
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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Medieval Dynasty fans should check out this third-person medieval city builder that just got a demo on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Noble Legacy, you build and manage a town while actually living in it.

PSA: Dune: Awakening's sandworm is 'currently missing', says Funcom, but 'we're working on it and he'll soon be back prowling the sands' (Update: the worms are back)
By Christopher Livingston published
News Shai-Hulud is a bit shy at the moment, it seems.

When people need help, you answer the call… and then send out a superhero while you stay safely behind your desk in strategy adventure Dispatch
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 You're not a hero, more of a hero administrator.

Yep, you can be 'dumb' in The Outer Worlds 2, and it even comes with some benefits: like 'banging on a machine to get it to work'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Low intelligence builds FTW.

In co-op survival game Railborn, build the weirdest mobile train base anyone's ever seen and chug it around on an alien planet
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 Car 1: Greenhouse. Car 2: Aquarium. Car 3: Underground cavern? What the heck is going on in this train?

A week in tactical RPG Demonschool includes karaoke, romance, dog adoption, lost sandwiches, cursed dolls, and lots of monster battles
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 It's a pretty packed schedule.

The Outer Worlds 2 'has more perks than Fallout: New Vegas,' says Obsidian—including one that turns you into a heart-collecting serial killer
By Christopher Livingston published
News The sequel to Obsidian's RPG launches this October.

Obsidian announces a sequel to its backyard co-op survival game Grounded—and surprisingly, it'll be in early access next month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Grounded 2 comes to game preview in July.

This 2018 early access survival game notorious for poop mechanics and penis sliders will finally go 1.0 this month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Scum is almost done.

I can't stop watching these Dune: Awakening videos of players having butt-puckeringly close calls with angry sandworms
By Christopher Livingston published
News A collection of near-misses with Shai-Hulud.

Balatro meets breakfast? This 'chaotic cooking roguelike' where you make omelets for picky customers and try not to enrage a giant chicken just launched on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News Strategically stack ingredients to please hungry diners in Omelet You Cook.

I just discovered in Dune: Awakening that the only thing worse than seeing a sandworm coming right at you is being stuck in quicksand and seeing a sandworm coming right at you
By Christopher Livingston published
News Be careful where you drive on Arrakis. Be careful where you do anything on Arrakis, really.
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