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
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The free demo for this awesome poker-based roguelike is closing in January, and I legit don't know how I'll cope
By Christopher Livingston published
News Balatro's demo will close on January 1, meaning I'll need to find a new obsession until it returns.
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Starfield promises 'new survival mechanics' in 2024
By Christopher Livingston published
news A year-end post from Bethesda promises interesting yet vaguely described changes coming to the space RPG.
![Icarus character standing in front of house holding bow and arrow](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iJYVV8xqDtFKSj2Me4ZXnZ-320-80.jpg)
Co-op survival games are great, but don't forget the intense joys of surviving solo
By Christopher Livingston published
1UP I love crafting, hunting, and exploring with friends, but there's really nothing like going it alone.
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Starfield's biggest issues can't be solved with patches, mods, or expansions
By Christopher Livingston published
Fading Signal It's a good game, but I'm not sure even a major Cyberpunk 2077-style overhaul can make it an RPG for the ages.
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The best Lethal Company mods
By Christopher Livingston published
Toolkit of terror Make the horror more horrifying in the hilarious co-op game.
![Two people hunting deer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SKfx5TJrt4a3xkGJ54oxmm-320-80.jpg)
DayZ and Icarus team up with a cheeky 'The Day After' survival Steam sale bundle
By Christopher Livingston published
news The Day Before folded just days after its launch, but you can grab two much better survival games that keep on surviving for 33% off.
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How DayZ spawned a new genre: the unfinished survival game
By Christopher Livingston published
roadmaps Steam Early Access led to new solutions, and lots of new problems, for both developers and players of survival games.
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Our 5 least likely predictions for GTA 6
By Robin Valentine published
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE What do you think, will that alligator be playable?
![Big Walk scene with four colorful round characters waving in a yellow room](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xYYSwyH3XPnCGhdMgVQSAF-320-80.jpg)
The 7 most exciting PC games revealed at The Game Awards
By Tyler Wilde published
Hyped Another ultra-ambitious project from the No Man's Sky studio, an Arkane Blade game, and five other Game Awards trailers you should watch.
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For a cute and cheery little survival game, Lego Fortnite goes pretty hard
By Christopher Livingston published
Thwart Night I had a fun yet punishing first few days, and I now owe my life to a Lego catgirl.
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Walton Goggins on the Fallout show's three main characters as 'avatars' for players: 'It's almost like three different religions'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "If you think about it, if you put the three together, that's a great theology, man," Goggins said at a panel before The Game Awards.
![Medieval people managing a town](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aNJF4CsNJqjqQynoYCKzWT-320-80.jpg)
This great settlement-building survival RPG just became a 4-player co-op game
By Christopher Livingston published
news Years after launch Medieval Dynasty continues to add new features, and this time it's a multiplayer mode.
![Fantasy heroes exploring strange islands](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ryqK9pX6ex5UkvSCBezmn6-320-80.jpg)
Exploring the seas on a magic surfboard looks awesome in this 16-player co-op survival game from former Riot devs
By Christopher Livingston published
news Teased last summer as Codename: Islands, the open world survivalcraft adventure is now called Voyagers of Nera and has a trailer.
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GTA 6 trailer smashes a YouTube viewership record—but still can't compare with another three-letter acronym
By Christopher Livingston published
news You think you like GTA 6? Wait till you see people like BTS.
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6 burning questions we have after seeing the GTA 6 trailer
By Christopher Livingston published
🤔 How does social media work? Will GTA 5's bullet time return? And how big is that gosh darn map?
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GTA 6 reactions: Florida Men, car-top twerking, face tattoos, bikinis, and life behind bars
By Evan Lahti published
GTA 6 What's GTA 6's America look like? The PC Gamer team weighs in: "People are either having the hedonistic time of their lives, or they are committing crimes."
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Ark: Survival Ascended lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz admits 'the servers are ass, they run like ass, and their stability is ass'
By Christopher Livingston published
news "We need to improve it, it's gonna be improved imminently," Stieglitz said on a Twitch stream.
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The first trailer for Amazon's Fallout TV series is full of mayhem, monsters, and madmen
By Christopher Livingston published
news That's Fallout, all right.
![A jumpsuit-clad Lucy, played by Ella Purnell, emerges from a vault in the Fallout TV series.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5qjhFimq3zb45879UZVmuY-320-80.jpg)
12 moments from the Fallout TV show trailer that make us think it could actually be good
By Christopher Livingston published
showtime Some classic Fallout monsters, a couple of weird surprises, and one very familiar face has us pretty optimistic.
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It's the perfect weekend to try co-op survival game Icarus, because it's free on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News Play for free until December 4, and if you decide to buy it, it's 33% off. Good deal.
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Place your bets: Will GTA 6 release on PC on the same day it does on consoles?
By Christopher Livingston published
🎲🎲🎲 On the one hand: why wouldn't they? On the other: why didn't they with Grand Theft Auto 5?
![Two people in a vault at a desk smiling as they look at something](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QhE3ygQDorNjXZ7iSWRAPi-320-80.jpg)
Signal detected: Looks like we're getting the first Fallout TV show teaser trailer tomorrow
By Christopher Livingston published
News Please Stand By.
![A dinosaur](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Whkio3kSuLPgDjW3NJGUS-320-80.jpg)
That new version of Ark has disabled crossplay for Windows 10 users because you're a big old bunch of cheaters
By Rich Stanton published
news Welcome to Jurassic lark.