Ted Litchfield
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
2023 was the year I got fed up with seeing those 'early access' deluxe editions where you pay more to play the game a few days early
By Ted Litchfield published
digital deluxe That's not what "early access" is supposed to mean!
Best Design 2023: Dave the Diver
By Fraser Brown published
The Gotys An absurd chocolate box of systems—it shouldn't work, but in Dave the Diver it does.
2023 was so incredible for games that you might have missed these 12 must-plays from the first half of the year
By Ted Litchfield published
forget me not Lost in the shuffle.
Wait, was Cyberpunk 2077 just quietly in early access for three years?
By Ted Litchfield published
WIP It means two of the best games of 2023 are RPGs that came out in early access in 2020, which isn't a trend but it's weird that there are two.
One of our favorite early access shooters is approaching the finish line with the release of its creepiest chapter yet
By Ted Litchfield published
news Ultrakill Act 3, Layer 7: Violence.
Best Action 2023: Armored Core 6
By Ted Litchfield published
The Gotys FromSoft takes a break from dark fantasy, and instead delivers the best mech game of the year.
After struggling to finish Divinity: Original Sin 2 the first time, I've fallen in love with Larian's previous hit RPG—and it isn't just the Baldur's Gate 3 afterglow
By Ted Litchfield published
remedial course After running out of Baldur's Gate 3 and still craving more, I turned to the hair of the dog in Larian's 2017 dinger.
Amnesia: The Bunker is the scariest game I've ever played, and also practically a videogame adaptation of Tom and Jerry
By Ted Litchfield published
Smack that unholy Stalker on the head with a mallet and show it what fer.
This mind-blowingly open-ended RPG might be the next Baldur's Gate 3: 'If you have the patience, you could wipe out an entire town by just turning everyone against each other'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Unforetold: Witchstone is a magitech fantasy-western where you can shanghai practically anyone into your party and kill any quest giver.
Activision Blizzard settles California civil rights suit for $54 million, sets aside another $47 million for impacted employees
By Ted Litchfield last updated
news The suit was first brought against the company in July of 2021.
One of my favorite videogame ambience YouTube channels has a collection of cozy PC gaming 'yule logs' to get you in the holiday spirit
By Ted Litchfield published
news 'Tis the season for nonlethal takedowns.
The original Fallout's pacifist playthrough was an 'accidental' inclusion, but its designers loved the idea so much they kept it in
By Ted Litchfield published
news The anecdote comes courtesy of veteran developer Tim Cain's YouTube channel.
I should know better this early on, but Arkane's teaser and first concept art for Blade already have me unreasonably excited
By Ted Litchfield published
news I'm picking up what they're putting down.
You can play my favorite RPG of 2021 for free this weekend and nab it for 75% off if you have a good time
By Ted Litchfield published
news Wrath of the Righteous isn't a good Baldur's Gate palate cleanser, it's more like a second course.
For Doom's 30th anniversary, the Johns Romero and Carmack reunited to celebrate the FPS that changed everything: 'I want to thank everybody in the Doom community for keeping this game alive'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The two reminisced about the shooter's development and how it differed from id's games up to that point.
Final Fantasy 16 on PC shows signs of life, with producer Yoshi-P saying it will run best on an SSD
By Ted Litchfield published
news I figured as much, but it's still nice to hear something new about it.
There's a change buried in Baldur's Gate 3's latest patch that makes it easier than ever to recruit both of its mutually exclusive companions—without breaking the game
By Ted Litchfield published
Still a little jank, but you no longer need any sheep shenanigans.
Dave the Diver is teaming up with our other favorite nautical adventure of 2023, Dredge, for a spooky free DLC
By Ted Litchfield published
news A Red Mist descends on the Blue Hole.
It's not just you: we were sure there'd be an Elden Ring DLC trailer at The Game Awards, so when the heck will we see one?
By Ted Litchfield published
no word Waiting for Morgott.
The 7 most exciting PC games revealed at The Game Awards
By Tyler Wilde published
Hyped Another ultra-ambitious project from the No Man's Sky studio, an Arkane Blade game, and five other Game Awards trailers you should watch.
Cyberpunk 2077 completes its redemption arc by nabbing its first Game Award three whole years after launch
By Ted Litchfield published
news Absolutely nova. Preem, even.
Matthew McConaughey took the stage at The Game Awards to premier an RPG from ex-BioWare vets that sounds like a Mass Effect: Andromeda do-over
By Ted Litchfield published
news Let's go Interstellar.
A timeline of PC Gamer's favourite Baldur's Gate 3 secrets and rare dialogues—from bad tattoos to vampire tantrums
By Harvey Randall published
SEEK YOUR SECRETS In case it's not obvious: spoilers ahead.