Kara Phillips

Kara Phillips

Evergreen Writer

Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent five years as a games journalist guiding, reviewing, or generally waffling about the weird and wonderful, she’s more than happy to tell you all about which obscure indie games she’s managed to sink hours into this week. When she’s not raising a dodo army in Ark: Survival Evolved or taking huge losses in Tekken, you’ll find her helplessly trawling the internet for the next best birdwatching game because who wants to step outside and experience the real thing when you can so easily do it from the comfort of your living room. Right?

Latest articles by Kara Phillips

Two scouts stood on a platform around a Redwood tree in PEAK
A new biome is coming as an alternative to the Tropics in Peak, but the only downside is you might be attacked by spiders

By Kara Phillips Published

News Who knows what else might be out there?

News
Keanu and Kojima at MCM Comic Con cosplays
MCM Comic Con cosplayers never fail to amaze me with their outfits, and hopefully next year my inspiration manifests into my own weekend pass

By Kara Phillips Published

Dress Up All it takes is a little push.

Dress Up
Husk, parched, and camel husk riding through the desert in Minecraft
Minecraft has announced a handful of new mobs coming in the Mounts of Mayhem drop, and horses will finally be able to swim (which is huge)

By Kara Phillips Published

News Our prayers have been answered, finally.

News
PT
A high school in Japan used P.T. to teach an English class, and now I'm jealous that my teachers never let me do that

By Kara Phillips Published

News Sometimes you've got to learn in unconventional ways.

News
A group of herbivore dinosaurs in Jurassic World Evolution 3.
Jurassic World Evolution 3 feels like it forgets that you're raising dinosaurs, not zoo animals

By Kara Phillips Published

Dino-snore A little challenge could've gone a long way.

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Dino-snore
Cinderella in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Disney Dreamlight Valley The Winter Ball Update: Everything you need to know

By Kara Phillips Published

Glass Slipper Prepare for Cinderella's arrival in the next launch.

Glass Slipper
New shaders in Minecraft following Minecraft Live 2025
I've been humbled by a browser game that challenges you to craft as many items in Minecraft as you can in ten seconds

By Kara Phillips Published

News Turns out I don't know what I'm talking about.

News
Once Upon a Katamari screens
Once Upon a Katamari has reignited my love for a series that hasn't released a mainline game in 14 years, and now it's the only game I want to play

By Kara Phillips Published

Keep Rollin Unfortunately I must roll this ball for the rest of my life.

Keep Rollin
Reanimal boss stood in the headlights of a vehicle in the darkness
Turns out Little Nightmares wasn't scary, Tarsier Studios was saving the horrors for the demo of Reanimal

By Kara Phillips Published

Skin suit I can't wait for the inevitable nightmares that stem from this.

Skin suit
Minecraft Scape and Run parasites mod
5 Minecraft horror mods to make the overworld more intimidating this Halloween

By Kara Phillips Published

Spooky stuff In case Creepers and Zombies weren't enough, these mods will add some true terror.

Spooky stuff
PC Gamer Top 100 2025
The top 100 PC games

By Phil Savage Published

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.

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Class of 2025
Giant baby monster peering over a rocky ledge in Little Nightmares 3
I wouldn't say Little Nightmares 3 is a bad game, but it certainly doesn't feel like a finished one

By Kara Phillips Published

lost itself The Nowhere is lacking in a few areas.

lost itself
The new Prime Asset featured in the upcoming update for the Outlast Trials.
The Outlast Trials Invasion update: everything you need to know about the PvP mode

By Kara Phillips Published

Back stabber Things just got a little more tense.

Back stabber
Disney Dreamlight Valley Khan
A new trailer for Disney Dreamlight Valley's next DLC reveals two new villagers, and the ability to customise horses

By Kara Phillips Published

News A helping hoof is only a couple of months away.

News
Cinderella in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Disney Dreamlight Valley has shared details on its next update, The Winter Ball, which will bring one of the games most anticipated characters to the valley

By Kara Phillips Published

News If the shoe fits.

News
A players character and a winged horse in Mythopia in Disney Dreamlight Valley
The first look at Disney Dreamlight Valley's 2026 roadmap hints at Lady and the Tramp, Pocahontas, and Hercules coming to the game

By Kara Phillips Published

News There's a lot to look forward to.

News
Mother Gooseberry attacking a player with her puppet
The Outlast Trials is adding a PvP mode in its next update, which I'm sure will do wonders for my inability to trust friends in any horror game

By Kara Phillips Published

News It's quite literally the skin of a killer, Bella.

News
Tanuki in tanuki pons summer with his hands in the air smiling
Between mail delivery, minigames, and BMX tricks, the demo of Tanuki: Pon's Summer feels like it was made specifically for me

By Kara Phillips Published

Tail whip I need to live where there is a tanuki postal service.

Tail whip
Nautilus and Zombie horse with player riding with a diamond spear in Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem drop
Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem drop is now available to test, including sailing with the nautilus and a brand new weapon enchantment

By Kara Phillips Published

News Bedrock players will have to wait a little while longer.

News
A giant toad
The Bramble: The Mountain King soundtrack has been designed to trigger more emotion than just scaring the pants off you

By Kara Phillips Published

World wide A track for every emotion, given the majority of those emotions are fear.

World wide
Don't stop girlypop showing a loaded gun on a pink planet
As someone who actively avoids FPS games, the demo of Don't Stop Girlypop might be the answer to my prayers

By Kara Phillips Published

Magical girl The diva is never down.

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Magical girl
Arthur Morgan on horseback
As if doing a low honour run in Red Dead Redemption 2 didn't make you feel guilty enough in comes a mod that gives NPCs memories for you to watch before murdering them

By Kara Phillips Published

News Suddenly, violence doesn't seem like the answer.

News
Mounts of Mayhem update in Minecraft
Minecraft's next drop might be the thing that finally convinces me to explore underwater

By Kara Phillips Published

News It looks like I won't have much of a choice anymore.

News
Three villagers singing at the dock in twinkleby
I've become obsessed with building tiny houses for singing villagers in cosy decorating sim Twinkleby, which includes getting rid of the difficult ones by throwing their bags into the void

By Kara Phillips Published

Dollshouse When something isn't working out, just throw it off the edge of an island.

Dollshouse
Lumiere outside the Dream Castle in Disney Dreamlight Valley
How to complete At Your Service in Disney Dreamlight Valley

By Kara Phillips Published

Burn bright It's time to tick off Lumiere's first friendship quest.

Burn bright
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