing power armor from the Fallout games](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VWifF8ThefhPYzAoNmXWbX-320-80.jpg)
Todd Howard says the Fallout TV show is 'canon,' so of course fans are already picking it apart
By Christopher Livingston published
lore war It's not the first time the Brotherhood of Steel has caused lore problems for Bethesda.
![Fallout TV show character](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wFXzSz72XHNS7HZKXfDmXB-320-80.jpg)
The new Fallout TV series looks like a bright and colorful post-apocalypse—and thank god for that
By Christopher Livingston published
warm west The aesthetic appears to be more Asteroid City than The Road, which is great—no one needs another bleak, gray apocalypse.
![Dave holds up a fish he just caught](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dHFeuQs7XjjM64wScphjFg-320-80.jpg)
Great moments in PC Gaming: Being 25 hours into Dave the Diver and still finding new stuff to do
By Christopher Livingston published
Mo Fish In some ways the tutorial never ends.
![An industrial city in the distance](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jBupUrJW4sRXkXm4uuFWy-320-80.jpg)
This alt-history 'city builder grand strategy hybrid' has my full attention
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Kaiserpunk you build and manage your city while conquering on a global scale.
![A person holding a gun in front of flames](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VY3ybwCPcUPwLewQU4pTLe-320-80.jpg)
As GTA 6 trailer reveal approaches, Rockstar Games whacks the name 'Rockstar Social Club'
By Christopher Livingston published
news Rockstar Social Club sleeps with the fishes. (The name, at least.)
![A scuba diver swimming underwater](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KBcm4o9cBs8tNdcCFsybMn-320-80.jpg)
The next Subnautica game is coming in 2025
By Christopher Livingston published
news No other details, including its title, have been confirmed.
![Three crooks holding guns while cars drive from an explosion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JrJSdcXyi6sFnNdnLcxVGK-320-80.jpg)
8 things we want from GTA 6
By Christopher Livingston published
wishlist Better NPCs, less sprawl, a well-written female character, official mod support, and more.
![A collage of cellphones, zip drive, AIM symbol, clippy, coca cola, netscape navigator logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/at3UUnpcy3qyjqQ2rCibX9-320-80.jpg)
30 things PC Gamer has outlived over the past 30 years
By Christopher Livingston published
PCG30th A salute to all the tech, toys, and trends that have fallen since 1993.
![A building exploding](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sNTphtw334UJqpzYJecjee-320-80.jpg)
Shockingly, Owen Wilson narrates the new Teardown trailer without saying 'Wow!' even once
By Christopher Livingston published
news He does say "Whoa!" Twice. But never "Wow!" Was this trailer written for Keanu Reeves?
![character in farming Life sim](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9XVAmJLzVAwsboPDbDjBHT-320-80.jpg)
Coral Island, the farming life sim packed with shockingly attractive NPCs, is out on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
news Farm, fish, barter, build, and make lots of new hot friends as Coral Island leaves early access.
![A british guard firing a gun](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WPbeJMV6Ru2ACEKMi3anRg-320-80.jpg)
Meet the factions of Fallout: London, from King Arthur cosplayers to the 'a bit fascist' Fifth Column
By Christopher Livingston published
news The ambitious Fallout 4 mod shows off its gangs and factions in a new video.
![An atom bomb exploding near a city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M5QcNjQFcFRsjhrrNsBZh8-320-80.jpg)
This 4X strategy clicker may be small, but it's eating up massive chunks of my time
By Christopher Livingston published
little city Microcivilization is a city builder clicker I can't seem to keep my mouse away from.
![Geralt of Rivia](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cvXacq2RPPiiRgWa3QXCEj-320-80.jpg)
Doug Cockle will voice Geralt in a new The Witcher animated film on Netflix
By Christopher Livingston published
news Geralt of Rivia will try to stop a war between landlubbers and merfolk.
![A citizen of a city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ujVWFWCH65uWWikj2V2r-320-80.jpg)
9 bizarre things I learned about Cities: Skylines 2 by following this one citizen around for his entire life
By Christopher Livingston published
close up Zoom in on a single citizen for a few years and you'll see some pretty weird stuff—like that they are constantly swapping bodies.
![Survivor types digging a hole on a hill](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PCUenajPanR67UNar3BhyY-320-80.jpg)
DayZ just added a new rifle, a new air base, and what the heck, a whole new damn sky
By Christopher Livingston published
news It's been 10 years and I think Bohemia might be running out of things to replace.
![Guy with pickaxe looking at village](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iAax9u2Qg4Drsh8eZL7WP3-320-80.jpg)
The co-op survival RPG that took Steam Next Fest by storm has a release date, and it's soon-ish
By Christopher Livingston published
News Keen Games' has announced an early access launch date for the voxel-based Enshrouded.
![Snow over a city.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8mcQvCCXt7Md2dGW7RPLQ4-320-80.png)
Cities: Skylines 2 boss says there won't be paid DLC until 'performance issues are fixed'
By Christopher Livingston published
news Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen says work continues to bring the city builder "to our standards."
![Astronaut watching a spaceship take off on an alien planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TBzGx2SxyhdLvq2KyN7m3W-320-80.jpg)
Starfield mod lets you pilot your ship by remote control, even when you're not on board
By Christopher Livingston published
News Summon or dismiss your ship while exploring a planet, and have it take off or land when you're not in the cockpit.
![A hero near castle ruins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gt72R4NE7vHzbc53xG5N4P-320-80.jpg)
Here's a new 25 minute Skyblivion video, including a walkthrough of one if its biggest quests
By Christopher Livingston published
new The mod recreating Oblivion inside Skyrim's engine shows off the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, Hackdirt, and the Vampirism Cure quest.
![Screenshot from Cities Skylines 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j4TRE6YH6BAsgaMsrMHsyZ-320-80.jpg)
Cities: Skylines 2 patch fixes 'unnecessarily large' character textures, removes 'offensive' radio ad
By Christopher Livingston published
news Citizens might start hogging less processing power, though we're still not completely sure about their teeth.
![A person with a hammer fighting a magical being](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BdW2cDkhkt9EuUzSETgZtb-320-80.jpg)
Of the 12 biggest survival games I was looking forward to this year, 6 have been delayed to 2024
By Christopher Livingston published
waiting game On the plus side, 2024 is shaping up to be a damn good year for survival.
![A modern city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AWoHwBfmA3pxavPqNquRwc-320-80.jpg)
Cities: Skylines 2: How to fix the 'Not Enough Customers' problem
By Christopher Livingston published
fixer upper Even with a demand for more commercial zones, some businesses don't have enough customers. Here's how to fix that.