Latest articles by Evan Lahti
Valve facing second, class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
news The consumer lawsuit comes just over a week after a similar suit filed by the state of New York.
Battlefield 6 was 'the biggest launch in franchise history.' 6 months later, EA is laying off people who made it
news "Battlefield remains one of our biggest priorities."
The best indie games on PC
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.
The latest Arc Raiders patch makes Rocketeers way more important
The flying Arc marauder's innards are now an important crafting ingredient, which could have outsized implications on player behavior.
The Monster Train 2 DLC is very good: the Railforged, a challenging new mode, and a mechanical spider factory
divine Destiny of the Railforged adds juiced enemies, steampunk robots that can smelt cards, and a handy claw machine.
Monster Train 2's first DLC is transforming the game with a giant new mode and the hammer-swinging Railforged clan
news Exclusive reveal: First details on a major update to Monster Train 2, Destiny of the Railforged.
Swen Vincke says there's 'definitely more pressure' to nail Divinity after the critical acclaim of Baldur's Gate 3
news You might think making the sequel to the most popular D&D game ever was as high pressure as it gets, but nope.
Divinity is 'past pre-production' and already recording actors, but don't read too much into that: Swen Vincke says Larian will be 'recording non-stop'
news "That gives you an idea of the ambition."
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.
Divinity will be turn-based with a 'new ruleset' based on everything Larian has learned so far, says Swen Vincke: 'it allows you to do fantastic things'
news No Divinity ARPG for thee, we're keeping things old school.
Divinity has even 'deeper sequences of consequence' than Baldur's Gate 3, says Larian: 'We wouldn't be excited if we were making the same game again'
news "The level of agency that we're going to give you is very, very high—much higher than what happened in BG3."
Arc Raiders devs are uplifted by how kind players have been to one another, but admit 'we're way worse people than the community' when it comes to engaging in PvP
News Do the devs proud, bring in a defib.
'Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time': Embark's devs want to keep working on Arc Raiders 'as long as players engage with it and have fun'
News Sounds like a great plan to me.
Your bloodlust does have consequences in Arc Raiders, as a dev confirms, 'we do analyse behaviour and match accordingly'
News Aggression-based matchmaking confirmed?
'Quite a few things have taken us by surprise': Arc Raiders' wallhacks caught the devs off-guard as heaps of greedy players hunted for exploits
News Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.
Arc Raiders players are already impatient for more content. Here's 8 things we think the game could do to expand
opinion If you were put in charge of Arc Raiders, how would you plot out its design in 2026?
You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8 things
Relatable If you know, you know.
It breaks our hearts to cut great games from the Top 100 list, but sacrifices must be made—these are some of the omissions that caused us psychic damage this year
Tough calls When you can only pick 100 games, there are a lot of games you can't pick.
Exclusive: Monster Train 2: Echoes From the Void first details
news Two new bosses, along with new artifacts and other new content, are arriving Nov 5 in our favorite deckbuilder of 2025.
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
Absolum review: Finally, a beat 'em up with depth
D&D beatdown Following in the bootsteps of Golden Axe and Castle Crashers, Absolum places the beat 'em up in a gorgeous fantasy setting.
Absolum interview: How the beat 'em up's developers created four fabulous characters
interview The first big beat 'em up in years, Absolum's cast are gorgeously animated.
