
Wes Fenlon
Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

The best laptop games
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Updated Great laptop games can run on low-spec PCs, fit cozily onto smaller screens, and are perfectly playable with a trackpad.

The best co-op games to drag your pals into
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.

After learning his cult '90s RPG influenced Undertale, this Japanese developer finally got 'the courage' to make another RPG decades later thanks to Toby Fox
By Wes Fenlon published
News Yoshiro Kimura's new game Stray Children is a spiritual successor to Moon: Remix RPG, but it has more than a little in common with Undertale.

Steam is recovering from intermittent downtime on Tuesday
By Wes Fenlon published
News Steam is having a hard time.

After years of being criticized as old-fashioned, turn-based RPGs are absolutely crushing it with new ideas
By Wes Fenlon published
Turnabout You can't open up the Steam store without finding a promising turn-based RPG in 2025.

5869 days after releasing the greatest rock opera about Mega Man ever recorded, The Protomen's follow-up Act 3 is, unbelievably, finally here*
By Wes Fenlon published
This album is a bigger deal than Half-Life 3.

The new My Hero Academia game will finally let you live out the fantasy of playing through the anime's big moments, but I'm still waiting for the Persona-style school sim
By Wes Fenlon published
Team-up My Hero All's Justice is definitely a step forward, but c'mon: what this series really needs is a Persona-like.

The guy who says 'Toasty!' in Mortal Kombat has left NetherRealm after more than 30 years with the team
By Wes Fenlon published
News Dan Forden has been working on Mortal Kombat since the very beginning.

Monster Hunter Wilds may be on hard times, but the Pokémon-inspired Monster Hunter Stories 3 seems like it's checking every box RPG players want
By Wes Fenlon published
Gotta ride 'em Perhaps this will be the monster taming RPG that finally takes a real bite out of Pokémon's crown.

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles director is a big PC gamer, and says he was 'very particular' about making sure they got the new UI just right
By Wes Fenlon published
News The mouse and keyboard controls, as well as Steam Deck support, were top priorities for the remaster team.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Autumn Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
deals New games on sale, hidden gems, and cheap classics.

I played China's 'anime GTA' Ananta and I wasn't surprised to find Spider-Man swinging and Batman punching, but I wasn't quite ready for the vampire who vomits rainbows
By Wes Fenlon published
Tokyo Game Show This may be the most maximalist videogame of all time.

Tiny Metal 2 is the third game in the turn-based strategy series, and it just so happens to be taking after my favorite Advance Wars
By Wes Fenlon published
Call Of Cutie New strategic options and a major art and UI overhaul bring the new Tiny Metal closer to the series that inspired it.

Weeks after Silksong's launch I can't stop thinking about this streamer's masterful troll campaign against its fans: 'They made a whole game about getting to your car but you don't have car keys, and you're excited for that?'
By Wes Fenlon published
News Northernlion's good-natured ribbing of his audience has had a frequent Hollow Knight refrain since Silksong's launch.

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

Exhausted by Silksong? This breezier twin-stick spin on old school Metroid might just be the genre's second best this year
By Wes Fenlon published
Samus-ish Zexion is still hard, but ample checkpoints and boss retries alleviate the usual frustrations.

The Valve rumor mill goes into overdrive as VR influencers travel to Seattle for what seems likely to be the imminent reveal of the Steam Frame
By Wes Fenlon published
News Valve may finally be showing off its long-rumored headset with the codename "Deckard."

Silksong players are leaving condolences for the family of a late Hollow Knight fan who created a boss for the game before dying of cancer in 2020
By Wes Fenlon published
News Seemingly no one's mad that the fan-made boss is wiping the floor with them.

Holiday gaming plans in shambles as Slay the Spire 2 gets delayed to March 2026
By Wes Fenlon published
News Expect the deckbuilding sequel to be substantially bigger than the first, even when it arrives in early access.

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you
By Shaun Prescott published
Same 'vainia If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.

Where to find Silver Bells in Hollow Knight: Silksong
By Wes Fenlon published
Ring-a-ling Here's the quickest way to complete the Silver Bells quest.

How to beat Silksong's Widow boss, the speedy spinstress
By Wes Fenlon published
Hell's bells Tips for the Widow boss fight in Hollow Knight: Silksong's first act.
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