Latest articles by Fraser Brown
'We will f*ck up': The publisher of Against the Storm and Manor Lords is committed to keeping generative AI out, but it's easier said than done
News It's everywhere and unavoidable; it's probably going to slip in.
CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse wants it to be 'a positive influence and a great company for 100 plus years' by fighting AI and treating devs ethically
From the horse's mouth The indie publisher keeps striking gold, but CEO Tim Bender is still "fundamentally unambitious", prizing stability and ethics over massive growth and profits.
Skyrim's co-lead designer says Starfield's main problem is that it never fully cohered as a game: 'It was a releasable game, but it wasn't the best'
News And the reception was what he expected.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
Skyrim's co-lead designer was building real-time horse and cart travel and a dynamic civil war: 'We were pretty disappointed that didn't ship'
News Kurt Kuhlmann was co-lead on Skyrim and Bethesda's Elder Scrolls loremaster.
The best MMOs on PC
Fine Grinds The best MMOs, whether you love massive raids, playing through a great story on your own, or ruling a corporation
My Winter Car is a 'dangerous, depressing and tiring' life sim, and the developer doesn't want you to play it unless you've mastered the infamously tricky My Summer Car
News Don't expect to have much fun.
The best RPGs on PC
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.
Tavern Keeper is the management sim of my dreams, and the best thing I've played in early access in 2025
🏆 Where everybody knows your name.
In a year where Obsidian released a pair of RPGs, its best game was an early access survival romp
Park ranger It turns out that a small community garden offers more compelling adventures than a magical island or a capitalist nightmare.
Marvel Rivals wants to go big for 2026, and the team has 'already planned more than a year ahead'
News "2025 was more of a warm-up."
Roguelite city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom has been a big success, and now its developer can afford a luxury he's always dreamed of: 'A real winter jacket'
News At least he's cosy now.
The likelihood of another Battlefield: Bad Company is slim, but its former lead designer thinks Battlefield boss Vince Zampella could make it happen: 'He knows his sh*t'
News "I would like to play it and see what they wind up doing."
Battlefield liked to 'take the p*ss' out of Call of Duty, but it was a 'very healthy rivalry' that pushed DICE to do its own thing
News "You push yourself to do stuff maybe you wouldn't do if they were not there."
With Total War: Warhammer 40,000, Creative Assembly is resurrecting a 16-year-old experiment, which didn't exactly go to plan last time
War never changes From Empire to Imperium.
CEO of Manor Lords and Against the Storm publisher says publishers should not be trying to 'break even at the expense of developers' and should be willing to take a loss because they can afford to 'spread the risk'
News "Large corporate entities that can absorb risk should expect some losses to be balanced out by other gains."
Funcom may have closed down Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders, but its co-founder and Battlefield vet David Goldfarb says it's not over yet: 'We're working on the 2.0 version of The Outsiders, so we're not dead'
News Down but not out.
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is totally real, so we've created a wishlist to send to the Emperor
Big and weird We have demands.
The TV show based on Total War was tricking us all along: 'It's kind of embarrassing, but it's television'
News Don't believe what you see.
Creative Assembly has been busy—Total War: Medieval 3 is coming, along with more Warhammer DLC and another game that will be revealed next week, 'marking the beginning of an exciting new era'
News Strategy Santa is in a giving mood.
Here's our exclusive first peek at massive-scale RTS Ashes of the Singularity 2 in action, and would you look at the size of this thing
News This is one big lad (the lad is a war).
