Katie Wickens

Katie Wickens

Hardware Writer

Having been obsessed with game mechanics, computers and graphics for three decades, Katie took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni and has been writing about digital games, tabletop games and gaming technology for over five years since. She can be found facilitating board game design workshops and optimising everything in her path.

Latest articles by Katie Wickens

Elden ring pixelated monster for ASK PC gamer graphics settings guide
Which graphics settings should I always disable?

By Katie Wickens Last updated

Ask PC Gamer These performance-intensive settings have little visual impact.

Ask PC Gamer
Endgame Gear OP1 8K gaming mouse on a bright mouse pad.
Endgame Gear OP1 8K wired gaming mouse review

By Katie Wickens Published

8K A lightweight wired gaming mouse with zero drag and a superb polling rate, but a price that doesn't quite sit right.

8K
Pointing a gun at a mutant.
Dead Space meets Half-Life, only its a 3-way co-op horror Sci-Fi game

By Katie Wickens Published

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Complete with sentient pet gun.

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Characters battle in a field of sunflowers
This Soulslike RPG from the makers of the Ori series is steeped in lore and intrigue

By Katie Wickens Published

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Corsair K65 pictured outdoors with black and grey keycaps.
Corsair K65 Plus review

By Katie Wickens Published

Compact Corsair A little keyboard with very little to complain about.

Compact Corsair
A mech awakens.
This mecha passion project refreshes the genre with technical innovations and a whole lotta' sparks

By Katie Wickens Published

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Thrustmaster X 2 Pro controller on a desk.
Thrustmaster ESWAP X 2 Pro review

By Katie Wickens Published

Swapsies If SNES and Xbox controllers had a baby, only it's hot-swappable.

Swapsies
Jusant protagonist holding a cute critter
The 6 best Steam Deck games to get you through the holidays

By Katie Wickens Published

Deck the halls Hold on to your feelings and ready your banter with this list of Steam Deck games for the most wonderful time of the year.

Deck the halls
A jumble of the weirdest and worst cyber monday deals.
Take a break from deal-hunting with the most bamboozling Cyber Monday deals of 2023

By Katie Wickens Published

Deals The strangest and worst Cyber Monday deals out there.

Deals
A Nacon Revolution 5 Pro controller with various accessories
Nacon Revolution 5 Pro review

By Katie Wickens Published

Hall effect Not one for the PS5 owners, that's for sure.

Hall effect
Geralt road layout
I made a one-way bathtub Geralt city in Cities: Skylines 2 and want to move there

By Katie Wickens Published

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Welcome to my crowdsourced city.

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A vampire elf looking dapper
Baldur's Gate 3 mod lets un-partied characters participate in conversations

By Katie Wickens Published

news Converse with all your companions, no matter how distant.

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Peter Molyneux stares wistfully at the sky.
Controversial game designer Peter Molyneux wants to prove that not 'everything I say is a promise that's going to be broken'

By Katie Wickens Published

news Going back to his roots as a coder, his new blog is an attempt to shake some of the bad press he's garnered over the years.

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Skyrim player character bleeding out on a boardwalk.
Skyrim player gathers all the food in every city, eats it all and instantly dies thanks to one killer snack

By Katie Wickens Published

news The price you pay for shirking your Dark Brotherhood responsibilities.

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Lord Enver Gortash stands before you, smirking.
Baldur's Gate 3 player uses 'barrelmancy' to explosively murder an Act 3 boss and avenge Karlach

By Katie Wickens Published

news Blow Lord Gortash to smithereens.

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Screenshot from Cities Skylines 2
Watching an actual civil engineer nerd out over Cities: Skylines 2 is some of the most wholesome city building content out there

By Katie Wickens Published

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Real Civil Engineer is over here getting distracted by sewage pipes.

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ThunderX3 Core gaming chair
ThunderX3 Core gaming chair review

By Katie Wickens Published

THUNDER Ergonomics out the wazoo.

THUNDER
Cities: Skylines 2 devs say they 'learned a lot from the feedback from the community'

By Katie Wickens Published

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From roads to the economy, players have influenced the sequel's design.

Community spirit
Elden Ring character walking around Armored Core 6 maps
Someone put the Armored Core 6 maps in Elden Ring, for reasons

By Katie Wickens Published

news I can't wait to fly Torrent around the AC6 maps.

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BulwarkHD's HD 4K Beard mod in use for Starfied.
Starfield beards just got a whole lot more detailed with this mod

By Katie Wickens Published

news 4K beards for the high res, rugged spacer.

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Tales of the Shire teaser trailer screenshot.
The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game

By Katie Wickens Published

news Time to live out your dreams of playing a hobbit in Tolkien's Shire.

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Cities Skylines 2 dedicated turning lanes screenshot
Cities: Skylines 2's newest road tool has me way too excited

By Katie Wickens Published

news Colossal Order has gone 'ahead' and added a new road tool for creating dedicated turning lanes.

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A spaceman on an alien planet
Starfield modder plans to improve Inner Monologue mod with custom personal commentary

By Katie Wickens Published

news Soon you may be able to get into your Starfield character’s head with a little more roleplay.

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Baldur's Gate 3 concept art
Baldur's Gate 3 lead character artist reassures amateurs it's 'in the artists' nature to doubt ourselves'

By Katie Wickens Published

news Larian's recent Artblast is an attempt to inspire amateur game artists.

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Unicorn Overlord trailer screenshots
This JRPG with the Persona devs backing it was the coolest Nintendo Direct announcement that could actually come to PC

By Katie Wickens Published

news They're calling Unicorn Overlord the "rebirth of tactical fantasy RPGs."

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