Harvey Randall

Harvey Randall

Staff Writer

Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.

Latest articles by Harvey Randall

Left: Witches from Witchspire soar through the air on brooms. Right: A witch in Witchspire looks at their familiar.
Witchspire is a charming Palworld-esque survival crafting game that replaces the unpaid monster labour with magic and whimsy

By Harvey Randall Published

News A pretty familiar game. Get it? Because of the witches? Ah, nevermind.

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A split image of a casino bot proudly standing in Orgrimmar on the left, with a dead casino bot on the right.
WoW Classic players are in an arms race against annoying RMT casinos, but Blizzard's working on strategies so 'they will hopefully piss off'

By Harvey Randall Published

News The house always wins.

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Spyro stares, determined, in Toys for Bob's upcoming Spyro game.
After a 'corporate mandate' demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took 'many mini miracles' to buy their independence from Activision

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News "We knew that it wasn't the right fit."

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Cover art for the Pathfinder 2e adventure, Ghost King's rage, sees several adventurers fighting off a terrifying wyrm in a graveyard.
Pathfinder creators Paizo have $10 million of inventory stuck in a warehouse somewhere because of Diamond Comics, forcing it to lay off staff

By Harvey Randall Published

News "Paizo and dozens of other publishers have been in court ever since, fighting to reclaim our own products."

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The judge from Phoenix Wright stares disapprovingly.
Both lawyers in case use hallucinating AI, causing judge to throw up hands, bar them for 2 years, fine everybody, and call the whole thing off for 60 days

By Harvey Randall Published

News I believe the legal term is "absolute malarkey".

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A player-built town in Stars Reach, a sandbox MMO by Playable Worlds, Inc.
Stars Reach could be the second coming of the sandbox MMO, with player-built cities and 40+ Star Wars Galaxies-style professions to give me hope

By Harvey Randall Published

STAR SHOOTING "Players have practically invented Steam Power."

STAR SHOOTING
A tapestry of the gods in Guild Wars 3, rendered powerfully in gold and red.
Guild Wars 3 won't have a 'battle pass fee buried in it', says studio head: 'We're not gonna hold their time hostage'

By Harvey Randall Published

News ArenaNet's not giving it a pass.

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Left: Blade, a vampire bathed in red light. Center: A chained-up king with an iron crown. Right: Revan, a force sensitive wielding a lightsaber.
Summer Game Fest no-shows: The big games that were absent from 2026's showcases

By Harvey Randall, Jody Macgregor, Ted Litchfield, Rory Norris Published

NO SHOWS Who's out for Summer? Who's out forever?

NO SHOWS
A motorcycle plane carrying a package soars over a cosy little island in Into the Wind, a debut game by Bloom & Gloom Games.
Into the Wind is a gorgeous, Ghibli-esque adventure about taking over your missing uncle's delivery service, but with more dogfighting in your aeroplane bike

By Harvey Randall Published

News It's a bike, it's a plane, it's delivery-man!

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The protagonist of El Paso, Elsewhere 2 stands amidst a mountain of corpses, firing dual pistols at a writhing mass of encroaching tentacles.
A shooter we called 'one of the boldest, freshest games' of 2023 is getting a sequel: El Paso, Elsewhere 2 sends a slo-mo vampire into the void

By Harvey Randall Published

News The stakes are high.

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A mage throws a fireball in Outward 2.
Outward 2, the sequel to a survival action RPG we gave an 89% to, is in open beta now

By Harvey Randall Published

News Alright, I'm heading out(ward).

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A woman tends to glowing plants in space.
Rivage is a time loop puzzle game where something's gone terribly wrong, power's at a premium, and your salvation's a mysterious arcade machine

By Harvey Randall Published

News Going loopy in space.

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A cartoonish hand wielding cards in a fungal world.
Shroom and Gloom is a deckbuilding roguelike that has you growing together 2 different stacks of fungal cards

By Harvey Randall Published

News Wait a second, they said this place would be filled with fun guys!

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Key art for ReVamp, showing a vampiric lord placing his hand over a sprawling demonic castle bathed in the blood red of his cloak.
ReVamp, a castle defense roguelike where you command the armies of the dead for your mistress, is entering playtests soon

By Harvey Randall Published

News Nothing's certain but undeath and taxes (and property management).

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An echo in Archeron, a dread warrior dressed in cold undying plate, stalks towards the camera in a mist-drowned environment.
Arkheron, an isometric Diablo-like battle royale where you ascend a tower, is getting a more forgiving Spire mode to prepare you for the big leagues

By Harvey Randall Published

News Arkheron playtests have been paying dividends.

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The protagonist of Cassette Beasts poses victoriously with her Cassette player, surrounded by dynamic critters.
Cassette Beasts 2002 is a GBA-style monster collection game where you can splice critters together with the power of music

By Harvey Randall Published

News Groovy.

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Key art for Abiotic Factor's In Tropic Break DLC
Abiotic Factor's going on holiday with a new DLC, Entropic Break—just ignore the flesh dimension, I'm sure it's fine

By Harvey Randall Published

news Let's go to the beach, screech.

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Two characters have a conversation in the Arcantina of World of Warcraft.
Question time: How often do you actually talk to strangers in MMOs?

By Harvey Randall Published

HELLO SOLO Solo or hello?

HELLO SOLO
Left: "Man holding pizza slice - stock photo, Pepperoni pizza slice." Right: Faye, from God of War: Laufey, looks with dread towards a slice of pizza.
Dominos Pizza UK has joined the gamer culture slapfight over God of War: Laufey, and I'd really like to just skip this part, please

By Harvey Randall Published

News Not the way I wanted to round out my week.

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An army does battle in Tabletop Tavern, a RTS roguelike.
I made treants awkwardly rub shoulders with ringwraiths in the Total War-style RTS roguelike Tabletop Tavern, and I'm surprised as anybody that it worked

By Harvey Randall Published

News It takes all sorts.

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Left: The Seat of Sacrifice boss, Elidibus, stares with resentment at the viewer. Right: RathGame's player avatar, Solo Only, meets that gaze with determination.
Final Fantasy 14's solo only challenge runner overcomes impossible odds again, this time by blowing himself up

By Harvey Randall Published

News Blue Mage to the rescue.

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Rayman Legends' graphics compared to Rayman Legends Retold.
I played 3 hours of the Rayman Legends 3D remake—and while I miss the 2D artstyle, boy is it still pretty

By Harvey Randall Published

HEY MAN, RAYMAN Rayman Legends Retold will have some new features, too.

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HEY MAN, RAYMAN
Rayman stands, looking a little bemused in Rayman Legends Retold.
The Rayman Legends remake has brought on Banjo Kazooie and DK64 composer Grant Kirkhope, who can apparently spin up gold in a day: 'He's super fast'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "He comes in one day later with something unbelievable."

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Subnautica 2 - Woman riding in a Tadpole
Subnautica 2's no-killing policy isn't because it's 'a game about pacifism', says design lead, but because players would 'master the crappy combat' over anything else

By Harvey Randall Published

News "They'll be mad at you, and they'll sit there and take time to learn it."

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Mark Darrah
Former BioWare producer says we could be saved from a world where there's 'no AAA games that aren't live services' by looking to movies

By Harvey Randall Published

News Hello, Hollywood.

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