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
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
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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%
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News Raise your sword, for less.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: World of Warcraft: The War Within
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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?
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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
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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
The largely forgotten Fallout demo, which features completely unique content not found in the main game, is a free must-play for any Fallout fan
By Robert Jones last updated
Opinion Download it now and dive into a unique slice of OG Fallout action
As Arkane Austin falls to the shareholders, its masterpiece Prey, which 'elevated immersive sims to a god-tier level', is slashed in price by 80%
By Robert Jones last updated
News I won't let Arkane Austin go gentle into that good night
Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the exceptional 4K remaster of the original trilogy that we said 'looks great' and 'absolutely flies on modern hardware', is now 90% off
By Robert Jones last updated
News Three legendary games that changed PC gaming forever
Elden Ring's uber boss Malenia says she has 'never known defeat', but your bank account sure will if you buy this 1:1 scale replica of her blade arm
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News A worthy prize for besting the Blade of Miquella
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Frostpunk 2
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Magazine Plus: Vindictus: Defying Fate, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, The Elder Scrolls Online, Dragon's Dogma 2, Outcast: A New Beginning, Level Zero: Extraction, Unreal Tournament 2004, and much more!
From Fallout to Stalker, GOG's 'Post-apocalyptic Sale' has some strong discounts on well-reviewed PC games
By Robert Jones published
News I can recommend Days Gone especially
Rewatching the iconic Crysis 2 'Ultra Upgrade' graphics trailer today in 2024, a bombastic tech showcase that changed how we talk about PC gaming forever
By Robert Jones published
Opinion Maximum graphics, activated
If Fallout games were films, who'd direct them and which one would be best?
By Robert Jones published
Apocalypse Now Why stop at the Fallout TV show?
Baldur's Gate 3 fans are discussing what coffee each character would order, and reckon Astarion would be demanding an 'iced venti oat milk latte with cold foam' topped with 2 pumps of hazelnut
By Robert Jones published
News Gale is the James Hoffman of Baldur's Gate
The ray-tracing enhanced edition of Metro Exodus, the god-tier road trip game Half-Life 3 should've been, is on sale with an 80% discount
By Robert Jones published
News Single-player narrative FPS PC gaming hasn't been stronger since
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