Robin Valentine

Robin Valentine

Senior Editor

Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG, strategy game, or roguelike to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.

Latest articles by Robin Valentine

A Lovecraftian monster in a dungeon in Cyclopean: The Great Abyss.
This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?

By Robin Valentine Published

SLEEPWALKING Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a monochrome nightmare.

SLEEPWALKING
Ro, the main character of Death Howl, holding a ghostly deer that is her deceased son's incarnation in the spirit world.
Death Howl is an impossible and brilliant blend of soulslike, turn-based strategy, and deckbuilding, and you can try it for free now

By Robin Valentine Published

PRIMAL SCREAM A brutal journey through a prehistoric spirit realm.

PRIMAL SCREAM
Reddit logo on mobile phone
Reddit users are officially as sick of Elon Musk as I am, with a number of popular subreddits completely banning all links to X

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The site is being blacklisted en masse in the wake of Musk's latest controversy.

NEWS
A viking battling monsters in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.
Diablo 4 meets Vampire Survivors in this clever roguelike that makes every round its own epic viking adventure

By Robin Valentine Published

THOR SCORE Embrace the power of the Norse gods in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

THOR SCORE
The TikTok app with Donald Trump ranting behind it.
The run up to the US TikTok ban got as messy, emotional, and weird as the final days of an MMO—and now everyone's back and no one can look each other in the eye

By Robin Valentine Published

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Tears shed, grievances aired, secrets spilled, and most importantly, plenty of content generated.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Total War: Warhammer 3 Grand Cathay faction
A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Big news for fans of very long, thin dragons.

NEWS
Warhammer characters Cawl and Fabius Bile staring at each other against a backdrop of stars.
Ever wanted to become a published Warhammer author? Now's your chance—and you only need to write 500 words

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Black Library's Open Submission 2025 is here.

NEWS
A space marine fighting a tzaangor on a flying disc in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 made millions for Games Workshop, and now it wants more hit videogames: "Clearly we are looking for the next one"

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "We intend to ensure Warhammer’s place as one of the top fantasy IPs globally," says the company's half-yearly report.

NEWS
A sorceress with smoke covering her face in Sultan's Game.
This depraved roguelike will turn you into a desperate sociopath… uh, in a fun way

By Robin Valentine Published

Sins and sensibility Sultan's Game is a dark and fascinating spiral into sin. With cards!

Sins and sensibility
A series of large explosions in Bio Prototype.
This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines

By Robin Valentine Published

BRAIN POWER Bio Prototype invites you to program your own body into a killing machine.

BRAIN POWER
A battle with undead in Avowed.
These are the 14 biggest upcoming RPGs of 2025—get ready for another amazing year for the genre

By Robin Valentine Published

NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE 12 more months of to-hit rolls.

NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro

By Robin Valentine Published

🏆 Hands down the best game of the year.

🏆
Thank Goodness You're Here! key art
If 2024 proves anything, it's that mainstream success hasn't made PC gaming any less weird—and thank God for that

By Robin Valentine Published

get weird The consoleification of the hobby ain't happening any time soon.

get weird
Shogun Showdown
This finely-honed samurai strategy game deserves a place in the roguelike hall of fame this year just as much as Balatro

By Robin Valentine Published

🏆 Seriously slick samurai strategy in Shogun Showdown.

🏆
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Great moments in PC gaming: Getting freaked out by one of the creepy close-ups in The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

By Robin Valentine Published

Meow Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Meow
A space marine fighting a tzaangor on a flying disc in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Space Marine 2's huge Obelisk Update adds a long-awaited new mission, reworked melee combat, bonus XP, and goat-bird-wizards hurtling towards you on living flying saucers

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS And a Dark Angels-themed season pass.

NEWS
A pack of real life Balatro cards.
You can now order a real deck of Balatro cards, which is good because that game's still all I think about

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Though they won't be arriving in time for Christmas.

NEWS
Arcane season 2 production still
Turns out the Arcane creative team always had the go ahead to kill any fan-favourite League of Legends characters it wanted: 'Riot embraced whatever story we wanted to tell with any of the characters'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS And the show overriding the game's canon was very much part of the plan.

NEWS
Mountain Everest 60 gaming keyboard
If you grab one of these five Cyber Monday gaming keyboard deals, promise me you'll use it for Baldur's Gate 3 and not just replying to your emails

By Robin Valentine Published

Deal Our favourite budget keyboard is down to almost half the price, and that's just the start.

Deal
A dragon perched on an old ruin in Dragonbane.
Grab 29 books from perhaps the best TTRPG publisher in the business, including a fantastic alternative to D&D, for just $18 in this limited time bundle

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Pick up Dragonbane, Mutant: Year Zero, Forbidden Lands, and more in the Free League megabundle.

NEWS
Casting the Minor Missiles spell in Avowed.
Make Avowed's early game a breeze by picking the best abilities and weapons for your build

By Robin Valentine Published

SPELL CHECK Whether you want to be a master archmage, or just shoot people with guns, there's a combo for you.

SPELL CHECK
Three hunters cooking around a fire in Wilderfeast.
This new tabletop RPG is basically Monster Hunter meets Delicious in Dungeon, and you can use a giant frying pan as a weapon

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Hunt monsters, cook 'em, and eat 'em in Wilderfeast.

NEWS
A battle with undead in Avowed.
Avowed is a thoroughly old-fashioned RPG adventure, but after the disappointments of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Starfield, that might be exactly what we need

By Robin Valentine Published

ISLAND LIVING Timing is everything.

ISLAND LIVING
A close up of an ogre's face in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Uh, Dragon Age: The Veilguard—why do your darkspawn look like that?

By Robin Valentine Published

SPAWNOGRAPHIC An ogre should not remind me of Stretch Armstong.

SPAWNOGRAPHIC
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Splinter, Casey, and April, playing videogames and eating pizza, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate review: Personality, creativity, and co-op multiplayer elevate this Hades-like beyond its rough edges

By Robin Valentine Published

TURTLE WAR A charmingly energetic mutation of the action roguelike formula.

TURTLE WAR
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