Latest articles by Andrea Shearon
It was a good year for survival crafting sickos, and I'll be playing some of these well into 2026
Building Blocks Lego-Dinosaur kids become Ark adults.
Like a good ol' southern potluck, South of Midnight had me going back to play for seconds, and then thirds, thanks to all its little details
🏆 Lemme holler at your momma 'n' 'em about this one.
How to get the Arcane Pickaxe in The Forge
Star Bright It's the best Pickaxe in The Forge, for now.
99 Nights in the Forest Christmas update—Everything to know about the elves, candy canes, and weekly updates
🎁 The Deer gets coal, but the rest of you get presents if you survive.
All 99 Nights in the Forest classes in an overall tier list for beginners, team players, and solo survivors
Best in Class Save yourself some diamonds and buyer's remorse.
New games 2025: The year's PC game releases
Date Planner The new games of 2025 stack more massive RPGs and open-world adventures against each other.
Where to find the Bard's lost guitar in The Forge
Strum Along We're going back to the caves with a new tune.
Where to find Tomo's lost cat in The Forge
Here Kitty Finding the feline ties into the Goblin King's quests.
How to complete the Goblin King quests in The Forge
Troll Toll The Goblin King has five painfully expensive quests on his to-do list.
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.
Ashes of Creation early access launch times and release date
🕥 And when the MMORPG fully commits to Steam.
The Forge—Tips for beginner miners, crafting recipes, and picking your next equipment upgrades
⛏️ Because pickaxe upgrades get pricey, and some recipes call for a calculator.
League of Legends just got WASD controls after 16 years, and you can probably guess how smoothly the rollout's going
News WASD controls have sparked controversy with the playerbase, though they haven't broken the game balance the way some expected.
Whiskerwood looks like an adorable game of cat and mouse, but in reality it's a brutal city builder where my grossly incompetent governance never goes unpunished for long
Don't let its adorable mousy colonies fool you.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in December
📅 We're ending the year with a handful of possible gems and more time for the 2025 backlog.
How to upgrade the Taming Flute in 99 Nights in the Forest
Wild Things Get your own wolf pack.
Every animal you can tame in 99 Nights in the Forest
Domesticated It's a mammoth undertaking.
How to find the missing kids in 99 Nights in the Forest
Deernapped Missing: Dino Kid, Squid Kid, Kraken Kid, and Koala Kid
Everything we know about the next Mass Effect game so far
LIARA? Mass Effect is now BioWare's main focus with a smaller team following layoffs in 2025.
Another Fallout 4 update fixes performance issues while leaving modders angry, but it doesn't have to be this way
News A little version control goes a long way.
Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'
News So much for my Steam Machine plans.
Rust's 'Pivot or Die' update was meant to shake up the meta, but it's a nightmare for solo survivors that leaves me no choice but to die
Send Help Is 'pivot' code for 'join a clan'?
