Phil Savage

Phil Savage

Editor-in-Chief

Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.

Latest articles by Phil Savage

The best RPGs on PC

By Robin Valentine Last updated

Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.

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Updated!
GTA: San Andreas cheats - A gangster sitting on the hood of a car
All GTA San Andreas cheats—every vehicle, weapon and stat boost code

By Phil Savage, Sean Martin Last updated

false profit Every cheat code for GTA's Los Santos adventure, from invulnerability to NPC riots.

false profit
Trevor and Michael from GTA 5
All GTA 5 cheat codes and phone numbers for invincibility, weapons, and vehicles

By Phil Savage Last updated

Crime pays Los Santos gets a little more chaotic with these cheats and phone numbers.

Crime pays
Crimson Desert Singing Catfish
The best open world games

By Sean Martin Last updated

vast travel Looking to escape into a new open world? Check out our expert recommendations.

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vast travel
New armor sets arriving in Destiny 2's final update.
Destiny 2's final update – live coverage of the end of an era

By Phil Savage, Tim Clark Last updated

Live News, reactions, and maybe a stifled tear or two as the highly-influential FPS gets its last content update.

9 Comments
Live
Guild Wars 2 review: 'Tomorrow's MMORPGs will be held to account against its standards'

By Chris Thursten Published

Launch review It promises a revolution, but can Guild Wars 2 really set the online world to rights?

Launch review
It's wild that Destiny 2's biggest ever quality-of-life update is the one that ends the game

By Phil Savage Published

news We're finally getting some much needed improvements. It's just a shame about the timing.

news
Forza Horizon 6 review: An unambitious sequel made great by its inspired choice of setting

By Phil Savage Published

Old Horizons Riding a well-worn track.

15 Comments
Old Horizons
Dooley wheels across The Bazaar.
After its disastrous launch last year, I'm here to tell you that 2025's most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential

By Phil Savage Published

Market Correction The Bazaar is a crazy place.

Market Correction
Guild Wars 2 finally gets the long-awaited option to create fashion templates, so why is the community so angry?

By Phil Savage Published

news "Over 1,500 words to explain how to change skins in the game. Unbelievable."

news
The best horror games on PC

By Jody Macgregor Last updated

UPDATED These are the best horror games you can play on PC.

UPDATED
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025

By Phil Savage Published

The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.

108 Comments
The Gotys
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity is the MMO's best annual expansion yet, but the real test is going to be whether it can keep up the momentum

By Phil Savage Published

Vision quest A strong start doesn't mean much for a studio that has struggled to make satisfying conclusions.

Vision quest
'This was the wrong path for Destiny': After 4 months of dwindling players and community outrage, Bungie admits that The Edge of Fate's bold new vision for Destiny 2 was a mistake

By Phil Savage Published

news "Even if our execution had been perfect, and we see plainly that it was not, it is clear that grinding Power will never be a substitute for earning a trophy."

14 Comments
news
PC Gamer Top 100 2025
The top 100 PC games

By Phil Savage Published

Class of 2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.

122 Comments
Class of 2025
As Destiny 2 hits its lowest ever daily peak for Steam concurrent players, Bungie U-turns on controversial plan to reset player power next season

By Phil Savage Published

news Bungie continues to prod at a fundamentally broken system.

15 Comments
news
Mesmer with a lute.
Guild Wars 2 exclusive: ArenaNet breaks down the changes coming to all 9 new elite specs in the next expansion

By Phil Savage Published

Specced Out After a beta in August, ArenaNet is fine tuning its new elite specs ahead of Visions of Eternity's release later this month.

Specced Out
Boring, grindy and vindictive to veteran players: Destiny 2's Portal is a complete failure, and Bungie needs to take drastic action if it wants the game to survive

By Phil Savage Published

Forsaken I committed myself to the new uber-grindy Destiny 2, and it was so much worse than I expected.

29 Comments
Forsaken
A tropical island.
Big updates are coming to player housing in Guild Wars 2's next expansion

By Phil Savage Published

Save and share your homestead builds when Visions of Eternity launches next month.

MMO
A character stands on a ship, posing.
Path of Exile 2's next major update lands next week, adding a new campaign act, a massive list of buffs, and—yes, finally—a way to trade while the other player is offline

By Phil Savage Published

news The Third Edict update launches on August 29.

news
The Edge of Fate
Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate review – A radical overhaul that makes the game worse in almost every way

By Phil Savage Published

Ticket to Grind It's a brand new Destiny 2. Can I have the old one back?

17 Comments
Ticket to Grind
Ikora and the Guardian
With Steam launch concurrents at an all-time low for Destiny 2's latest expansion, I think Bungie is finally paying the price for years of mistakes—the biggest being the time it removed paid content

By Phil Savage Published

On edge The Edge of Fate isn't solely responsible for low player turnout. The exodus started much earlier than that.

49 Comments
On edge
Mesmer with a lute.
Guild Wars 2's sixth expansion is taking players to an island paradise this October, with beachside player housing and a major addition to buildcrafting

By Phil Savage Published

news The Mesmer is a bard now; the Ranger is making friends with birds.

news
A dark haired character from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stands in the sunlight looking upward with her allies standing behind her
'You've seen the number of releases from AAA publishers dwindle and dwindle and dwindle': Clair Obscur's runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale in a world of inflated budgets

By Phil Savage Published

news Clair Obscur's budget was less than you might think, but in a world of spiralling development costs, that might not be a bad thing.

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news
Geralt in a bathtub
Celebrating 10 years of posting that one image of Geralt in a bathtub

By Phil Savage Published

No small feet From screenshot to cake, Tub Geralt became a defining icon of The Witcher 3.

No small feet
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