Harvey Randall
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
![Alleria Windrunner has an animated conversation with Khadgar in the pre-patch for World of Warcraft: The War Within.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ag7VCoJDWrgqkCzf7LNuoE-320-80.png)
WoW's released a short cinematic ahead of the War Within's pre-patch—and I'm just happy these characters are talking like actual people, now
By Harvey Randall published
News Shadowlands was merely a setback.
![Aerith, a peppy and optimistic character in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, looks a tad confused towards the right of the screen.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nXfjK8sjvo7G77thtNxGj6-320-80.png)
Square Enix announces it's tanked $140 million in losses due to 'content abandonment', though there's no clue as to what's been dropped—and where
By Harvey Randall published
News Mid-life crisis (core).
![Cyberpunk 2077 Chimera firing lazer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/viduK5HR6q6pYYmo8n2fmj-320-80.jpg)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's third deadliest boss is an OSHA-violating garage, making it 86.6% as dangerous as a giant killer robo-tank
By Harvey Randall published
News Yeah, my ripperdoc gave me two left feet.
![Man screaming in Helldivers 2 intro cinematic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GCLefSMVZeFyCK9nbSogzQ-320-80.jpg)
Oh god, no—stalkers in Helldivers 2 are actually invisible, now
By Harvey Randall published
News The bugs are fixed, and deadlier than ever.
![Shadowheart, wearing a fancy cowboy hat, looks fairly perplexed in a moonlit environs in Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xnAspMTgLeXm2qc3923LvF-320-80.png)
Buckle up—Hasbro spent over $1 billion on games and has plans for 'the next 100 years', since Baldur's Gate 3 proved fans 'like a great, well-executed D&D game'
By Harvey Randall published
News "Hasbro is in fact making videogames."
![The Super Earth Spokesperson in Helldivers 2 looks very confused as a massive explosion rocks the earth behind him.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tcbEJFzn25SVrspJGrDan3-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 devs confirm rockets aren't ricocheting, though the Eruptor's shrapnel backfire has been headshotting patriots: 'we're looking to completely remove the shrapnel effect'
By Harvey Randall last updated
News Yeah, a shard of metal going 2000 feet per second would do it.
![Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda, holds a copy of Fallout: 76.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4anQ2e6HySX9HMTSELevi5-320-80.png)
Todd Howard wants to preserve the 'Americana naivete' by keeping Fallout mostly based in the USA: 'keep the mysterious lands mysterious'
By Harvey Randall published
News Off the map.
![An orc stares blankly at an open book, realising his mistake, in Skyrim.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tBesPUouKrWENRtnsAJ5Bf-320-80.png)
Streamer lets viewers add custom voice lines to Skyrim NPCs, immediately realises their mistake: 'I formally apologise and regret my life choices'
By Harvey Randall published
News "I have never made a game mod before."
![An image depicting Bioware's Baldur's Gate's installer, as shared on Twitter/X by @autorun.ini on twitter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5BFXJoTVFCoD7Mt37g2pCM-320-80.png)
Nothing's made me want to reject modernity more than this videogame scholar documenting the installers of yesteryear
By Harvey Randall published
News No wait, go back, I want to be ini.
![An image of a citizen of Super Earth giving a PSA, holding his hands out in a calming manner while the word: INVASION is stamped in block-type over a screaming man crying for sweet liberty.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eicgzmSFSCutgbykJfr8pb-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 devs explain why solo missions have more patrols, now: 'the intention is that one player has 1/4th of the patrols … they had 1/6th'
By Harvey Randall published
News "Hard difficulties should be hard."
![An image of the protagonist of Hades 2 doing battle with a god, lit up by the fierce light of the moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7SPQC57tV2eLkmUxJVEcgT-320-80.png)
Hades 2's technical test is shutting down today, but don't worry, you won't be deprived of your hot gods for long—early access will follow 'relatively soon after'
By Harvey Randall published
News Early Access is coming, well, early.
![helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJY6BBevgv9LDKcwdtqZEX-320-80.png)
Major Helldivers 2 balance patch tweaks over 24 different weapons and stratagems, adjusts enemies, slightly nerfs my beloved Quasar and Sickle, and more
By Harvey Randall published
News It's not all bad—the Railgun might be in vogue again.
