Harvey Randall

Harvey Randall

Staff Writer

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

The boss of Dawntrail's 4th raid, Wicked Thunder, holds an Electrope cube to the air and floods it with levin.
Poll finds 100% of Japanese online game developers are using AI, though mostly for 'user preference analysis' and 'user behavior prediction'

By Harvey Randall Published

News The report comes courtesy of Japan's Online Game Association.

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Edward Kenway looking at a piece of paper with a curious expression.
That annoying day one DLC in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was less than 3% of its initial Steam sales, but hey, $1 million is $1 million

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News Still a decent haul of dubloons.

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A paladin in World of Warcraft looks surprised at the icon for Lighthook Grapple, which has been edited onto the image.
WoW devs hotfix annoying grappling hook that takes a spot on your action bar, despite only being used in one zone

By Harvey Randall Last updated

News Grappling with feedback.

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A Dragon's Dogma 2 party fights off again'st a griffin atop a grassy hill
Despite adding an eternal fast travel stone, Dragon's Dogma 2 director maintains you don't have to use it: 'It's just you now have a third option'

By Harvey Randall Published

News I somewhat disagree, even if ox carts were a pain in the rear.

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Doom: The Dark Ages, a game by id Software, image showing the Doom Slayer.
id Software producer says 'you'll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate' in the wake of Xbox layoffs

By Harvey Randall Published

News "These large publishers and monopolies have proven themselves terrible stewards."

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GDQ audience during the SGDQ 2026 finale with Doctors Without Borders and GDQ staff standing on stage
Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.4 million for charity, cancels sponsored stream with SNK over Saudi Arabia ties

By Harvey Randall Published

News "We will review and strengthen our process for evaluating future sponsors and partners."

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A split image showing a frame from Warframe in an action pose on the left, and a guardian from Destiny 2 on the right.
Warframe creative director says Destiny 2's end is tragic, because even with hard work 'the business side of this industry always gets the last remark'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "The idea that we aren't in charge of our own goodbye is something I wake up thinking about every single day."

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An image of a group of adventurers sprinting across a moonlit landscape in The Elder Scrolls Online.
The Elder Scrolls Online's developer deserved better than to get sucker-punched by Microsoft twice in two years

By Harvey Randall, Rory Norris Published

SHOT, CHASER $2 billion over 10 years can't save you from Xbox.

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Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "We need to show management right now that we mean business."

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Joana Dark close up in neon light with gun
Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game

By Harvey Randall Published

News It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.

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Ion Hazzikostas, WoW game director
WoW's game director thinks its UI overhaul has been 'successful so far,' even if it's 'not perfect'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "Things will only continue to get better from here."

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An echo in Archeron, a dread warrior dressed in cold undying plate, stalks towards the camera in a mist-drowned environment.
Arkheron, a competitive PvP action game, will open its closed beta next week—and I'm getting that Battlerite nostalgia just looking at this thing

By Harvey Randall Published

News Closed beta's coming soon.

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A khajiit in Skyrim.
Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim's khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years

By Harvey Randall Published

News A staggering loss of institutional talent.

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A witch in The Blood of Dawnwalker looking a little pensive, sun beaming on her face.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's most interesting mechanic took a bite out of my inner RPG completionist, who would've otherwise played hooky with a witch

By Harvey Randall Published

DE-QUEST Ignoring a quest becomes a roleplay option when the clock's ticking.

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A worgen looks very surprised in World of Warcraft Classic.
WoW Classic player hits 60 on hardcore self-found with every class, decides that isn't enough, does a naked run for good measure

By Harvey Randall Published

News "Naked fire mage was a damn cat with 9 lives."

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Wrath of the Lich King Classic
It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027

By Harvey Randall Published

News I'm sure this is great for morale.

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25 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry

By Wes Fenlon Last updated

Protips Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!

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A group of adventurers charge an enemy in The Elder Scrolls Online.
Elder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs—with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result

By Harvey Randall Published

News A grim outcome from Xbox's latest round of reaping.

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Asha Sharma in Microsoft's Unlocking the AI Revolution showcase: "Join us for this insightful interview with Asha Sharma where she will outline the forward direction for AI products, focusing on how they can assist administrators and IT professionals in managing costs and enhancing their operations. Asha will also highlight exciting use cases and real-world applications of AI that have emerged over the past year and a half."
Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional

By Harvey Randall Published

News Alternate title: Does Xbox CEO Asha Sharma know what a billion is?

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Arthas, from Wrath of the Lich King: Classic, stares through his unholy visor with a smirk on his face.
WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it

By Harvey Randall Published

News Not quite Corrupted Blood 2.0, but close enough.

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Alleria Windrunner looks, unimpressed, at a little orb stuck to the PC Gamer's Terminally Online logo.
This little orb's going to be sitting on my minimap for the rest of WoW's current expansion, and I couldn't tell you why

By Harvey Randall Published

MARCO FOLIO Omnium Folio, why art thou?

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Monoco from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stares with an unassailable masked expression.
Clair Obscur is flawed on purpose, says director: 'Games that try to be perfect, that try to fix all their flaws—they're usually just really boring'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "My theory is that it's just like people."

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A group of adventurers, including a stern human warrior, gather their forces to defend Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Midnight.
World of Warcraft's on the quality-of-life boost warpath, with fixes including an auto-loot setting that's been mildly inconveniencing alt-lovers for years

By Harvey Randall Published

News Helm tipped.

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An image of game director Ion Hazzikostas in front of art for Mists of Pandaria: Remix - showing Garrosh Hellscream roaring with an axe held in hand.
WoW's bug-filled April patch was actually from trying to fix too much too fast, says director Ion Hazzikostas—like an elevator from 13 years ago that blew up housing

By Harvey Randall Published

News "This is going to inspire some spaghetti code memes, but…"

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Brian Heder in Grand Theft Auto 6.
Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer's still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them 'as pliable as possible to their boss's whims'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "A fifth of your salary could be withheld without any justification."

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