Robert Jones
Rob is editor of PC Gamer magazine and has been PC gaming since the early 1990s, an experience that has left him with a life-long passion for first person shooters, isometric RPGs and point and click adventures. Professionally Rob has written about games, gaming hardware and consumer technology for almost twenty years, and before joining the PC Gamer team was deputy editor of T3.com, where he oversaw the website's gaming and tech content as well its news and ecommerce teams. You can also find Rob's words in a series of other gaming magazines and books such as Future Publishing's own Retro Gamer magazine and numerous titles from Bitmap Books. In addition, he is the author of Super Red Green Blue, a semi-autobiographical novel about games and gaming culture. Recreationally, Rob loves motorbikes, skiing and snowboarding, as well as team sports such as football and cricket.
Latest articles by Robert Jones
Can my 14-year-old gaming PC, loaded with the one-time most powerful graphics card in the world, still deliver a good PC gaming experience in 2024?
By Robert Jones last updated
Rig resurrection It's retro rig rumble in the silicon jungle, round two
PC Gamer magazine's new issue, featuring a special collectible lenticular cover, is on sale now: Planet Coaster 2
By Robert Jones published
Magazine Plus: Civilization 7, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Spectre Divide, Black Desert Online, Baldur's Gate 3, Tactical Breach Wizards, and much more!
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, as this video shows, feels like a trial run for its inclusion in Hogwarts Legacy 2
By Robert Jones published
Muggled Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions currently feels like a sideshow
Pinch me! I'm now prepping for my dream PC port of classic Nintendo 64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie as this fan-made decompilation project hits 100%
By Robert Jones published
News Getting Jiggy with it.
As the Borderlands movie crashes and burns as a box office megaflop, The Crow reboot says hold my beer, outflopping it so hard that it gets branded 'a cynical cash grab' by the original film's director and annihilated by critics
By Robert Jones published
News So the Borderlands movie is… good now?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director speaks about the dark fantasy RPG's stunning Unreal Engine 5 graphics: 'It’s a key foundation for the studio to really look for the latest technology'
By Robert Jones published
News Lighting the way forward for RPGs
'I love stories where you go and venture into the unknown': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche opens up on the RPG's brilliantly bonkers plot
By Robert Jones published
News Defeat the Paintress before your number's up
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director speaks candidly about the new RPG's respect for Final Fantasy and Persona: 'We are definitely not hiding that there are influences'
By Robert Jones published
News A western take on the classic turn-based RPG
PC Gamer magazine's landmark 400th issue is on sale now: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
By Robert Jones published
Magazine Plus: Splitgate 2, Norland, Zephon, Once Human, Perfect Dark, Anger Foot, The Black Parade, PC Gamer's Top 100 games to play, and much more!
Dazzling Doom 2 mod upgrades the legendary FPS with full-blown ray tracing, looks hellishly good
By Robert Jones published
News Rip and tear, with real-time path tracing
Baldur's Gate 3's lead mocap choreographer reveals Lae'zel's combat stance is based on a real technique that came to an ancient samurai master in a dream
By Robert Jones published
News Lae'zel's "elusive" pose came from scriptures about a master developing his ultimate technique.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a 'seriously satisfying RPG' that lets you live the life of a medieval knight in a 'rich and reactive open world', has its price slashed by 83%
By Robert Jones published
News Raise your sword, for less.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: World of Warcraft: The War Within
By Robert Jones published
Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!
I'm now hooked on Starfield, and it's all thanks to its recent game-changing upgrade
By Robert Jones published
Stargazing If, like me, you'd checked out of Starfield, it's time to think again
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
By Robert Jones published
Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!
Has Dragon Age lost its identity, or am I just being grumpy about BioWare’s new take on it?
By Robert Jones published
Vibesguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard Assemble, more like
I installed Fallout on my Android phone with this free app—and I'm amazed at how good it is
By Robert Jones published
Rad! ☢️ It's easy to get playing Fallout on mobile today
Why I'm worried about Dragon Age: The Veilguard—and the Tiamat-sized RPG Baldur's Gate 3 looming over it is just the start
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Solas at sunset I don't know how worried BioWare and EA are, but as a huge Dragon Age fan, I sure am
Watching this explosive 5-minute video of Crysis Remastered is a great reminder of how much PC gaming needs Crysis 4
By Robert Jones published
Maximum fidelity But Can It Run Crysis 4?
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Destiny 2: The Final Shape
By Robert Jones published
Magazine Plus: Fallout, No Rest For The Wicked, Jump Ship, V Rising, Millennia, Crown Wars: The Black Prince, Wrestling Empire, and much more!
Assassin's Creed Shadows isn't even out for 6 months, but Ghost of Tsushima ate its lunch 4 years ago and the superb PC Director's Cut rubs salt in the wound
By Robert Jones published
Shade Master versus apprentice
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut review: The optimal version of a samurai epic
By Robert Jones published
Razor sharp A razor-sharp port of a samurai epic
Disco Elysium, an 'irresponsibly deep detective RPG' and the 'frankly audacious' crown jewel in our Top 100 PC games list, has its price slashed by 75%
By Robert Jones last updated
News A truly fantastic PC gaming experience
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