Robin Valentine

Robin Valentine

Senior Editor

Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG, strategy game, or roguelike to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.

Latest articles by Robin Valentine

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Videogames on the scale of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could be on the way for other World of Darkness TTRPGs, including Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "There's no obstacle or gatekeeping function that would prevent any of these from making it out into a videogame and getting the Bloodlines treatment."

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NEWS
A dragon perched on an old ruin in Dragonbane.
Get an entire tabletop role-playing library for the price of one book, thanks to what might be the most impressive bundle of RPGs I've ever seen in my 22 years in the hobby

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Grab $1,227 worth of games for just $40.

NEWS
The hero of Moonlighter 2 running with a sword and full backpack.
Moonlighter 2 perfectly refines and streamlines the first game's engrossing shopkeeper RPG formula, and it's got a free demo you can try right now

By Robin Valentine Published

NEW MOON From dungeon-crawling to commerce, the game is full of more interesting and impactful choices.

NEW MOON
Balatro
Balatro creator finally gets the last harrowing achievement he needed to 100% complete his own game, now feels 'better equipped' to design its upcoming expansion

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS LocalThunk is free from his self-inflicted purgatory.

NEWS
A car firing a large amount of lasers in TerraTech Legion.
Design your perfect battle car block by block, then watch a legion of alien robots blow it up because you suck at 3 point turns, in this explosive Vampire Survivors-like

By Robin Valentine Published

REIGN OF TERRA You can try out TerraTech Legion now with a free demo.

REIGN OF TERRA
A collage of characters from Black & White, Fallout: New Vegas, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Knights of the Old Republic 2, No One Lives Forever, Dragon Age: Origins, and Freedom Force.
These 7 games need a remaster, and they need it now

By Robin Valentine Published

REMASTERMIND Neglected classics that deserve a second chance.

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REMASTERMIND
A warrior fighting a monster in Vindictus: Defying Fate.
The 50 most-played demos of Steam Next Fest include musical martial arts, a Stalker-inspired MMO, a superhero management sim, and at least 2 games that are basically Sea of Thieves in space

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Time to double the length of your Steam wishlist.

NEWS
Xenopurge old school computer interface
This strategy roguelike is like trying to fight off an alien invasion with a bunch of PCs from the late 1970s

By Robin Valentine Published

Bleep bloop Xenopurge's free demo is available now on Steam.

Bleep bloop
Playing a grid with lots of strange hazards on it in BroomSweeper.
This Minesweeper roguelike is a chaotic corporate nightmare, and I love it

By Robin Valentine Published

ENEMY MINE BroomSweeper turns an old classic into a surreal challenge that feels completely unsolvable, until you solve it.

ENEMY MINE
Ninja Gaiden 4 trailer still
The 10 best games of Summer Game Fest 2025

By Robin Valentine Published

BEST IN SHOW Our favourite announcements and reveals from another whirlwind weekend.

BEST IN SHOW
Titus killing orks with his chainsword in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition.
Space Marine Master Crafted Edition provides a slick second life for a Warhammer cult classic—but you might struggle to find a match in the multiplayer

By Robin Valentine Published

Eternal war Improved visuals and a modernised control scheme are the headline features of this light touch remaster.

Eternal war
A tentacled Arbite crushing a humanoid as the player points their gun
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's first new class is the cop from hell and his robot dog

By Robin Valentine Published

PCGS 2025 The Adeptus Arbites arrive June 23 to dispense law and order.

PCGS 2025
Enemy hordes close in on the player who fends them off frantically in the middle of the desert
TerraTech Legion is basically like if you got to drop your own deadly LEGO car into Vampire Survivors

By Robin Valentine Published

PCGS 2025 Build and customise your perfect death-car in this new spin-off.

PCGS 2025
Two mice carry supplies onto a wooden platform
Whiskerwood, a city builder about mice colonising the seas, contains a lot more revolution against oppressive imperial regimes than I expected

By Robin Valentine Published

PCGS 2025 Whiskerwood may be full of cute little fuzzy rodents, but it takes its simulation seriously.

PCGS 2025
Joana Dark close up in neon light with gun
Xbox Games Showcase 2025 preview: The big games and developers to expect on Sunday's livestream

By Robin Valentine Published

XGS 2025 Forza, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Fable, and many more.

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XGS 2025
Geralt, Eredin, and Ciri in The Witcher 3.
Pick up enough Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 comics to keep you going until The Witcher 4 comes out for $24 with this digital bundle

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS It even includes the original Polish Witcher comics, translated into English.

NEWS
A Saturnine dreadnought with Saturnine terminators from the Horus Heresy tabletop game.
Warhammer's latest shiny CG trailer somehow makes space marine shoulder pads even bigger

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only neck pain.

NEWS
Ciri, Geralt, and Eredin in The Witcher 3.
On The Witcher 3's 10th birthday, join us in celebrating one of the most enduringly brilliant open world RPGs ever made

By Robin Valentine Published

TW3 AT 10 Geralt of Rivia's finest hour.

TW3 AT 10
A martial artist kicking a punching bag in Rag Doll Kung Fu.
The first ever third-party game to come to Steam probably doesn't get the respect it deserves—mostly because no one remembers it

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Rag Doll Kung Fu has a unique and important place in PC gaming history.

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NEWS
Kay on her speeder
With its 1.6 update, Star Wars Outlaws has finally fixed its janky as hell speeder combat

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Yet another suite of improvements has dropped in time for the release of the A Pirate's Fortune DLC.

NEWS
Hiss running through fire to attack in FBC: Firebreak.
Co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak is so deadly that even the objectives are trying to kill you

By Robin Valentine Published

Team-building If you've ever thought Left 4 Dead would be better if you were set on fire more often, then Remedy's new Control spin-off is for you.

Team-building
The Sinking City
Jump scare! The Sinking City Remastered has surprise launched on Steam, and it's free to anyone who owns the original game

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS A rare Lovecraftian story to get a happy ending.

NEWS
Borderlands 4 screenshot
Borderlands 4 looks like more of the same yet again—and in 2025, that's not enough

By Robin Valentine Published

BORED When your big, headline features are just basic quality-of-life improvements, something's not right.

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BORED
Yennefer
Yennefer's voice actor not only knows nothing about what's happening with The Witcher 4, she seems only vaguely aware she was in The Witcher 3: 'I didn't know what I was doing'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Denise Gough, also currently appearing as Dedra Meero in Andor, seems baffled by a question about CD Project's upcoming sequel.

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NEWS
A Muton alien soldier in XCOM 2.
For a limited time you can get all the XCOM games for just $10—yes, even that one

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS That's $269 and 100s of hours' worth of the best turn-based tactics around.

NEWS
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