Morgan Park

Morgan Park

Staff Writer

Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently as a staff writer. He has also appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN. Before freelancing, he spent most of high school and all of college writing at small gaming sites that didn't pay him. He's very happy to have a real job now. Morgan is a beat writer following the latest and greatest shooters and the communities that play them. He also writes general news, reviews, features, the occasional guide, and bad jokes in Slack. Twist his arm, and he'll even write about a boring strategy game. Please don't, though.

Latest articles by Morgan Park

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'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS "Internet's gonna internet."

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Highguard devs promise it won't have gaudy crossover skins or bombard players with constant ads: 'We want to leave you the hell alone'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Highguard has "war chests" that never expire similar to Helldivers 2 warbonds.

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foxhole airborne
Foxhole, the war MMO with months-long battles fought by thousands of real players, is evolving once again with planes, bombers, and paratroopers

By Morgan Park Published

AIRBORNE The war MMO's next update finally takes the battle to the skies.

AIRBORNE
Arc Raiders extraction characters
Arc Raiders almost had an auction house like Escape From Tarkov, but Embark nixed it because the game became 'just about coins'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS "We put a lot of very, very deliberate effort into making the game about the items."

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Arc Raiders extraction characters
Embark dev teases Arc Raiders 2026 roadmap with 'multiple maps coming this year' that span 'a spectrum of size'

By Morgan Park Published

The next roadmap is coming "sometime soon."

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Marathon screen
Marathon's free loadout option will have limitations that some Arc Raiders fans keep asking Embark for

By Morgan Park Published

Rook is a free class option with its own stealth abilities.

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FPS
echo point nova interview
'I consider it a millennial shooter': The FPS dev making hit shooters by leaning into '2007-core'

By Morgan Park Published

Echo Point Nova's Matt Larrabee talks movement shooters, making niche games, and '2007-core' game design.

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Battlefield 6 XP farm: An Engineer crouched with a large rocket launcher over their shoulder, with another soldier mostly out of shot in the bottom right corner.
EA delays Battlefield 6's next season a month to 'further polish and refine Season 2,' and the only words I want to hear next are 'bigger maps'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Say it with me: Naval warfare! Naval warfare!

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Embark dispels myths about Arc Raiders' aggression-based matchmaking: 'We don't make any value or moral judgments … it's a bit of a blunt instrument'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Embark doesn't want you to feel penalized for choosing violence in Arc Raiders.

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Arc Raiders player ranks 30 common outfits by how likely they are to shoot you in the back, and I have to admit it's right on the money

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS And not just because my go-to outfit is in the nicest tier.

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Arc Raiders has a cheater problem, but Embarks says 'significant changes' are coming to detection and ban systems

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Out-of-map glitches are also being targeted.

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black ops 7 fallout crossover
After Activision promised Black Ops 7 skins would 'feel authentic to Call of Duty and its setting,' Fallout has arrived in Call of Duty

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS The midseason celebration includes operator skins, themed modes, and a Vault-Tec makeover for Nuketown.

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Arc Raiders' contentious 'aggression-based matchmaking' isn't just smart, but absolutely necessary

By Morgan Park Published

NICE What does "skill" even mean in a game where people shoot each other in the back?

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arc raiders medic
Embark boss says Arc Raiders $40 price was inspired by the likes of Helldivers 2: 'We'd rather make people feel like it's totally worth 40 bucks'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Embark and Arrowhead have found a multiplayer pricing sweet spot.

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peak
'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated

By Morgan Park Published

LOOKS GOOD The best games of the year probably ran great on whatever PC you have lying around, and that's fantastic.

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LOOKS GOOD
Battlefield Redsec
Welcome to the FPS vibe shift

By Morgan Park Published

CHANGE At the end of 2025, it's clear that casual shooters are back in a big way.

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CHANGE
thps 3 + 4
Skateboarding games had a huge 2025, but it was the controversial Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 that I couldn't put down

By Morgan Park Published

🏆 The maligned remake has a friend in me.

🏆
Arc Raiders patch notes: A raider wearing white and blue armour sat down on the corner of the den bed surrounded by rubber ducks.
Arc Raiders patch brings blueprint drop rates back down to Earth, but Embark says they're 'still higher overall than before'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Maybe it's for the best?

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Arc Raiders players say blueprint drop rates have exploded after Cold Snap update: 'Blueprints everywhere!'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Get in now while the drops are hot.

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arc raiders the finals outfit
There's a new Arc Raiders outfit you can only get by playing Embark's other game, The Finals

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS The Finals outfit is easy to earn, but you gotta try Embark's free-to-play FPS.

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Arc Raiders interview: Embark talks behavior-based matchmaking, map updates, and playing nice with strangers

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Watch our full interview with Embark art director Robert Sammelin.

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The Game Awards 2023 art - trophy image with no logo
The Game Awards live coverage: Every reveal and announcement as it happens

By Morgan Park Last updated

LIVE Keep up with all the news and awards at The Game Awards 2025.

LIVE
Black Ops 7
Activision knows the real problem with Call of Duty is its relentless 12-month cycle, but it simply won't end unless you stop playing

By Morgan Park Published

STOP The tepid response to Black Ops 7 is freaking Activision out. Good.

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helldivers 2 dust devils warbond
Arrowhead founder casually mentions that a Helldivers 2 'roguelite mode' is in the prototype phase: 'It changes the game fundamentally!'

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Well that's exciting.

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Arc Raiders: A player wearing a green helmet reloading an Anvil while crouched on an escalator.
Arc Raiders' big winter update is coming next week, Embark teases new temperature mechanic

By Morgan Park Published

NEWS Cold Snap marks the end of the extraction shooter's current roadmap.

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