
Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston

I played 10 free Steam demos this week: here are the 5 games that made it onto my wishlist
By Christopher Livingston published
Wishlist Load up your wishlist—a lot of great games are headed your way.

Today's Dune: Awakening patch notes are as long as a sandworm, with more than 300 changes, bug fixes, and squashed exploits
By Christopher Livingston published
News Changes include adjustments to 'thopter speed and those annoying antigravity bubbles, plus it's now easier to jump into a vehicle when you're panicking.

Quiz time! Can you guess which games these 10 ridiculous patch notes are from?
By Christopher Livingston published
Quiz! Put your patch note prowess to the test with a quiz!

I'm diagnosing survivors of a zombie apocalypse and only occasionally mistaking cold symptoms for the zombie plague in this military base management sim
By Christopher Livingston published
Outbreak Manage a military base and examine survivors for sickness in the demo for Quarantine Zone: The Last Check.

This new 'roguelike deckbuilding typing game' is like Mavis Beacon Teaches Balatro, and I'm here for it
By Christopher Livingston published
News In TypInc. you hammer out paragraphs as quickly and correctly as possible while using perks and multipliers to score big.

DayZ's biggest map ever is coming next year, where 'Middle Eastern-style cities lie next to Soviet-era military bases'
By Christopher Livingston published
News The 267x267 km map is called Badlands, set in the Nasdara province of ArmA's fictional country of Takistan.

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Summer Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
Deals New games on sale, hidden gems, and super cheap classics in Steam's big mid-year sale.

Dune director Denis Villeneuve will direct the next Bond film for Amazon MGM, despite already being attached to four other upcoming films, including Cleopatra
By Christopher Livingston published
News Denis is a busy boy, so when will he have time for Bond?

That was quick! Funcom just patched Dune: Awakening to make the Deep Desert only 50% PvP
By Christopher Livingston last updated
News In a major change for the survival MMO, Funcom has split the Deep Desert evenly between PvP and PvE zones.

This grand strategy autobattler inspired by classics like Heroes of Might and Magic comes to life through 'hundreds of handmade oil painted illustrations'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Erulean Angel: Fantasy Commander is the first game from the two-person team at Second Studio.

Doing a victory lap, Dune: Awakening publisher reveals that 1 million players have already huffed 6 billion grams of spice
By Harvey Randall published
News Dune: Awakening is now "Funcom's fastest selling game ever."

Dune: Awakening review: Spicy survival with an uneven endgame
By Christopher Livingston published
Spice Jam Craft, explore, and fight for your life on Arrakis in Funcom's survival MMO.

The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
By Tyler Wilde last updated
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.

Dune: Awakening patch fixes the ornithopter 'goomba stomp' problem in PvP, just not in the way I expected
By Christopher Livingston published
News Ornithopters still don't take damage from collisions—but now neither do players.

Get rich quick with these Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord cheats
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Lordmode Bannerlord cheats to create gold, level you up, knock out enemies, teleport, and much more.

Funcom says its working on 'a bunch of changes' for Dune: Awakening PvP after player calls out the survival MMO's 'biggest issue'
By Christopher Livingston published
News The deep desert endgame needs some work.

Dune: Awakening players have found a devious way to grief each other outside of PvP zones
By Christopher Livingston published
news A strategically placed base can ruin anyone's day.

Dune: Awakening live coverage: Server status, launch info, and all the latest news
By Christopher Livingston last updated
LIVE As Written! Funcom's survival MMO goes into full launch today.

Dune: Awakening: All Trial of Aql locations
By Sean Martin, Christopher Livingston last updated
Spicy Snort some spice to unlock new gear and abilities.

Dune: Awakening Eighth Trial of Aql puzzle solutions
By Christopher Livingston published
Hide & Seitch The final Trial of Aql is a long one and contains several puzzles. Here's how to solve them.

All Dune: Awakening trainer locations
By Andrea Shearon last updated
Training Arc No need to pick just one, Dune lets you dabble in a little of everything thanks to its class trainers.

Dune: Awakening review-in-progress: Fun in the sun
By Christopher Livingston published
Oasis Funcom's survival MMO is off to a good start.

Lisan al-Gaib! Sandworm-riding isn't a feature in Dune: Awakening, but players are doing it anyway
By Christopher Livingston published
News A brave sleeper is goading Shai-Hulud to breach and then riding around on its back.
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