
Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

How to watch the 30-minute 007 First Light gameplay 'deep dive' at Sony's State of Play
By Christopher Livingston published
News Check out the young James Bond in his first mission for MI6.

The best survival games on PC
By Christopher Livingston last updated
stay alive The best games for surviving against the odds.

Elijah Wood reveals his favorite videogames and the chill indies he's playing now on Steam Deck
By Christopher Livingston published
News Adventure games are high on his list, and not just because he starred in one.

How well do you know the most-played games on Steam? Take our timed quiz and put your knowledge to the test
By Christopher Livingston published
Go go go! A test of the best.

Think you know gaming? Test your knowledge with PC Gamer's fiendish quizzes
By Robin Valentine last updated
QUIZ All our brain-teasers in one place.

Sean Murray says the Earth-sized planet in Light No Fire will have 'real oceans' that players will need 'large boats and crews' to cross
By Christopher Livingston published
News As part of a new No Man's Sky update, Light No Fire also got a mention.

No Man's Sky adds buildable custom spaceships big enough to fit all your friends on board
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Voyagers update means your ship can become your base, and there's plenty of room for your pals.

You're not getting the Splinter Cell you wanted in October, but maybe this'll do?
By Christopher Livingston published
News Netflix's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Deathwatch animated series has a teaser to tide you over.

Enshrouded's next big update is bringing way more water to the survival RPG than I expected
By Christopher Livingston published
News I thought maybe we'd see a few rivers and ponds added to the world, but this is a major overhaul.

I wouldn't have thought I'd be playing Starfield again in 2025, but this Star Wars total conversion mod is a real blast(er)
By Christopher Livingston published
News Star Wars Genesis rolls up hundreds of mods that turn Starfield into a galaxy far, far away.

The 20 best cozy games on PC that aren't farm sims
By Lauren Morton last updated
Cozy Games If you need more chill in your game library, these are the best cozy games you can play on PC.

Fallout Season 2—what we know about our trip to New Vegas
By Kara Phillips last updated
Fall In Fallout Season 2's release date, teaser trailer, returning characters and new faces.

Meet your snarky, sexy companions in The Outer Worlds 2: 'And no, you can't sleep with them'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Doesn't mean you can't crush, though.

Important binge news: Fallout Season 2 will air one episode per week, instead of all at once
By Christopher Livingston published
News It's a change from Season 1, so if you wanna binge the series in one go, you'll have to wait until February.

'It started here, with one man': Fallout Season 2 teaser takes us to Vegas to meet Mr. House, gives us a glimpse of Caesar's Legion and a Deathclaw
By Christopher Livingston published
News The season begins December 17.

The new Fallout Season 2 images tease more pre-war flashbacks—which was honestly the best part of Fallout Season 1
By Christopher Livingston published
News We're going to Vegas, both before and after the war.

The best Skyrim mods: Everything from beautiful vegetables to huge expansions
By Christopher Livingston last updated
100+ Mods! A gargantuan collection of our favorite mods for Bethesda's fantasy RPG, updated.

The best Skyrim Special Edition mods
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Updated! The best Skyrim Special Edition mods are as numerous as the best mods for vanilla Skyrim.

'The Day Before 2?': Everyone is skeptical about this survival game promising a map five times the size of DayZ and 5,000 players per server
By Christopher Livingston published
News Won't get fooled again.

Gamescom 2025 preview: The 6 games we're most excited to see
By Tyler Wilde published
👀 The major games you can expect to see at Europe's biggest gaming event, which is just around the corner.

Viva Las Vegas! We're getting a Fallout Season 2 teaser at Gamescom
By Christopher Livingston published
News Let's hope we see a Deathclaw.

Alien: Earth is the best thing to happen to the Alien universe since Isolation
By Christopher Livingston published
creature feature The FX series is off to a heck of a good start, mostly because it's not trying to replicate the past.

PlayerUnknown's new survival game makes building a simple campfire feel like a real accomplishment, and that's something a lot of survival games are lacking
By Christopher Livingston published
hot stuff You can playtest a beta of Prologue: Go Wayback! on Steam as of today.

Ubisoft announces a live-action Far Cry TV series then immediately pretends it didn't announce a live-action Far Cry TV series
By Christopher Livingston published
News The show is reportedly in the works at FX and will star Rob McElhenney of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia—but Ubisoft quickly took down the announcement.
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