Latest articles by Fraser Brown
'Elon [Musk] truly would be the best owner of any game company,' claims former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick with a completely straight face
News "I'm pretty good at videogames," said Musk.
Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to buy Minecraft until he found out Notch was leaving and Microsoft was offering a billion dollars more: 'I'll go airplane shopping with you, but you've gotta take that offer'
News And now Microsoft owns both of them.
I might just play more News Tower instead of going to therapy
War of words This newspaper management sim may or may not be good for my health.
Arrowhead CEO wades into the messy Arc Raiders AI debate: 'Would it have been better if Arc Raiders failed and it didn't use AI?'
News Jorjani pushes back against extreme reactions to AI and wants a more nuanced discussion.
Dispatch review: A triumphant season of interactive TV
Hero worship AdHoc Studio's first game is my new favourite superhero show.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
Arc Raiders has been testing duo matchmaking, cosmetics are getting their prices slashed, refunds are being doled out and more free raider decks are on their way
News Embark has been busy.
CD Projekt struggled to sell partners on The Witcher 3 because its gameplay was 'pretty standard' and they didn't believe it could combine storytelling with a cinematic open world
News The wrong side of history.
If you love Arc Raiders, you really need to try my favourite extraction shooter: The Forever Winter
Winter wonderland Especially if the PvP is your least favourite part.
Surviving Mars: Relaunched is a solid but inessential remaster for one of the best city builders around, but I'm extremely excited about what comes next
Remartian There are fewer reasons for veteran players to return, but for new colonists it's a no-brainer.
Netflix is reportedly turning the best cooking game, Overcooked, into a reality competition, and if it doesn't get Nicole Byer from Nailed It! to host, I will riot
News A24 has acquired the rights to Overcooked, Deadline reports.
The best RPGs on PC
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.
I'm not here to make friends: I will fill you with bullets if I see you in Arc Raiders
Shoot on sight In Arc Raiders, friendship might be magic, but I'm a man of science.
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord's nautical-themed War Sails expansion gets a gameplay showcase and spills the release date, and folks, I think we're onto a winner here
News Cruising for a bruising.
When Irrational picked a new writer for BioShock Infinite, it didn't realise he was in the next room, already working at the studio
News Serendipity.
The Outer Worlds 2's senior narrative designer is 'really happy' if you miss out on major characters with 'thousands of lines of dialogue'
News "We're really making a game that you can play multiple times and have a very different experience."
The Outer Worlds 2's toothless satire of capitalism should be a disappointment to everyone, except Microsoft
Selling out "Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead."
Dispatch's superheroic efforts have changed my mind about its episodic release schedule
Worth the wait I love instant gratification, but AdHoc and Critical Role's superhero comedy has shown me the value in waiting.
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown is a dull, budget survival game, and I swear the show is so much better than this
Lost in space Just play the brilliant Elite Force instead.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is sitting at Mixed reviews on Steam: 'It's not a Bloodlines game'
News Players are disappointed by the lack of RPG systems and connections to the original game.
RPGs make up more than 30% of PC Gamer's Top 100, so clearly we've settled on a favourite genre
RPG Gamer We've got a type.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 lets you unlock 24 fancy outfits, so here's my entirely objective ranking, as an expert on wearing clothes
Fang fashion Time to hit the catwalk.
AdHoc and Critical Role's superhero comedy Dispatch cuts right to the best bits of Telltale's greatest games
Heroes for hire The two-episode premiere converted this sceptic.
