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

Battlefield liked to 'take the p*ss' out of Call of Duty, but it was a 'very healthy rivalry' that pushed DICE to do its own thing

By Fraser Brown Published

News "You push yourself to do stuff maybe you wouldn't do if they were not there."

News
With Total War: Warhammer 40,000, Creative Assembly is resurrecting a 16-year-old experiment, which didn't exactly go to plan last time

By Fraser Brown Published

War never changes From Empire to Imperium.

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War never changes
Manor Lords promo art - knight on horseback looking at a medieval village in the distance, viewed from behind
CEO of Manor Lords and Against the Storm publisher says publishers should not be trying to 'break even at the expense of developers' and should be willing to take a loss because they can afford to 'spread the risk'

By Fraser Brown Published

News "Large corporate entities that can absorb risk should expect some losses to be balanced out by other gains."

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News
Metal: Hellsinger
Funcom may have closed down Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders, but its co-founder and Battlefield vet David Goldfarb says it's not over yet: 'We're working on the 2.0 version of The Outsiders, so we're not dead'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Down but not out.

News
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025

By Phil Savage Published

The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.

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The Gotys
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is totally real, so we've created a wishlist to send to the Emperor

By Fraser Brown Published

Big and weird We have demands.

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Big and weird
Rome art featuring Roman troops
The TV show based on Total War was tricking us all along: 'It's kind of embarrassing, but it's television'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Don't believe what you see.

News
Total War: Medieval 3 trailer
Creative Assembly has been busy—Total War: Medieval 3 is coming, along with more Warhammer DLC and another game that will be revealed next week, 'marking the beginning of an exciting new era'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Strategy Santa is in a giving mood.

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News
Ashes of the Singularity 2 first gameplay
Here's our exclusive first peek at massive-scale RTS Ashes of the Singularity 2 in action, and would you look at the size of this thing

By Fraser Brown Published

News This is one big lad (the lad is a war).

News
Character reading a book and chewing bubblegum
All I've bought this Cyber Monday are 2 boring ethernet cables and this exceptional comic book bundle

By Fraser Brown Published

Cyber Monday My tablet is gonna see a lot of use over the next year.

Cyber Monday
Close up of Phyre
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 didn't sell as well as Paradox expected, and the publisher is taking the blame: 'The responsibility lies fully with us'

By Fraser Brown Published

News But this shouldn't affect the planned DLC.

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News
V eating popcorn
Poll: Should RPGs always provide a transmog system, or should we be forced to live with our fashion crimes?

By Fraser Brown Published

Fit check Are you OK with being the worst-dressed hero?

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Fit check
Operator control system
Xenopurge turns Aliens into a stressful desk job and somehow manages to capture the movie perfectly

By Fraser Brown Published

Office space Grab a cup of coffee and let's go alien hunting.

Office space
Three jacketed figures look down into the camera in Shadows of Doubt.
The world's busiest toilet temporarily made detective sim Shadows of Doubt a murder-free zone: 'You can't always legislate for the fact that everyone's going to need a wee at midnight'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Finally, a way to stop murders from happening.

News
If you own any Total War: Warhammer game, you'll get the best part of Total War: Warhammer 3 for free on December 4

By Fraser Brown Published

News Everyone's getting Immortal Empires.

News
Pathfinder
Dragon's Dogma 2 is already at half the lifetime sales of the original cult classic, and if Capcom wants more, it should give us a Dark Arisen-style expansion

By Fraser Brown Published

News Some optimisation improvements wouldn't go amiss, either.

News
Elon Musk steepling his hands and looking sombre.
'Elon [Musk] truly would be the best owner of any game company,' claims former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick with a completely straight face

By Fraser Brown Published

News "I'm pretty good at videogames," said Musk.

News
Minecraft
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'

By Fraser Brown Published

News And now Microsoft owns both of them.

News
News Tower key art with a paperboy and a photographer
I might just play more News Tower instead of going to therapy

By Fraser Brown Published

War of words This newspaper management sim may or may not be good for my health.

War of words
Arc Raiders Dog Collar locations: A close-up of Scrappy, a rooster, wearing a cowbow hat against a dark purple background.
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?'

By Fraser Brown Published

News Jorjani pushes back against extreme reactions to AI and wants a more nuanced discussion.

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News
Robert standing in front of his suit
Dispatch review: A triumphant season of interactive TV

By Fraser Brown Published

Hero worship AdHoc Studio's first game is my new favourite superhero show.

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Hero worship
Arc Raiders extraction characters
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

By Fraser Brown Published

News Embark has been busy.

News
Geralt claps his hands
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

By Fraser Brown Published

News The wrong side of history.

News
Nosebleed update
If you love Arc Raiders, you really need to try my favourite extraction shooter: The Forever Winter

By Fraser Brown Published

Winter wonderland Especially if the PvP is your least favourite part.

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Winter wonderland
Surviving Mars: Relaunched
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

By Fraser Brown Published

Remartian There are fewer reasons for veteran players to return, but for new colonists it's a no-brainer.

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Remartian
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