![Atlas holds up the globe upon his shoulders in Atlas Park, a zone in City of Heroes.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/avheLWmJtxCdqg7XCYc4Nm-320-80.png)
Celebrating the 20th birthday of City of Heroes: an MMO resurrected by the people who loved it enough to 'bring the game back for good'
By Harvey Randall published
WE BUILT THIS CITY "It just makes me feel so humbled that we had that kind of an impact. It still does."
![A helldiver stands, patriotic in front of a Super Earth flag, while holding a helmet in Helldivers 2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fo5jxQn3ETHrANqTVsyD9-320-80.png)
Arrowhead Games keeps the spirit of democracy alive by making Helldivers 2 players choose which stratagem they'd like to unlock next
By Harvey Randall published
News "And the citizens, too. The citizens are the most important part."
![A blue mage adjusting their collar in a smug fashion in Final Fantasy 14, while next to two troublesome abilities.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vGDgNGomBeQZnBncUFvtRR-320-80.png)
FF14 players are struggling to complete the Yo-kai Watch event thanks to a tide of Blue Mages armed with bad vibes and missiles
By Harvey Randall published
News Ill-FATE-ed.
![helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NfjGZiKZMvR8ukD9ZRNGHA-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 devs confirm that, no, trimming 'excess leg space in the cockpit' doesn't mean the nice Eagle-1 lady is hacking off her legs for liberty
By Harvey Randall published
News Liberty returns, locked and loaded.
![A helldiver, obscured by a halo of white light, stands victorious against a Super Earth flag in Helldivers 2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5dcsnBFwEvCXCwwM8T9Vq7-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 devs send players into a frenzy as they tease 2 new potential stratagems via meme propaganda
By Harvey Randall published
News Code breakers.
![A night elven rogue from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm balances a dagger on her fingertip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YdRonruKorNDKm7oWZjAZR-320-80.png)
US game devs celebrate as non-compete clauses, previously deemed 'a trash way to keep the talent', face a ban from the FTC—which would free up movement across the AAA industry
By Harvey Randall published
News "There are going to be SO MANY new indie games from AAA devs if this goes through."
![A blurred backdrop of a D&D lich with a Discord logo layered atop it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NfcyX5qfFYcgpCNkgdZENk-320-80.png)
Roll20 will cut out the alt-tabbing middleman and let you run your D&D and TTRPG games directly in Discord, which you were probably using for voice chat anyway
By Harvey Randall published
News Roll20 Pro subscribers will be able to take the feature for a test spin later this month.
![helldivers 2 malevelon creek](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GUHJ7ofrYgBkW7kcm3xFQU-320-80.jpg)
The futility of Helldivers 2's 'Menkent Line' has parts of the community feeling bot fatigue: 'We fought hard to establish a defensive line, and for what?'
By Harvey Randall published
News War. War never changes.
![Lars Wingefors official photo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TBfDUytJuyd7HuMFTaL2Uf-320-80.jpg)
Embracer's CEO says 'I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism' as he reflects on a company split three ways—but maintains that every 'key entrepreneur and CEO' believed in its 'mission'
By Harvey Randall published
News "All those decisions to acquire or organically set up or invest … I firmly believed in that."
![An image of game director Naoki Yoshida holding up a single finger to the fans, informing them he'll give them exactly one week to finish the Elden Ring DLC before Dawntrail arrives.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C2Nff8wXaEB5dncJPxTX9U-320-80.png)
FF14 and FF16 senior translator Koji Fox says 'you can kinda tell' game director Naoki Yoshida is 'like: I'm done with dark fantasy, I want to do something light again'
By Harvey Randall published
News Tonal recall.
![Baldur's Gate 3 wizard Elminster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iy9CMnTKX3taN3Vu9NYeHY-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 player summons roughly 88 minions to conquer Honour Mode with a glorious army of spore zombies, elementals, and Scratch the best boy
By Harvey Randall published
News I cast "All My Fellas" at 9th level.