
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

A week in tactical RPG Demonschool includes karaoke, romance, dog adoption, lost sandwiches, cursed dolls, and lots of monster battles
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 It's a pretty packed schedule.

The Outer Worlds 2 'has more perks than Fallout: New Vegas,' says Obsidian—including one that turns you into a heart-collecting serial killer
By Christopher Livingston published
News The sequel to Obsidian's RPG launches this October.

Obsidian announces a sequel to its backyard co-op survival game Grounded—and surprisingly, it'll be in early access next month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Grounded 2 comes to game preview in July.

This 2018 early access survival game notorious for poop mechanics and penis sliders will finally go 1.0 this month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Scum is almost done.

I can't stop watching these Dune: Awakening videos of players having butt-puckeringly close calls with angry sandworms
By Christopher Livingston published
News A collection of near-misses with Shai-Hulud.

Balatro meets breakfast? This 'chaotic cooking roguelike' where you make omelets for picky customers and try not to enrage a giant chicken just launched on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News Strategically stack ingredients to please hungry diners in Omelet You Cook.

I just discovered in Dune: Awakening that the only thing worse than seeing a sandworm coming right at you is being stuck in quicksand and seeing a sandworm coming right at you
By Christopher Livingston published
News Be careful where you drive on Arrakis. Be careful where you do anything on Arrakis, really.

The Jurassic World Evolution 3 trailer disappointingly doesn't show anyone being bitten in half by a T-Rex, but it does have Jeff Goldblum's dulcet tones and a release date
By Christopher Livingston published
News Become the mayor of Dinosaur City this October.

Fight across the surface of a giant Rubik's Cube built from chunks of other planets in yet another unhinged shooter from the brains behind Atomic Heart
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Cube is a multiplayer MMO from Mundfish that was just announced at Summer Games Fest.

The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

Dune: Awakening isn't even officially out yet and it already has almost 100,000 players
By Christopher Livingston published
News Arrakis is filling up fast during the advanced access "head start" period.

How to respec in Dune: Awakening
By Christopher Livingston published
Skillshare You can easily refund and redistribute your skill points, but there are a few restrictions.

Dying by sandworm in Dune: Awakening is way, way worse than any other death you might face
By Christopher Livingston published
Anything you lose down Shai-Hulud's gullet, you won't be getting back.

If an NPC hates you in this adventure from the makers of Road 96, it's probably because another player was mean to them earlier
By Christopher Livingston published
News Tides of Tomorrow's asynchronous multiplayer system lets other players' choices impact your own game. And vice versa.

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.

Here's when Dune: Awakening pre-loads and unlocks in your time zone
By Christopher Livingston published
News When you can begin preloading Dune: Awakening, and when the "head start" and full launch happens on Steam.

Surprise! Dune: Awakening will have private servers at launch after all, where players can disable taxes and enable 'free-for-all' PvP
By Christopher Livingston published
News One of the most-requested Dune: Awakening features is now a reality.

Dune: Awakening's player guilds will be able to pass some pretty OP server-wide laws—including one that means you'll lose everything when defeated in deep desert PvP
By Christopher Livingston published
News Get ready for players to make big changes to the world of Dune: Awakening.

If you're 'scared of PvP', don't worry: Dune: Awakening's endgame deep desert area has a PvE zone, too
By Christopher Livingston published
news You can explore a 24km portion of the deep desert without worrying about fighting other players.

To a T review: Not just wholesome, but wonderfully weird
By Christopher Livingston published
Sweet T Explore a strange little town as a teenager who can only T-pose.

Great moments in PC gaming: Getting so badly stuck on an adventure game puzzle I called the developer for a hint
By Christopher Livingston published
Call Now Need help? Pick up the phone. Just 95 cents per minute.

Light No Fire: Everything we know about Hello Games' planet-sized survival game
By Christopher Livingston published
Warm-Up Sean Murray's follow-up to an infinite sci-fi universe is a single planet—but it's a big one.

'We hear you': RoadCraft dev will address early negative feedback with hotfixes, free new vehicles, and a 'Hard Mode' with systems like fuel management
By Christopher Livingston published
News It's been a bit of a bumpy road for the new game from the SnowRunner dev.

In this new medieval city builder that launched on Steam today, build a sprawling town with the help of companions who level up and train their own apprentices
By Christopher Livingston published
News City Tales: Medieval Era is in early access but already has some refreshing differences from other builders.
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