Phil Savage
Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.
Latest articles by Phil Savage
A Destiny 2 mobile game has been announced, but it sounds like Bungie's involvement is minimal
By Phil Savage published
News Netease confirms that Destiny: Rising exists, if a mobile co-op shooter is your thing.
The 8 most heartbreaking cuts from this year's PC Gamer Top 100
By Phil Savage published
Top 100 We only have 100 spots to list. Not every game is going to make it.
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
The best RPGs on PC
By Robin Valentine last updated
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.
The best horror games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
UPDATED These are the best horror games you can play on PC.
Destiny 2 exotic class item: All perk combinations and how to get it
By Echo Apsey last updated
Classy It's easier than ever to farm up whichever exotic class item you desire.
Atomfall is a very British take on Stalker, where you explore a post-disaster Cumberland with a cricket bat
By Phil Savage published
Cumbrian Explosion It's a holiday in the Lake District, and the locals aren't very friendly.
Obsidian seems scared people will compare Avowed to Skyrim, but it shouldn't be—the similarities are obvious, but the differences make it compelling
By Phil Savage published
Elder Brother Bethesda's RPG looms large over Obsidian's latest, but having played it, there's no need to shrink from the comparison.
Our favourite city builder of last year is releasing its first expansion next month, and it brings a new biome, new buildings and, oh yes, frog people
By Phil Savage published
news Against the Storm's Keepers of the Stone expansion will arrive September 26.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will have challenging puzzles, but also a creative hint system through Indy's camera: 'We don't want you to go to YouTube to look up the solution, because that's immersion-breaking and bad'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "Players should never get stuck in this game—then we have failed."
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle devs say an Indy game 'could never be a shooter, should never be a shooter,' so they're embracing his signature whip, improvised brawls, and disguise-based stealth instead
By Ted Litchfield published
And it's sounding fun as hell.
With Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, MachineGames is taking inspiration less from Uncharted and more from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: 'We've been going back a little bit into the history of our own'
By Phil Savage published
Full circle MachineGames' latest has the potential to be much more than a first-person Tomb Raider.
Guild Wars 2's 5th expansion launches next week, and once again a mount is the star of the show
By Phil Savage published
Bouncy Your big cat mount is now the master of the septendecuple jump.
Guild Wars 2's new player housing will add a hang-out for your alts, a stable for your mounts, and comes with a massive overhaul to the decorations system
By Phil Savage published
Bear Necessities An exclusive look at Homestead, the new player housing system coming to Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape review – a miraculous turnaround as Bungie creates an expansion that rivals the series' best
By Phil Savage published
Perfectly Shaped Destiny's first saga ends with one of the best expansions in the series' history.
Destiny 2's new exotic mission is the best Bungie has made in years, but some solo players are furious about having to speak to each other
By Phil Savage published
news Dual Destiny is proving controversial for solo players—in part because a major expansion feature is locked behind it.
Bungie's surprise showcase did not announce Destiny 3, but Destiny 2 is getting vampire hunting, the return of the Dreadnaught, and something codenamed 'Frontiers' in 2025
By Phil Savage published
news A fan favourite location is coming back.
All Starcat locations in Destiny 2's Season of the Wish
By Sean Martin last updated
Stellar Looking for Destiny 2's Starcats to complete the Wishbearer title? Here's where to find them.
Civilization 7 exists, but if you want to know more than that you're going to have to wait for its full reveal in August
By Phil Savage published
news We know it will be released next year, but precious little else.
The Final Shape's campaign is a major return to form for Destiny 2, and we'd all be saying it delivered if the servers had held it together
By Phil Savage published
Getting In Shape Launch day woes aside, Destiny 2 is back with a campaign that rivals The Witch Queen.
Guild Wars 2's next expansion will add its first new raid in five years, as well as 'the most player-friendly housing system in an MMORPG'
By Phil Savage published
news Janthir Wilds will release on August 20.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape's wild new reality-bending Strike mission is full of lava, lost cities and dragon guts
By Phil Savage published
Heart of the Matter We're heading into the Traveler for the end of Destiny's first decade.
What's the god roll for Edge Transit grenade launcher in Destiny 2?
By Phil Savage published
Bleeding Edge Now the best heavy grenade launcher in the game, Edge Transit is a boss killing machine—if you get the god roll.
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