Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln has been writing about games for 11 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk VR mod takes ball and goes home, removing access to all his VR mods after receiving a second DMCA takedown from 505 Games and a warning from Patreon
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I suppose that's one solution.

Minecraft's lead dev says Hytale is 'very polished' but he'd rather just play Minecraft, and Hytale boss says he's 'probably right'—for now
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Hytale might have a strong Minecraft resemblance today, but its devs say they're aiming for something different as the game evolves.

Arc Raiders roadmap: All upcoming content and updates
By Rory Norris last updated
On The Horizon New maps, quests, guns, and, of course, horrible robots that'll mess you up.

An Italian hotel sharing a name with an Arc Raiders map is enjoying a flood of 5-star reviews from players praising the loot in its 'surprisingly charming' Seed Vault and its 'eventful' Night Raid nightlife
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Congratulations and/or apologies to Hotel Stella Montis.

Forza Horizon 6 races into Japan in May with the series' biggest map and widest day one car selection, but stubbornly refuses to confirm whether the kei trucks will be drivable
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Also there's a giant mecha, I guess.

WoW's pre-Midnight patch slams players with massive fashion costs as the overhauled transmog system makes outfitting your alts absurdly expensive: 'Feels like they hired a mobile game monetization consultant'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Fashion demands a high price—but maybe it shouldn't be this high.

Crimson Desert secures a March release date as the ambitious Frankenstein's monster of open world fantasy games goes gold
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Better start practicing your swordfighting. And pro wrestling. And dragon riding. And mech piloting.

'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Is that allowed?

The best co-op games to drag your pals into
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.

There's a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I've been waiting to hear since browsing my dad's replica sword catalogs in 4th grade
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Peak videogames looks like modular quillon technology.

UK police chief resigns over AI intel embarrassment, blames 'political and media frenzy' rather than his force's failure to fact-check Copilot
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News UK government officials said they had "lost confidence" in the outgoing chief constable as a result of the scandal.

It's my duty as a child of the early 2000s to let you know a Beyblade-inspired roguelike was released on Steam last month
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News We've wasted weeks where we could have been letting it rip.

Hopes for an eventual Anthem private server resurrection ignited as former executive producer says code for running the game locally 'is there to be salvaged and recovered'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News So you're telling me there's a chance? An extremely slim chance?

Umamusume developer Cygames bullied into apology by outraged horse girl enthusiasts after announcing AI subsidiary: 'We sincerely apologize for the concern we've caused'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Nobody liked that.

Hytale surges to the most-watched game on Twitch, attracting over 420,000 viewers with its long-awaited launch
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Blocks never get old.

The next Helldivers 2 warbond brings suppressed weapons and stealth tech to turn your helldives into sneaking missions
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Democracy secured via OSP.

Anthem is finally, officially dead
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It died as it lived: As a game with pretty fun flying.

Indie dev is delisting his AI game from Steam because his new girlfriend convinced him it's evil: 'The game existing in its current form is a disgrace to all game makers and players'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News There are heroes all around us.

Steam Workshop just got version control, hopefully making it less of a headache when game updates break all our mods
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Patch day just got a bit less unpleasant. Theoretically.

Dwarf Fortress kicks off another year of bonkers patch notes with the saddest 6-word story ever told: 'Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News For sale: baby shoes, haunting ignored.

Ubisoft closes its recently-unionized Halifax studio, says it's not because of the unionizing
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Ubisoft said it made the "difficult decision" in an effort to "streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs."

'The game isn't about shooting other players': Embark CEO says Arc Raiders is unlikely to get a PvP leaderboard because the devs 'don't necessarily want to foster that kind of gameplay'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News You can't have a murder leaderboard without a murder competition.

After 200 hours of intensive worm punching, Rubicon Karate master melees Armored Core 6's Ice Worm to death without taking damage
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Practice makes perfect.
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