Lincoln Carpenter

Lincoln Carpenter

News Writer

Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 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

Join me in meditating on clubbing a WoW scorpion

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

World of Warcraft
A humanoid ragdoll pointing a gun at the head of another in People Playground.
Steam game disables mods after facing its second Workshop malware outbreak this year

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News A self-replicating virus is once again wreaking havoc on People Playground.

News
An orc fighting a scorpion in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Sometimes it's fun to hit a scorpion with a club for 38 seconds

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

SLOW ROLL And we could all stand to remember that.

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SLOW ROLL
Gabe Newell in a recording studio; Batzorig Vaanchig and his group perform at the Grand Theater of National Art in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Counter-Strike co-creator says Valve employees once endured daily psychic damage from the founder's fixation.

News
Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda, and puts Activision in charge of Halo

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Xbox says it's now "roughly three-quarters of the way" to completing its planned 3,200 job cuts.

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News
Every game is about Goku eventually

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Games
More games should look like Abyss x Zero

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Games
WoW: Forever will live and die by the valley

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

World of Warcraft
We're thinking about X-Men videogames wrong

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Games
Jason with customised Mac 10.
Rockstar asks modders to please take its games very seriously

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News In mod guidelines published earlier this month, Rockstar tells modders to "respect our games."

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News
Khezu's model render in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance.
Oh good, the pervert's back

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News And it brought its kids.

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News
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance director Takuro Hiraoka; a hunter being attacked by a flying monster in Ascendance.
'Players got better than we expected': Monster Hunter Wilds DLC director says Capcom is retuning its difficulty standards for the expansion's endgame

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News "We're working on that balance."

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News
Monster Hunter series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto; a hunter posing with a large hammer in Monster Hunter Wilds.
Unbiased Monster Hunter producer predicts one weapon will climb the popularity rankings in Ascendance, has no agenda: 'Hammer should definitely go up a place or two'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News My man.

News
Jesse and Dylan Faden with hands outstretched, working paranatural magic.
Control Resonant review: A gorgeous sequel, but a middling pivot to melee action

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

Sibling trauma [Redacted] is the better Faden.

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Sibling trauma
A mechanical titan rolls through the Hell of Nightmares in an illustration in Thousand Hells.
Thousand Hells is a 'tactical narrative' feast of infernal storytelling, but its defeats can feel brutal

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

HELL HURTS From the developer of King of Dragon Pass, a gorgeously imagined meat grinder for hapless adventuring parties.

HELL HURTS
Bungie's Bellevue, Washington offices, now being offered for sublease.
After a massive 2021 office expansion, Bungie is now trying to sublease its 211,000 square foot headquarters

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Bungie says it "will continue to maintain a physical office presence in Bellevue."

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News
A general view of a tradefairgoer is seen walking past the Gamescom logo during the opening day of Gamescom at the Cologne Trade Fair Center in Cologne, Germany on August 23, 2023.
'That criticism is justified': Gamescom apologizes for its callous response to developer hardware thefts

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Gamescom said it is "committed to jointly reviewing and further improving security," but doesn't mention any compensation for affected exhibitors.

News
CJ "ah shit, here we go again" meme image laid over Xbox logo seen during the Tokyo Game Show 2024 at Makuhari Messe on September 26, 2024 in Chiba, Japan
Microsoft announces cap on Xbox Cloud Gaming hours for Game Pass subscribers, admits most aren't using it much anyway

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Gotta find revenue wherever you can, I guess.

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News
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Onimusha: Way of the Sword launch times and release date

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

LAUNCH TIMES Your countdown to some quality katana time.

LAUNCH TIMES
A smiling man in military fatigues
'Can I cry?': Stalker 2 devs say its 2.0 update's engine overhaul was a nightmare—but worth the effort

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News That's going to cause some anomalies.

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News
A hunter revs their boost bracer in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance; a pair of hunters wearing the mascot armor set for the Ascendance expansion.
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance's new combat gimmick is putting some Devil May Cry stink on hitting dinosaurs with hammers

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Welcome back, Impact Crater.

News
The online character creation menu in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Sick: Ace Combat 8 has online airbase lobbies where you can bum around as your own bespoke pilotsona

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Unfortunately, it also has battle passes. War is hell.

News
Key art for Dwarf Fortress showing a trio of dwarves exploring a cave system; Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Much to consider.

News
Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister of Technology during the gamescom 2026 at Koelnmesse on August 26, 2026 in Cologne, Germany.
CD Projekt Red opens its 'Arasaka hardware archives' to help an indie dev whose gear was stolen during 1 of at least 4 Gamescom thefts

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News In a statement, Gamescom organizers said attendees "are advised to insure equipment against theft."

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News
A large ghost in Haunted Chocolatier; Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone.
Haunted Chocolatier's development has been 'very productive' in recent months, Eric Barone says: 'Working on Haunted Chocolatier is what I’m most eager and driven to do'

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News The Stardew developer says he's now "certain" he'll enjoy Haunted Chocolatier once it's finished.

News
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