Issy van der Velde

PC Gaming Show Deputy Editor

Issy van der Velde has been writing about video games professionally for five years, contributing to Rolling Stone, NME, GamesRadar+, IGN, and many more. He's been freelance and held editorial roles across news, guides, and features, and is now the deputy editor of the PC Gaming Show.

A lifelong gamer, Issy won the MCV 30 under 30 award for his work covering queer, Arab, and women's representation in the gaming industry.

His favourite games are narrative, story-driven adventures, arcade racers, roguelites, and soulslikes.

Latest articles by Issy van der Velde

It's been 7 years since the last Fallout game, so one gamer took matters into their own hands and made an entire Vault in the Sims

By Issy van der Velde Published

News Building a better future underground.

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The PC Gaming Show returns to heat up your summer once again

By Issy van der Velde Published

News Better upgrade your computer's cooling fan.

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France is banning government officials from using Microsoft Teams and Zoom 'amid rising geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service disruptions'

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Civil servants will instead have to use the French Visio videoconferencing software.

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says 'remote work isn't all sunshine and lollipops' and explains why he's happy to be back in the Obsidian office after 5 years of semi-retirement

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"Uncle Tim likes a bagel once a week."

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It turns out, GOG players get more achievements than Steam users do

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GOG's new Year 2025 feature lays all the data bare.

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Social sandbox MMO Pax Dei is free to play this weekend, which is perfect for solo survival game enjoyers like me who are curious about all the community features

By Issy van der Velde Published

It's also 40% off if you do want to buy it.

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Inkle co-founder says WW2 puzzler TR-49 is 'our best launch, ever, in 14 years,' and they made it in just 9 months

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"I'm surprised!"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its awards sweep, getting 8 out of 9 nominations at the GDCA

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As Britney said, "gimme more."

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain boils RPGs down into 9 different types of quests, but warns "more of one thing means less of another"

By Issy van der Velde Published

News Developers only have a finite amount of time to code, so more quests can often mean more bugs.

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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 surpasses Steam wishlist milestone, with over 1 million people ready to fight for their dessicated corpse of an Emperor

By Issy van der Velde Published

News The galaxy-spanning strategy game has already amassed a huge following.

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A shot of the control panel and planetary defence cannon
Mysterious missile defense game PVKK named one of our most anticipated games in this year's PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Just press the buttons and don't think too much.

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A blue sky background with text that reads: "PC Gamer Presents PC gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass"
Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2025 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

By Issy van der Velde Published

Recap 25 games we're hyped about and a whole load of new reveals.

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Slay the Spire 2 art
'Everything is bigger' in Slay the Spire 2, which has been crowned our Most Wanted game

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news We travel to Seattle to speak to the team working on The Council's Most Wanted upcoming game.

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A pixel art woman stood on mossy rocks in a river
Delightfully weird dream logic RPG Away From Home is out this week

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Yeah, this is about as wild as real dreams are.

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A person steams in a hot spring, there's a cabin on the far shore
Springs, Eternal is the first full-sized game from Gone Home co-creator Steve Gaynor after the rest of Fullbright broke off

By Issy van der Velde Published

news This is Gaynor's first full-sized game in eight years.

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A gruff man and a muscle car behind a logo that reads: "Samson"
Samson is a game about a man on a quest to pay off his debt and save his family, but he'll have to kick some butt in the process

By Issy van der Velde Published

news The perfect action brawler for fans of Just Cause and Mad Max.

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An anime-style boy and girl chatting
Starsand Island makes me want to quit my job and move to the coast with its adorable new trailer

By Issy van der Velde Published

news A farming sim with a DIY focus.

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An alien baby with a stock arrow going up
A game where you buy and sell stocks based on the lives on alien babies has a demo out now

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is quite the name

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A telescope looking out of a space station window orbiting a planet
Rivage is a time loop puzzle game from the same publisher as Blue Prince

By Issy van der Velde Published

news You're stuck in a time loop aboard a space station in the 25th century. Good luck.

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A woman with a huge melee weapon charges it up to attack a monster
Let it Die: Inferno inverts the roguelite action, sending you down into the Hell Gate instead of up into the Tower of Barbs

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Can you survive and extract?

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A 2D space ship from a top down view
Down with the Ship's demo proves it's a worthy spiritual successor to the space-faring magic captured by FTL: Faster than Light

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Fight other player-made ships in this asynchronous auto battler.

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A woman in office attire riding a chair and shooting a bazooka
Last Man Sitting gets a complete overhaul and open beta where you can shoot your office printer with a minigun

By Issy van der Velde Published

news I'd go into the office more if it were like this.

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POV shot of someone aiming down a rifle and looking at their teammates during a sci fi heist
Den of Wolves pre-alpha gameplay shows us what happens when you break stealth in the upcoming co-op heist FPS

By Issy van der Velde Published

news Everybody stay calm!

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Pixelated tribal warriors fighting
Attack to the beat in Wardrum, a new rougelite rhythm strategy game where you have to free the world from poorly timed magic

By Issy van der Velde Published

news One, two, one, two, three, four!

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Crimson Desert's player character glaring at a crowned goblin as they duel.
I forgot Crimson Desert has mechs and dragons in it, but you know what, now I'm even more excited for it

By Issy van der Velde Published

news I love a little sci-fi in my fantasy action games.

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