Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
The best PC games in 2025: 10 picks that PC Gamer's staff is playing now
What to play Looking for a great new PC game? Here's what we're playing in 2025.
Phil Spencer retirement rumor is made up, says Microsoft
news The Xbox head is not stepping down "anytime soon."
'Patient gaming' only gets more attractive when $70 games get heavy Steam sale discounts just months after launch
Slowing down But some publishers are going in the opposite direction, launching at the old PC standard of $50 (or less) and offering smaller discounts in sales.
MrBeast scraps AI YouTube thumbnail generator days after announcing it: 'If creators don't want the tools, no worries'
news The YouTuber was buried in criticism after announcing the AI tool, which he said "literally feels like cheating."
The best deals in the 2025 Steam Summer Sale
deals New games on sale, hidden gems, and super cheap classics in Steam's big mid-year sale.
David Cronenberg says eXistenZ wasn't about predicting modern gaming, but if the 1999 sci-fi thriller did do that, 'that's lovely'
news The movie sees Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh question reality in a surreal VR game.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.
10 years later, no one has replicated Rocket League's mojo
🎂 Happy birthday, car soccer! You're not old, you're just a classic.
Borderlands 4 hands-on: Yeah, it's just 'more Borderlands,' but Gearbox's consistency is respectable and there's a cool hoverbike
First contact The next big Borderlands game isn't transformative, but on the flip side, it also isn't a live service extraction shooter with survival elements, so that's good.
I've played 2 hours of MindsEye and it's pretty bad so far, I'm afraid
brain matters The new action game from ex-GTA producer Leslie Benzies is out on Steam now.
The 10 best games of Summer Game Fest 2025
BEST IN SHOW Our favourite announcements and reveals from another whirlwind weekend.
All the announcements from the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase
Recap Join us for another round of new trailers and big announcements as we cover this year's Xbox Games Showcase.
If High on Life 2's skateboard shooting is as fun as they make it look in the trailer, the guns can yap all they want
news The sci-fi shooter sequel is coming this winter.
The CTF shooter is making a comeback thanks to the manager and lead singer of Imagine Dragons, who 'grew up playing capture the flag in the woods at night with flashlights'
News Last Flag is a 5v5 CTF shooter with some neat twists.
Chronicles: Medieval is a stunning sandbox RPG coming in 2026—despite a past commitment to using generative AI, the studio now says the game is '100% handcrafted'
news A new Danish studio, Raw Power Games, is behind the medieval sandbox RPG shown early in this year's Summer Game Fest stream.
How to watch the Summer Game Fest livestream
SGF 2025 When and where to catch Geoff Keighley's big show, and what to expect.
'The will to resist is in your hands': Final Fantasy Tactics director makes statement on the political backdrop of the original and the 'inequality and division' that persists today
news With an FF Tactics remaster coming, designer Yasumi Matsuno recalls the economic disaster that shaped the original.
Summer Game Fest 2025 preview: The big games and developers to expect at Friday's livestream
SGF 2025 The show's partners include brand new developers with unannounced games, as well as many of gaming's biggest publishers.
A 'vast medieval sandbox' with a former Cyberpunk 2077 designer working on it may be revealed at Summer Game Fest, but there's a twist: the studio is really into generative AI
news The first RPG from Raw Power Games has piqued my interest, but the Midjourney concept art might not go over well.
A live-action Elden Ring movie from A24 and Alex Garland is in the works
news It's real: Garland is writing and directing it, and George RR Martin is involved.
A delayed review, a GOTY controversy, and a Big Geralt: Our strange 10-year relationship with The Witcher 3
TW3 AT 10 A look back at PC Gamer's slightly odd history with one of the best RPGs ever made.
1741 days after being kicked off iPhones, Fortnite is back on the US App Store
news Tim Sweeney makes his (partially) triumphant return after a long fight with Apple.
Randy Pitchford asks fans to 'play the game first' before judging Borderlands 4's new minimap-free HUD
news There's no minimap in Borderlands 4, the Gearbox CEO confirmed: "We want you to play the game and not play the map."
Eric Barone says he 'might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2,' but not because it'd make a zillion dollars: 'I honestly don't care about money that much'
news Barone doesn't want to "just be the Stardew Valley guy," but a sequel isn't out of the question.
EA thinks it got Battlefield right this time, projecting confidence to investors in advance of a summer reveal: 'When we get it right, Battlefield is a giant franchise and often the biggest shooter in the year'
news The new Battlefield is being tested by thousands of players, and more will be let in soon.
