With over two decades covering videogames, Tim has been there from the beginning. In his case, that meant playing Elite in 'co-op' on a BBC Micro (one player uses the movement keys, the other shoots) until his parents finally caved and bought an Amstrad CPC 6128. These days, when not steering the good ship PC Gamer, Tim spends his time complaining that all Priest mains in Hearthstone are degenerates and raiding in Destiny 2. He's almost certainly doing one of these right now.
Latest articles by Tim Clark

Tim Sweeney on the future of games, AI, and whether Valve will ever join forces with Epic: 'It's now clear that nobody's going to end up with an absolute monopoly'
By Tim Clark Published
Interview The Epic Games CEO discusses his vision for "Team Open," his objections to Steam's AI disclosure requirement, and the huge problems facing AAA game development.

Destiny 2's final update – live coverage of the end of an era
By Phil Savage, Tim Clark Last updated
Live News, reactions, and maybe a stifled tear or two as the highly-influential FPS gets its last content update.

Arc Raiders devs are uplifted by how kind players have been to one another, but admit 'we're way worse people than the community' when it comes to engaging in PvP
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark Published
News Do the devs proud, bring in a defib.

'Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time': Embark's devs want to keep working on Arc Raiders 'as long as players engage with it and have fun'
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark Published
News Sounds like a great plan to me.

Your bloodlust does have consequences in Arc Raiders, as a dev confirms, 'we do analyse behaviour and match accordingly'
By Elie Gould, Evan Lahti, Tim Clark Published
News Aggression-based matchmaking confirmed?

'Quite a few things have taken us by surprise': Arc Raiders' wallhacks caught the devs off-guard as heaps of greedy players hunted for exploits
By Elie Gould, Tim Clark, Evan Lahti Published
News Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.

The first thing Bungie asked LucasFilm about its Star Wars-themed Destiny 2 expansion was: 'What is the bad version of this?'
By Tim Clark Published
news Yousa ready for Renegades?

[UPDATED] Destiny 2's latest game-breaking bug: Players can no longer respawn in solo activities... Like, at all
By Tim Clark Published
news Well, that's a novel way to get people to stop playing I suppose.

Watch: Destiny 2's next Star Wars-themed expansion has a Sarlacc pit, twirling light sabers, AT-ST walkers and—oh boy—Han Solo's blaster
By Tim Clark Published
Bungie hopes to turn around its ailing looter shooter with an injection of pure, unadulterated Lucas.

I have never known a Destiny 2 expansion with as many problems as Edge of Fate, and I'm worried the game may not survive them
By Tim Clark Published
ghost shell Bungie is no stranger to a crisis, but should not underestimate the scale of the task it's facing.

Destiny 2 just got weird: Launch trailer leans hard into time travel and looks more like a Control crossover
By Tim Clark Published
news Edge of Fate might be light on new activities, but at least the campaign sets up a cool mystery.

Bungie makes the (correct) decision to roll back Destiny 2's most severe Edge of Fate nerfs before they've even happened
By Tim Clark Published
news And yes, I am going to take partial credit

'In a very interesting way, it actually reduces the work': Destiny 2's director explains why reinventing the wheel with The Edge of Fate was actually the easier option
By Tim Clark Published
Interview Tyson Green talks about being 'the fun police', creating meaningful rewards for solo players, and making a love letter to Super Metroid.

I really don't want to cosplay as Darth Vader in Destiny 2, so I'm even more queasy about the announcement of a whole Star Wars-themed expansion
By Tim Clark Published
Invader If lightsabers in Destiny is what keeps Bungie going, I guess I'll suck it up.

After thousands of hours in Destiny I had serious concerns about Bungie's Marathon reboot, but now I've played it my worry isn't whether or not it will be good
By Tim Clark Published
rampant Two days spent on Tau Ceti IV confirm that Marathon will be one of the year's most exciting shooters, but still a major risk for Sony.

Bungie hired an Oscar winner to make Marathon's stunning 8-minute short, but only real sci-fi nerds will spot the cult movie that inspired it
By Tim Clark Published
news Are you ready to lose control?

Hearthstone card reveal: If it's wrong to love a magic blue owl, I don't want to be right
By Tim Clark Published
Hoo! We've got four Mage cards from the Into The Emerald Dream expansion.

There's an easy way to upgrade Destiny 2's latest god-killing DPS monster
By Tim Clark Published
Yass Queen The exotic catalyst for The Queenbreaker can be yours without having to grind the playlists.

'Destiny has a long history of reinventing itself in response to feedback': Assistant director teases a Metroidvania-inspired future, talks weapon crafting and vault space, but fails to address the shocking number of bugs
By Tim Clark Last updated
news Robbie Stevens on what to expect from Heresy, Frontiers, and what Bungie has learned since The Final Shape.

Shhh, don't tell everyone, but the Secretlab Titan Evo Lite is the gaming chair I would actually buy this weekend
By Tim Clark Last updated
Deal Yes, there are some killer deals that are cheaper, but doesn't your backside demand the best?

Blizzard just nuked one of the most toxic Hearthstone cards ever designed: "Yeah, our bad…"
By Tim Clark Published
NEWS A huge patch of nerfs and buffs just went live to fix problems with The Great Dark Beyond meta.

'It's about time!': Hearthstone is getting a StarCraft crossover set starring Raynor, Kerrigan and Artanis
By Tim Clark Published
NEWS The Heroes of StarCraft mini-set will arrive in January, and Blizzard has also teased all three of next year's full expansions.

Destiny 2's next act will bring Street Fighter 6 cosmetics and a 300% buff to roaming supers
By Tim Clark Published
news Bungie has revealed details about Revenant Act II and its new version of the Prison Of Elders activity.
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