Latest articles by Fraser Brown
This brilliant dark and moody cyberpunk city builder is my kind of cosy game—and for less than $7 you might as well see if it's yours too
Chilltopia Impeccable vibes for a low price.
Obsidian stuck to some fantasy conventions for Pillars of Eternity and Avowed because that's what people want: ''I didn't want to completely flip it and say, oh you want to play an elf? F**k you, this isn't your daddy's elf'
News At least the team still gave us orlans.
A 'little educational game for middle-schoolers' left DayZ's creators obsessed, inspired, and embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign: 'It's 4.5 years later, and I'm still talking about this story'
News DayZ's former creative director thinks the survival genre needs to take a leaf out of Eco's book.
Endless Legend 2 will let you play as refugees from the first game's coolest faction: a collection of vampire ghosts trapped in fancy armour
news Endless Legend's dusty aristocrats are back.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
Dune: Awakening's dungeons are so atrocious that I'd rather get slowly digested by a sandworm than fight through another one
Never again The rest of the game is pretty rad, though.
I learned the hard way that you should always park your Dune: Awakening sandbike inside a garage before you log off—unless you want a sandstorm to swallow it
RIP RIP my beautiful bike.
The absence of Marvel's Blade during the Xbox Games Showcase has left me worried about Arkane—after a rough couple of years it needs a win
News All we got from Bethesda this year was fishing. Not a vampire in sight.
Endless Legend 2 is hitting early access in August, after which I won't be leaving my office for the rest of the summer
PCGS 2025 Screw the sunshine, I'm off to Saiadha.
Anno 117: Pax Romana will let you don your toga and mess around in Rome's golden age on November 13
PCGS 2025 Ave it.
Stars of Icarus is a spunky co-op spaceship romp from the creators of Guns of Icarus, swapping steampunk for '90s anime
PCGS 2025 Punch it.
Grounded 2's starter area is the size of the entire first game, and you can get around by riding ants and spiders—this might end up being my new favourite survival game
News Park life.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy has a suspicious dearth of killer rats
News The latest Plague Tale game is missing my favourite bit.
The best MMOs on PC
Fine Grinds The best MMOs, whether you love massive raids, playing through a great story on your own, or ruling a corporation
Thief VR is a huge slap in the face and kick in the teeth for everyone who has been waiting for more than a decade to return to the City
Criminal This ain't it.
Skyrim's version of Radiant AI was developed from a drawing Todd Howard made on a napkin
News "It's actually a napkin story. You don't hear many in real life, but this is a real one."
Civilization 7's senior historian once deleted Civ 6's massive Civilopedia, replacing every entry with a single warmongering emperor: 'The entire folder just went, and I looked, and it was just my one little entry'
News How Emperor Basil II conquered all of history.
Elden Ring Nightreign's best feature is its extra mobility—but it's not even that good, and Sekiro does it better
Hop to it Also, I really miss my dumb goat-horse.
Grub's up: The hungry, hungry Necrophage faction is coming to Endless Legend 2
News Dinner time.
Cities: Skylines 2 can't catch a break, as the long-awaited Bridges and Ports expansion is delayed again
News Initially due in 2024, it's been pushed back again until late 2025.
The best videogame RPGs are really tabletop RPGs in disguise—and that might just be their secret sauce
Skill check Tabletop roleplaying drives videogame RPGs to be better.
It turns out the gigantic rats you have to kill in so many RPG quests are totally real, and now I need to apologise to RPG designers
News But we still shouldn't be squishing them, because they are adorable.
