Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long or talking about his dog.
Latest articles by Fraser Brown

Exodus, the sci-fi RPG from former Mass Effect devs, couldn't look more like Mass Effect in the teasers we've been getting this month
By Fraser Brown published
News Not to be confused with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, which also looks like Mass Effect.

Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
By Fraser Brown last updated
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.

Crimson Desert players are doing important work by turning Kliff into Captain America, Spider-Man and Superman
By Fraser Brown published
News Mario is also here to fix Pywel's plumbing problems.

This week's Crimson Desert update is the one I'm looking forward to the most
By Fraser Brown published
News We're finally getting some proper inventory management.

How BioWare can make an unlikely comeback, and why it never will: The first step is cancelling Mass Effect
By Fraser Brown published
Move on The once prestigious RPG studio is in a serious rut, but there's a way out.

The best strategy games on PC
By Fraser Brown last updated
Updated! From real-time classics to modern turn-based favorites, these are the best strategy games on PC.

The best RPGs on PC
By Robin Valentine last updated
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.

Billy the pickpocket is the unluckiest man in Crimson Desert
By Fraser Brown published
News Oh Billy, will you never learn?

Crimson Desert's less than ideal launch is a distant memory as it hits the 4 million sales milestone
By Fraser Brown published
News Kliff's raking in the big bucks.

Legacy of Kain: Ascendance review – A 4-hour slog that teases a bleak future for the beloved series
By Fraser Brown published
Tarnished legacy A stake through the heart.

The consensus is that Crimson Desert has terrible storytelling—it's not true
By Fraser Brown published
The Devil told me so The Crimson Desert defender has logged on.

Larian publishing boss takes some spicy swipes at Crimson Desert, calling it a 'cynical amalgamation of borrowed mechanics'—but I think he might be the cynical one this time
By Fraser Brown published
News Is it really cynical to take great ideas from other games, or is it just how you design a good game?

Jack Black would be up for playing a 'portly American' if there's another live-action Yakuza movie: 'Sega, give me a jingle'
By Fraser Brown published
News He's really trying to rack up those videogame adaptation credits.

Street Fighter 6's new DLC character is into incest, and somehow Capcom is making the whole thing even weirder
By Fraser Brown published
News Apparently the problem is that we're confused, and not that Alex is married to his adoptive sister and second cousin.

Crimson Desert is great because it's a total mess, not in spite of it, and I hope Pearl Abyss doesn't change too much
By Fraser Brown published
Kliffhanger Let's get weird.

Players are starting to click with Crimson Desert as it climbs up to Very Positive on Steam and reaches 3 million sales—but Pearl Abyss promises more improvements
By Fraser Brown published
News It launched to Mixed reviews, but it's talked players around.

You can play Peter Molyneux's new god game, Masters of Albion, before it launches in early access
By Fraser Brown published
News All you need is Discord and a bit of luck.

The great RPG debate: Defined playable characters or blank slates?
By Fraser Brown published
Geralt vs Goralt Do you prefer predefined heroes like Geralt, or do you want to make your own from scratch?

Nvidia DLSS 5 reveal: PC Gamer reacts... not wholly positively
By PC Gamer Team published
So... DLSS 5 This has been one of the most controversial reveals of an Nvidia technology I can remember, and people have a lot of thoughts.

Going Medieval stole my heart with a large, cursed hole
By Fraser Brown published
Digging it Don't be rude.

Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft
By Fraser Brown published
News "We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand."

Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade
By Fraser Brown published
News Save the world on a tight budget.

Facepunch is 'talking to people' about a Rust movie: 'We definitely had interest'
By Fraser Brown published
News The Adventures of John Rust.
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