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
What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?
By Robin Valentine published
HI RES Maybe this is the year you clear that backlog...
Pour one out for the late great Windows 7: Steam has finally stopped supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
By Wes Fenlon published
News "We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later," Valve says.
What games did everyone play over the holidays?
By Mollie Taylor published
happy new year 'Tis the season to be gaming.
Our boldest predictions for PC gaming in 2024
By Jody Macgregor published
Divination We're pondering our orbs again.
In the year Doom turned 30, nothing better captured the endless imagination and creativity of its mod scene than Myhouse.wad
By Wes Fenlon published
The most surprising game you play this year may well be this incredibly elaborate free mod.
6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Genre Defining The landscapes of FPSes and RPGs and city builders are all right at the edge of some big changes.
Best Open World 2023: Tchia
By Christopher Livingston published
The Gotys Thanks to its fresh spin on the genre, this tropical adventure was our favourite open world game of the year.
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.
I was so determined to get into Street Fighter 6 this year I built my own hitbox (but I still didn't get into Street Fighter)
By Wes Fenlon published
DIY COMBO Tips for building your first stickless arcade controller if you too swear that one day you'll get good at a fighting game.
Best Fighting Game 2023: Street Fighter 6
By Tyler Wilde published
The Gotys Capcom's flagship series retains its crown.
Yikes: Xfinity has suffered a data breach exposing the usernames, hashed passwords and potentially even partial Social Security numbers of 36 million internet subscribers
By Wes Fenlon published
News "Nearly all" of Xfinity's internet customers are affected, reports CBS.
Best Ongoing Game 2023: Warhammer 40,000 – Darktide
By Robert Jones published
The Gotys After last year's rocky launch, Fatshark's co-op FPS had a great 2023.
2 years later, that Nvidia leak just keeps delivering—and I'm expecting even more in 2024
By Wes Fenlon published
Check in Metal Gear Solid, Cities Skylines 2, and Monster Hunter 6 were among the big names that finally appeared in 2023.
Valve asks Steam Deck owners to 'please refrain' from huffing its exhaust fumes, PC gamers immediately respond: 'No'
By Wes Fenlon published
News The nose knows what it wants.
This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
By Wes Fenlon published
News Link's Awakening DX HD is a fully custom port that adds high framerate and widescreen support, autosaving, and even a world editor.
Homeworld 3 is Blackbird's ambitious vision for a cinematic sci-fi RTS that was 'utterly impossible to make' 20 years ago
By Wes Fenlon published
Most Wanted At the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, Homeworld 3 locked sights on a final release date: March 8, 2024.
Dwarf Fortress's roguelike adventure mode arrives on Steam in April, bringing with it my favorite feature: 'Your adventurer can literally slay the dragon that slew your dwarves, and your next fortress can make a statue of it'
By Wes Fenlon published
News In a PC Gaming Show trailer, Dwarf Fortress's developers show off the new graphical version of Adventure mode.
Shadow the Hedgehog is in the next Sonic movie and all I can think about now is which Hollywood tough guy will voice him
By Wes Fenlon published
News Who's ready to take candy from a baby and feel fine about it?
CD Projekt Red now has more than 300 developers working on The Witcher 4
By Wes Fenlon published
News Nearly half of CD Projekt Red's development staff are in full production on the next Witcher game.
These are our picks for the hottest Cyber Monday gaming laptop deals still live today
By Nick Evanson last updated
Leveraging PC Gamer's vast collective knowledge and experience of hardware to ensure that you only see the very best gaming laptop deals.
6 things PC Gamer's team actually bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
By Wes Fenlon published
Deals The deals that we just couldn't resist.
I built the best gaming PC I could for under $1,200 using Cyber Monday deals, and now I actually want it
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Save about $300 building a mid-range powerhouse with the best gaming CPU around.
Black Friday is now so spread out, this year's deals feel like a complete non-event
By Wes Fenlon published
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The big deal day doesn't hit nearly as hard when deals season stretches on for weeks.
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