Tyler Wilde
Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call "boomer shooters" now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that's right: he had Bleem!). Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.
Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
![Overwatch 2 hero Mauga firing dual miniguns.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BgJxa8Uwm28koHntcFfTyW-320-80.jpg)
Blizzard's job is to satisfy impatient players who want 'new stuff every day, every hour,' says studio head
By Tyler Wilde published
news Mike Ybarra says that Blizzard is trying to keep the quality up while keeping the content flowing to players who always want more.
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There's a cursed way to get a free Game Pass subscription or grind Diablo 4 battle pass tiers: Bing searches
By Tyler Wilde published
news You may already have a stash of Microsoft Rewards points that you're not aware of.
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Fortnite rockets to the top of Twitch on the back of nostalgia for 5 years ago
By Tyler Wilde published
news Ninja has been streaming the game he got famous playing for over 24 hours.
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Blizzard announces World of Warcraft's next 3 expansions: 'We ain't screwin' around,' declares Chris Metzen
By Tyler Wilde published
news "We are working to establish a thundering heartbeat for this franchise," the returning WoW creative director said.
![Phil Spencer at BlizzCon 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eKHu23Bx2mVZMvXH6wpsmP-320-80.png)
Phil Spencer shows up at BlizzCon to address his new subjects
By Tyler Wilde published
news "We will nurture the essence of what has made Blizzard unique," promises King Phil.
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The PC game releases we're most excited about in November
By Tyler Wilde published
📆 Contemplative sci-fi games, Call of Duty, a Persona spin-off, and other notable November releases.
![The Day Before trailer still.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LokVrExVkmh2LToSWRiWFG-320-80.png)
After 'suffering' internet skepticism and a trademark dispute, survival game The Day Before returns to Steam with a new early access release date
By Tyler Wilde published
news The Day Before has been delayed to December, but its developer seems serious about getting the survival game out this year.
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South Park makes Baldur's Gate 3 joke, Larian quickly corrects it
By Tyler Wilde published
news A South Park gag about Baldur's Gate 3 cross-saves earns it a talking-to from the developer.
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Five Nights at Freddy's movie mauled by critics as 'not scary,' 'bloodless,' and 'puzzling'
By Tyler Wilde published
news After nearly a decade in the making, early reviews for Five Nights at Freddy's say it's more "yawns" than scares.
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I ranked all 16 of Return to Moria's beard options from worst to best
By Tyler Wilde published
The One Beard Which dwarf's beard is the prettiest dwarf beard of them all?
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Squadron 42 looks like it cost the millions it should have, but we're not sold on it yet
By Tyler Wilde published
Star Power Star Citizen's singleplayer campaign goes all in on celebrity actors and Half-Life 2-style environments and puzzles.
![The Spurned Progeny from Lords of the Fallen looms horrifically over a player amidst burning rubble, a clawed hand tearing from its maw to snatch them up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RiHmUyMtWpmvBQiURgoGbm-320-80.png)
Lords of the Fallen has already sold 1 million copies
By Tyler Wilde published
news A big patch that will reactivate PC/console crossplay is planned for Thursday.
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Battlefield 2042 is finally having a little moment thanks to 2 years of updates and a big discount
By Tyler Wilde published
news Battlefield 2042 continues to put up strong Steam concurrents despite the end of its free weekend.
![Artist Lealani performing in Bandcamp's Oakland space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ULbXYgMULUTYaUa42Tc5FW-320-80.jpg)
Bandcamp is the best of the internet, please stop hurting it
By Tyler Wilde published
Opinion Epic Games bungled its acquisition of our favorite music store.
![Starfield character facing camera in conversation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cc2uZdTcmWdngUi8J8nmyG-320-80.png)
Every Bethesda RPG, ranked from worst to best
By Jody Macgregor published
Ranked If you think we won't sneak in a sly reference to New Vegas just because it's not a Bethesda RPG you don't know us very well.
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These were the 10 most-played demos on Steam this month
By Tyler Wilde published
news A survival RPG, indie Japanese racing game, and cozy MMO top the list.
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Cities: Skylines 2 won't use Steam Workshop for mod sharing
By Tyler Wilde published
news The city builder will use Paradox Mods instead, with in-game integration.
![A Rocket League Garage flag on a car in Rocket League.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hE2eM3uVQhS6j659Y5e5wT-320-80.jpg)
Rocket League trading site founder will never 'build a product based on the decisions of another company' again after one decision from Epic puts him out of a job
By Tyler Wilde published
news Epic's decision to switch off Rocket League trading will render 90% of Rocket League Garage obsolete.
![Lords of the Fallen photo mode](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/phxSh58PYarvPucwF35Z3F-320-80.png)
Lords of the Fallen gets an early Steam reviews thrashing over performance, but don't write it off yet
By Tyler Wilde published
news The new soulslike is running fine for some of us, but others report frequent crashes or low framerates.
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You can still play CS:GO, at least if you consider bizarre custom servers where you fight Final Fantasy summons 'playing CS:GO'
By Tyler Wilde published
news CS:GO isn't completely dead, it's just been pared down to its weirdest sub-communities.
![Valve logo with a man with a steam valve for an eye.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GMxEZkTgBiWqxWpdeuWULb-320-80.jpg)
Valve adds new security check after attackers compromise Steam accounts of multiple game devs and update their games with malware
By Tyler Wilde published
news Fewer than 100 Steam users had the games installed, but Valve is adding a new SMS verification step for all developers to try to prevent it from happening again.
![An orange Rocket League car with flaming horns on the top.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9pczxdA357bExk4v9N3DQi-320-80.png)
RIP Rocket League economy: player-to-player item trading is being removed in December
By Tyler Wilde published
news The change will bring car soccer into alignment with "Epic's overall approach to game cosmetics and item shop policies."
![The PC Gamer Top 100 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Me5FFqnHsYvxJC5nZvGfoR-320-80.jpg)
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2023 PC Gamer's annual list of the best games you can play on PC.