Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk

Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts
By Andy Chalk published
news The cuts include former Destiny community manager David "Deej" Dague, who left Bungie to join Iron Galaxy in 2020.

Alexander Morton, the voice of Geralt's pal Zoltan in The Witcher games, has died
By Andy Chalk published
news Morton was a celebrated television actor, particularly in his native UK, but to gamers he was best known as Geralt's stout dwarven pal.

Shameless Palworld imitator Pickmos removed from Steam after publisher 'officially intervenes' in development: 'We will be supervising the Pickmos team'
By Andy Chalk published
news Apparently changing a letter in the title wasn't enough to cool things down.

The Call of Duty Movie is coming in June—of 2028
By Andy Chalk published
news No need to reserve your seat just yet.

Lana Del Rey surprise-drops the 007 First Light theme song, and I regret to inform you that it is not great
By Andy Chalk published
news First Light is definitely a James Bond theme song, and that's part of the problem.

The Street Fighter movie trailer is here, and it looks like fun but good luck spotting Jason Momoa in it
By Andy Chalk published
news The gang's all here, but some are more here than others.

Yes, Take-Two's share price rose after the stolen Rockstar data was released, but don't read too much into it
By Andy Chalk published
news This week's bump in share price isn't nearly enough to make up for the loss it's taken since January.

Tiny MMO Book of Travels is ending development after 5 troubled years
By Andy Chalk published
news Developer Might and Delight has added an offline mode so the game will remain playable, and has also dropped the price.

More than 20 classic Warhammer and WH40K games just came to Steam, 7 of them for the first time ever
By Andy Chalk published
news The Warhammer Classics label has some real bangers, and naturally there's a sale to get things rolling.

Metro author Dmitry Glukhovsky says the next game in the series 'will be darker than anything you've seen before'
By Andy Chalk published
news I dunno man, I've been on the internet a long time.

Rockstar hackers release their stolen data, reveal that Rockstar was right to not pay them anything for it
By Andy Chalk published
news It's interesting, but... is that it?

91-year-old gamer gets a visit from police after she misses her daily check-in call because she was 'trying to beat her record level'
By Andy Chalk published
news You won't believe what happened next, maybe.

Despite rumors of a GTA 6-inspired delay, Fable studio says it's 'excited to welcome you back to Albion in autumn 2026'
By Andy Chalk published
news Consider that rumor denied.

Metro 2039 confirmed as the next game in the Metro series, full reveal coming later this week
By Andy Chalk published
news The rumors were true.

US government wants gamers to become air traffic controllers
By Andy Chalk published
news "It's not a game," transportation secretary Sean Duffy says: "Its [sic] a career!"

Pete Hines says he left Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it being 'damaged' and 'abused'
By Andy Chalk published
news Hines, Bethesda's former vice president of marketing and PR, left Bethesda in 2023, three years after it was acquired by Microsoft.

Former Bethesda exec thinks the studio should get more respect for the complex, open worlds it creates: 'Go try that s**t in Red Dead Redemption 2'
By Andy Chalk published
news Despite retiring 3 years ago, Pete Hines remains one of the studio's staunchest defenders.

PC Gamer's 'first can't-miss cozy game of 2026' has gone missing on Steam, and some players think Tetris is to blame
By Andy Chalk published
news This is the second weird thing to happen to Starsand Island since it launched in February.

Facepunch boss Garry Newman shoots down Rust 2 speculation after mysterious Steam page appears: 'Nope'
By Andy Chalk last updated
news I thought it might be, but it's not.

Nexon confirms reorganizaton at The First Berserker: Khazan developer but says it's merely 'a strategic reallocation of talent' as development winds down
By Andy Chalk published
news The shuffle is "not a workforce reduction or team dissolution," Nexon says, it just needs the people elsewhere.

Dune: Awakening is finally making Deep Desert and shipwreck PvP fully optional
By Andy Chalk published
news Self-hosted servers are coming too.

Gunzilla CEO denies delaying payments to 'full-time official employees,' denies calling unpaid contractors 'haters' (updated)
By Andy Chalk published
news At least one of former Gunzilla staffers who said she went months without being paid sure sounds like a full-time employee, though.

Co-op pirate survival game Windrose breaks 1.5 million Steam wishlists, and good news for everyone who's added it to their list: It's coming out next week
By Andy Chalk published
news The coming-very-soon release date was announced during the Triple I showcase.
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