
Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall

WoW's new player housing feature's been out in early access for less than a week, and players have already made battleships, dollhouses, and large hadron colliders
By Harvey Randall published
News Light be, what is happening in there?!

Todd Howard says that the Fallout franchise is 'a cautionary tale', and that 'that world before the bombs fall' is what makes it so special
By Harvey Randall published
News I don't want to set the world on fire, but if I did, it'd probably make for a pretty good game franchise.

FF14's Yoshi-P reveals why he's finally lifting glamour restrictions—he's got his own preferences, but it's 'no longer the time to force them on players'
By Harvey Randall published
News Playing dress-up.

Just in case you thought Helldivers 2 was a little too nice, Arrowhead's just added magma planets where everything's on fire, and this is fine
By Harvey Randall published
News "Too hot for humans, too unstable for farming, too explosive for tourism."

Voice actor for Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach says 'we're still seen as outsources' in game dev: 'There's a weird disconnect'
By Harvey Randall published
News Samantha Béart says the realities of studios and fans are very different.

Debate: What is your objectively correct keybinding setup for your current MMO, and why is everybody else wrong?
By Harvey Randall published
IN A BIND If, indeed, you are using a keyboard at all.

Lies of P director says 'I will not disappoint you' when it comes to the sequel, and after playing its award-winning DLC this year, I fully believe him
By Harvey Randall published
News Overture gives me faith.

Destiny 2 director doesn't want it to 'be a dead live game', as the ailing shooter stares down the barrel of fan outrage: 'We want to keep building Destiny'
By Harvey Randall published
News "[Our players] don't want to chase a simple number that goes up."

Schedule 1 creator had a backup plan if Steam rejected it—pack up the product, don a farmer's hat, and 'pivot it to be a farming game' like Stardew Valley
By Harvey Randall published
News Jesse. We've gotta restore the community centre, Jesse.

Dispatch's original script would've let you pick 3 heroes like 'starter Pokémon', snagging Invisigal, Waterboy, or Mr Whiskey to pull under your wing
By Harvey Randall published
News Professor Oak: Are you an Invisigal, or a Waterboy?

Tavern Keeper's early access is already a crunchy management sim, a cosy blanket, an interior decor game, and a furniture designer all at once
By Harvey Randall published
INN CREDIBLE A comfy videogame turducken.

The voice of Geralt isn't worried about Ciri's recasting in The Witcher 4: 'I think she's going to do a great job'
By Harvey Randall published
News Passing on the mantle.

Team Cherry says that 'if there were ever other' Hollow Knight games after Silksong, they'd all be self-contained and 'exist alongside one another'
By Harvey Randall published
News So no Silksong 2, huh.

Grok AI temporarily so sycophantic it claims Elon Musk is the best at drinking pee, and other things I'm not going to put in a headline, you can't make me
By Harvey Randall published
News Musk blamed the snafu on "adversarial prompting".

WoW game director steps in to reassure players that its AddOn overhaul is a work in progress, and the temporary death of cosmetic mods is simply 'collateral damage that we are working on repairing'
By Harvey Randall published
News Beta means beta.

NCSoft launches MMO with terrible monetisation—puts out emergency broadcast 15 hours later, promising to fix it while its wax wings melt: 'We were complacent and unthoughtful'
By Harvey Randall published
News MMOwn-goal.

Dispatch proves the death of Telltale-style games was a mere mirage, as it rakes in 2 million players: 'Wouldn't be here without you'
By Harvey Randall published
News We could be (2 million) heroes.

WoW's proposed transmog overhaul is 1 step forward, 2 steps back, and has Azeroth's fashionistas rioting: 'Blizzard truly are the masters at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory'
By Harvey Randall published
News I'm not entirely convinced this is better.

Right after 'saving' Hytale from 7 years of development limbo, its new owner releases 16 minutes of 'raw and broken' gameplay footage to 'break the curse once and for all'
By Harvey Randall published
News "I promised players videos, screenshots and blog posts. One day after the acquisition, I’m keeping that promise"

Staring down the barrel of a rough 2026, Ubisoft's UK arm says we're less interested in 'one time purchase' games and all about that live service dripfeed
By Harvey Randall published
News I'm not sure about that one, chief—or at least I can be, for $9.99 a month.

There is no glitch—turns out, you need more than just heroic dialogue choices to get Dispatch's best ending, you've gotta be good at your job, too
By Harvey Randall published
News Lead by example.

Poor Monster Hunter Wilds gets politely thrown under the bus as Capcom promises Resident Evil Requiem won't run as badly
By Harvey Randall published
News "Resident Evil Requiem differs from Monster Hunter Wilds."

FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has big plans for the MMO after Dawntrail's roughspots—hinting at A Realm Reborn-style overhaul
By Harvey Randall published
News If you throw another moon at me, I'm gonna lose it.

In defense of tab-targeting: MMO devs have been trying to put dodge rolls in their games for 10+ years to avoid WoW, and it's never worked
By Harvey Randall published
ON MY TAB Only difference is, we still need a new game to prove 'em wrong.

Borderlands 4's sales were 'a little softer than we would've liked' due to PC performance issues, says Take-Two CEO, but he's confident it'll have a long tail
By Harvey Randall published
News It's okay, Gearbox. One in four games have the same issue. It's nothing to be ashamed about.
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