Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter

Dwarf Fortress is coming to Magic: The Gathering and I'm beginning to suspect Wizards of the Coast is targeting me, specifically
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News ASCII art, meet card art.

Palworld imitator Pickmon changes a single title letter 'to better align with our brand identity' and definitely not for any other reason, guys, honest
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Publisher NetworkGo says its title tweak is "a better vessel for the fantasy adventure we are building for you."

Roblox unveils new Roblox Plus monthly subscription that pays creators who get players to sign up for the new Roblox Plus monthly subscription
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Capturing half of the games industry's consumer sales growth apparently wasn't enough.

Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is ending support for game purchases and subscriptions from third-party stores, and users will lose streaming access to purchased third-party games in June
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Luna users' previously purchased EA, Ubisoft, and GOG games will still be accessible on their associated platforms.

Survival shooter Road to Vostok 'secured the entire production budget for this game for years and years to come' within 24 hours of its Steam early access launch
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News You could buy a lot of cans of pea soup with that kind of money.

One of Steam's most successful Pokémon-likes is doing a Palworld
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Temtem: Pioneers probably won't have any assault rifles, however.

HipHopGamer says GTA 6's user-generated content 'will produce millionaires'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News HHG also teased "a small exclusive" about a GTA 6 side mission.

Crimson Desert female character creator mod lets you cook up your own gender-swapped Kliff, and there's a male version in the works
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Be the Kliff you want to see in the world.

As frustration with Marathon cheaters intensifies, Bungie says improvements to its 'zero-tolerance policy around cheating' are underway: 'This is an area that we will continue to invest in'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It's also investigating how to better manage player toxicity and stream sniping.

Devious Crimson Desert players are sending NPCs tumbling to their deaths by weaponizing their insatiable apple cravings
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It's a sandbox, they said. Let people have their own fun, they said.

Your joys will always be someone else's junk
By Lincoln Carpenter published
SUIT YOURSELF People don't like a game I've been playing, and that's okay.

Our favorite open world FPS indie gem is getting New Game+, Spider-Man swinging, and wallrunning later this month
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Another excuse to play more Echo Point Nova? How could I refuse?

Mega Crit co-founder says he wasn't bothered by the Steam backlash to Slay the Spire 2's beta balance patch: 'It's difficult for players to feel like they're heard'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Casey Yano says that, ultimately, reviewers are just using the tools they're given.

Marathon game director says Bungie's rebalancing 'god-like' knife damage, buffing Vandal and Recon shells, and knocking bubble shields down a peg
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Maybe Recon's tracker drone will start terrorizing someone else for once.

US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Nintendo has plenty of space to respond, however.

WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion
By Harvey Randall published
News Death is not the end.

Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Please just kill me like a normal person.

Arc Raiders' latest update brings its best improvement yet: Making late spawns less awful
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News If you head out with your own loadout, you'll be less likely to find yourself in a half-finished match.

Star Wars Zero Company's lead mission designer is eagerly waiting to watch all your all-astromech challenge runs: 'Granted, it might not be a very easy thing to do'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News D-Squad rides again.

Star Wars Zero Company devs said 'there were some fights' about its story-centric squadmates suffering permadeath, but accepting that 'Star Wars is about loss' made the game stronger
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Hopefully nobody's processing that loss while the Tuskens are around. We know how that goes.

Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign
By Lauren Morton last updated
Star-studded Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.

Analysts say Slay the Spire 2 is the best-performing deckbuilder of all time—and the competition isn't close
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Slay the Spire 2 has been averaging over a million users per day since launch.

Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI co-CEO as part of his continuing mission to free himself from the burden of human interaction
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Just me, myself, and my elaborate playground of AI agents.

Crimson Desert players demand bear domestication
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Countless bear cavalry dreams, dashed.

Capcom says it 'will not implement assets generated by AI into our game content,' but still plans to use AI to 'enhance efficiency and boost productivity' in game development
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Capcom told its investors that its players won't be presented with any AI-generated assets, but it's unclear where it draws the line.
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