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

A Titan, Warlock and Hunter pose wearing the Trials of Osiris Exile gear set.
Bungie is finally giving players a way to earn classic shaders and armour sets

By Phil Savage Published

news Just be warned: Those old Iron Banner and Trials sets are going to take some work to acquire.

news
The Traveller from Destiny 2 viewed from orbit over Earth.
Updated: After 20 hours of downtime, Destiny 2 is back online with a hotfix and a rollback

By Tim Clark last updated

NEWS The issue causing lost Seals, Triumphs, and exotic catalyst progress has been fixed.

NEWS
Destiny 2 Lightfall release date - Guardians on Neptune
Today, Bungie is finally solving one of Destiny 2's biggest pain points

By Phil Savage Published

news You'll no longer have to wait months to fill out your collection of armor mods.

news
Starfield
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2023

By Phil Savage Published

🕹️ These are the PC games we're looking forward to this year.

🕹️
Game of the Year 2022
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2022

By Phil Savage last updated

The GOTYs We reveal PC gaming's brightest stars of the last 12 months.

The GOTYs
Best Co-op 2022: Monster Hunter Rise
Best Co-op 2022: Monster Hunter Rise

By Sean Martin Published

The Gotys A monster time with friends.

The Gotys
Best RPG 2022: Persona 5 Royal
Best RPG 2022: Persona 5 Royal

By Phil Savage Published

The gotys Hundreds of hours later, we still love Atlus's masterpiece.

The gotys
Best Sandbox Game 2022 goes to Teardown
Best Sandbox 2022: Teardown

By Morgan Park Published

The GOTYs The heist of the year.

The GOTYs
A Guardian crushes a Hive Ghost.
The Witch Queen wasn't just a good Destiny 2 expansion—it was the best FPS campaign of the year

By Phil Savage Published

The GOTYs Bungie's best set of missions in years.

The GOTYs
Our Best Puzzle Game of 2022, Strange Horticulture
Best Puzzle Game 2022: Strange Horticulture

By Jody Macgregor Published

The GOTYs A little shop of horrors.

The GOTYs
Vampire Survivors, Best Roguelike 2022
Best Roguelike 2022: Vampire Survivors

By Evan Lahti Published

The GOTYs The numbers go up.

The GOTYs
Best Ongoing Game 2022
Best Ongoing Game 2022: Guild Wars 2

By Fraser Brown Published

The GOTYs A new expansion and an old return.

The GOTYs
Best Midnight Suns gifts and hangouts — Peter Parker and The Hunter sit next to each other, reading.
The best hangout spots and gifts for each hero in Marvel's Midnight Suns

By Phil Savage last updated

Super friends How to raise friendship, and what to do with your pals.

Super friends
Season of the Plunder activities
For many Destiny 2 players, Season of the Plunder was a season of burnout, and it's only going to get worse

By Phil Savage Published

Season of the Blunder? Players have grown tired of Bungie's seasonal template.

Season of the Blunder?
UI screens from Marvel's Midnight Suns
How to earn resources in Marvel's Midnight Suns

By Phil Savage Published

Big Spender What to spend Credits, Essences, Intel and Gloss on, and where to earn more.

Big Spender
Horrible Cyber Monday deals.
The most offensive Cyber Monday PC gaming merch 'deals'

By Katie Wickens Published

These deals are the most cringe we've spotted: please do not buy them for your loved ones.

Hardware
Black Friday deal for the Razer Deathadder V2
There's a sale on my favourite wired mouse, because you're a sensible person who doesn't need to go wireless

By Phil Savage Published

The Deathadder V2 just caused an argument among PC Gamer's staff.

Gaming Mice
A Titan attacks a Cabal turret.
Bungie is bringing back one of Destiny's most loved armour sets—the one with the wolf's head

By Phil Savage Published

news A classic Destiny 1 fit is returning to Iron Banner next season.

news
An entity emerges from the black hole.
Blaseball is coming back, but first its players are going to fall out of a black hole

By Phil Savage Published

Play Fall Fall Ball is the prologue to Blaseball's third era.

Play Fall
Broken Roads art showing characters walking down a road
Broken Roads has the potential to become the next Disco Elysium

By Phil Savage Published

Aussie rules The post-apocalypse returns to Australia.

Aussie rules
GTA
This week's GTA Online update finally lets you steal the Cayo Perico panther statue

By Phil Savage last updated

news GTA Online's fastest money maker is now even more lucrative.

news
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GTA 5 system requirements: What you need to run it on PC

By Phil Savage last updated

News Here are the minimum and recommended GTA 5 system specs.

News
Soldiers holding rifles stand in the trench.
The Great War: Western Front is an RTS you'll win by inches, not miles

By Phil Savage Published

Entrenched Petroglyph's World War 1 strategy is all about the long game.

Entrenched
PC Gamer magazine
PC Gamer is hiring a Magazine Editor in the UK

By Phil Savage Published

Print Screen For nearly 30 years, we've been making the best magazine in gaming. We're looking for its next editor.

Print Screen
A Warlock fires Divinity
Why Destiny 2's 'elites' vs 'casuals' balance drama missed the point

By Phil Savage Published

Divine Intervention The reaction to a raid champ's Divinity take showed there's a long way to go before players of different skill levels understand each other.

Divine Intervention
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