Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
Pillars of Eternity's 10-year anniversary turn-based mode will sidestep the biggest issues I was worried it would have, and you can try it this week
news Pillars 1's turn-based mode enters public beta testing on November 5
Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus: 'Don started as an EA hatchet man so what would you expect?'
news A BFG blast of a tweet.
'Skinballs,' a Saints Row test NPC that looks like four floating scoops of ice cream, has been preserved as part of a museum collection
news Skinballs.
Beloved boomer shooter Dusk celebrates coming to Xbox with new 'Dusk Gulch' level riffing on Halo's best multiplayer map
news Killamanjaro
My favorite horror game of the year went on sale on Steam just in time for an NG+ update that adds new weapons, enemies, mechanics, and story revelations
news It's the perfect time of year for Labyrinth of the Demon King.
Psychopomp is one of the best games you can get for under $10 on Steam, and its newly-revealed sequel looks even better
news Psychopomp 2 has a new protagonist, perspective, and locomotion with more than four degrees of freedom.
The GOAT of Elden Ring weapon mods made it so we can actually use the sick golden ghost weapons Margit killed us with so many times
news Let's see how you like it, Omen boy.
Silent Hill f's lead actor streamed the game and had a language-transcending horror experience that's gotten over 1.6 million views
news Even if you don't speak Japanese, you kind of get what Konatsu Kato is saying.
The multi-billion dollar, 15-hour AWS outage that brought the internet to its knees last week was apparently caused by a single software bug
news Resonance Cascade.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: 'We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following'
news Clancy faced sharp criticism for comments he made in the incident's immediate aftermath.
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.
The Outer Worlds 2 is a great RPG that exceeded my expectations
stellar A great RPG that surpasses its predecessor.
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.
'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment
news "To tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact."
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn't come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are 'convinced there's a giant fanbase waiting for it'
news Toasty.
Despite declining sales and the latest 'Xbox' being a handheld PC, Microsoft says it's still making a next-gen console: 'We are actively investing in our future first-party consoles and devices'
news Everything is an Xbox, but some devices will still be even more Xbox.
Prolific D&D novelist R.A. Salvatore says writing around 4th Edition rules 'almost broke' him and he knew its setting changes were a mistake: 'In about 5 years they're going to come to us and say, Bob, we got to fix this'
news Changes made in the popular 5th Edition seem to have vindicated him.
EA doles out free Battlefield 6 battle passes and XP boosts to players locked out on launch day by the EA App: 'We wanted to offer an apology… with perks'
news That should help ease the sting a bit.
After 5 years of stunning trailers, Skate Story is finally releasing in December, and its demo is so good it's immediately a GOTY contender
news Videogames are back, baby.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond
Kensai/Mage There are so many ways to play this game.
It's literally impossible to pick the 'real' murderer in Pentiment because Obsidian never considered having one: 'You're not a detective, you're a f***ing artist'
News But it was obviously Ferenc.
First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis
news Heineman's uphill battle to save an infamous early port of Doom has gotten renewed attention in recent years.
