Fraser Brown

Fraser Brown

Online Editor

Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long or talking about his dog.

Latest articles by Fraser Brown

Warriors standing in front of a burning castle
Going Medieval stole my heart with a large, cursed hole

By Fraser Brown Published

Digging it Don't be rude.

Digging it
All Will Rise screenshot
Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

By Fraser Brown Published

News "We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand."

News
Fortnite: Save the World
Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade

By Fraser Brown Published

News Save the world on a tight budget.

News
People with weapons and armor in the post apocalypse
Facepunch is 'talking to people' about a Rust movie: 'We definitely had interest'

By Fraser Brown Published

News The Adventures of John Rust.

News
Slay the Spire 2's new mystery character
Slay the Spire 2 dev hates microtransactions, even though players would definitely pay for them: 'A lot of our players threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Mega Crit's got a lot of willpower.

News
Astarion wearing shades and giving a thumbs up
Tabletop gaming saved videogame RPGs

By Fraser Brown Published

Dungeon Master RPGs have evolved by embracing their history, and we're incredibly lucky that they did.

Dungeon Master
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse art
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't a roguelike, says Konami, despite it being made by the 2 studios behind Dead Cells

By Fraser Brown Published

News Back to basics.

News
Knight with broken sword flanked by goblin and angel in strange underground environment.
It's only March, but I'm calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026's best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium

By Fraser Brown Published

Clerical error It's more than D&D Disco Elysium, but it's also absolutely D&D Disco Elysium.

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Clerical error
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Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director says Ubisoft 'became very allergic' to new games, which contributed to a 'talent drain'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Alex Hutchinson diagnoses the downward trajectory of his former employer.

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News
Captain
The director of the first Assassin's Creed with naval battles found it 'bizarre' to watch Skull and Bones' agonisingly long development, because it was 'essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it'

By Fraser Brown Published

News

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News
TimeSplitters 2
Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now

By Fraser Brown Published

News Beyond Words is part of Steam Next Fest.

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News
Inzoi - A Zoi made to look like Timothée Chalamet holding a money gun and surrounded by falling money
Krafton's new chief AI officer says the company 'uses AI as a tool to amplify human imagination and creativity, not replace it' 3 months after it announced a hiring freeze and launched a voluntary resignation programme

By Fraser Brown Published

News Sure, buddy.

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News
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Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'

By Fraser Brown Published

News We had to wait another year for a proper high seas adventure.

News
People of Note demo
This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns

By Fraser Brown Published

Lollapunlooza I'm easily entertained.

Lollapunlooza
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The best Geralt, Doug Cockle, completed The Witcher 3, got the best ending, and was driven 'bonkers' by the Bloody Baron quest

By Fraser Brown Published

News And now we know he's got a thing for red heads.

News
Transport Fever 3 preview
Understandable AI paranoia has inspired a developer to change the handcrafted character art in its upcoming sim: 'They look a bit AI'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Transport Fever 3's characters look pretty uncanny, and that's a bigger problem than it used to be.

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News
Avowed
Obsidian was 'surprised' that Avowed players bounced off one of the RPG's most important systems: 'That frustration came through loud and clear'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Who's got time to upgrade their gear when there are adventures to be had?

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News
Avowed - Kai smiles happily at camp
Avowed's massive anniversary update adds new playable races, but they don't get any unique dialogue because there were 'no dedicated narrative people available'

By Fraser Brown Published

News The new races are just a "mechanical distinction".

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News
Transport Fever 3 preview
I didn't expect to kidnap alligators, save Woodstock or give people dysentery in a game called Transport Fever 3—but here we are

By Fraser Brown Published

On the road again It's OK, I released the alligators.

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On the road again
An inquisitor surrounded by his retinue, including an ogryn, a kroot, and an aeldari
Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG

By Fraser Brown Published

Future crimes Owlcat's found my wishlist.

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Future crimes
An anthropomorphic rabbit
Age of Wonders 4's next expansion introduces nomadic, post-apocalyptic bunnies

By Fraser Brown Published

news A new species, magical post-apocalyptic maps and a trio of new tomes are coming with Rise from Ruin in March.

news
A rocket blasting off
Medieval physics romp Besiege has spent a decade letting us conquer the land and sea, so naturally its next expansion is heading to the final frontier

By Fraser Brown Published

News Flit off into space to conquer alien worlds.

News
Fallout 76 guy drinking beer
Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'

By Fraser Brown Published

News I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.

News
Baldur's Gate 3 Act 3
I'm the biggest Baldur's Gate 3 fan, but the HBO TV show is filling me with dread

By Fraser Brown Published

Baldur's irate A linear follow-up to my favourite non-linear RPG? Get outta here.

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Baldur's irate
Nioh 3: The player character in samurai attire with a stern expression, with a glowing white Guardian Spirit over their right shoulder.
Nioh 3's open world is incredibly formulaic compared to Elden Ring's, so I'm slightly embarrassed by how much I'm loving it

By Fraser Brown Published

Playing it safe The traditional approach is less exciting, but it works well for the series' first open-world outing.

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Playing it safe
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