Phil Savage

Phil Savage

Editor-in-Chief

Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.

Latest articles by Phil Savage

A Skyscale attacking a chak.
Guild Wars 2's new expansion is built around the game's best mount

By Phil Savage Published

Take Flight Never earned a Skyscale? Secrets of the Obscure will let you more easily unlock the best way to travel.

Take Flight
A Cabal suspended by Strand.
Destiny 2's most overpowered ability is being nerfed because it was 'a skeleton key that solves combat problems against all combatant types'

By Phil Savage Published

news Strand's Suspend keyword will no longer be the solution to all of your problems.

news
Solstice Guardians moving toward camera
Bungie's vast new State of the Game blog touches on every aspect of Destiny 2—but they had me at saving my favourite shaders

By Phil Savage Published

news Some choice quality-of-life tweaks revealed alongside dire news for Gambit fans.

news
A Hive Guardian.
Why is Destiny 2's latest dungeon so hard? In part because the Root of Nightmares raid was so easy

By Phil Savage Published

news Bungie explains why Ghost of the Deep's bosses have so much health: "We saw solo flawless as among the most challenging achievements in Destiny".

news
Witness
Bungie weighs in on the current argument raging through the Destiny 2 lore community: Has the Witness been retconned?

By Phil Savage Published

news "Whatever the Witness says, maybe don't trust it."

news
A mechanist wielding a hammer.
The next Guild Wars 2 expansion releases this August, and will finally answer an 18-year-old mystery

By Phil Savage Published

news Secrets of the Obscure will let us explore the floating tower in the sky.

news
Avowed game wizard
The best games and announcements from all the summer showcases (and 7 hidden gems)

By Evan Lahti Published

Best of the best Which games "won" the last week? The PC Gamer team's verdict after watching every trailer.

Best of the best
Avowed's bear
Exclusive: Avowed started as Obsidian's Skyrim, but evolved to focus on depth over breadth, 'where Obsidian really shines'

By Phil Savage Published

News "We backed up and said again: What are we good at? What's our lane?"

News
Diablo 4 Rogue standing in a dungeon
Want to know what to do with your Diablo 4 legendary gear? Turn on this optional setting immediately

By Phil Savage Published

news It's all about the range.

news
Destiny 2
Oh snapper, fishing is coming to Destiny 2 later today

By Phil Savage Published

news Season of the Deep will feature a new fishing minigame.

news
World of Warcraft demon hunter running across the screen
How do you move your MMO character, and are you doing it wrong?

By Sarah James Published

On the MMOve Hint: You're probably doing it wrong.

On the MMOve
A minecraft version of Rhulk hovers in the air.
Destiny 2's Vow of the Disciple raid boss has been recreated in Minecraft

By Phil Savage Published

news This impressive community build will be playable soon.

news
Destiny 2 Lightfall
Destiny 2: Lightfall review—A big step backwards, both for the campaign and the new approach to difficulty

By Phil Savage Published

Clouded After the highs of The Witch Queen, Lightfall doesn't stick the landing.

Clouded
Morgeth protects the entrance to the Vault.
Destiny 2 players are repeatedly killing themselves in a 4-year-old raid for clout

By Phil Savage Published

news Any excuse to not play the game.

news
Kerbal Space Program 2 — A Kerbal astronaut pauses during EVA maintenance to gaze in awe at the wonder of space, while one of her colleagues drifts helplessly behind.
Kerbal Space Program 2: Everything we know

By Phil Savage last updated

Interstellar Details on Kerbal Space Program 2's features, multiplayer, mods, and more.

Interstellar
Osiris standing in Neomuna.
Destiny 2: Lightfall's campaign is a big disappointment after The Witch Queen

By Phil Savage Published

Unravelling After making its best campaign in years, Bungie stumbles with its latest expansion.

Unravelling
A Guardian stands at the memorial to Cayde-6.
After 4 years, Destiny 2's Cayde-6 finally gets the memorial he deserves

By Phil Savage Published

news Lightfall commemorates a fan favourite NPC.

news
Guild Wars 2's What Lies Beneath udpate
After 10 years of killing dragons, Guild Wars 2's new update is a hint at what comes next

By Phil Savage Published

news What Lies Beneath is out now, with a new map and a new threat.

news
Guardians wearing Season of the Seraph armour.
These are the 11 seasonal weapons you need to get before Lightfall launches

By Phil Savage Published

Hunting Season We've had some incredibly Destiny 2 guns this last year. Make sure you grab them before Monday.

Hunting Season
A Guardian holds their sniper rifle. In the background, a Shadow Legion fires a volley of rockets.
Destiny 2: Lightfall's new loadout system will let players swap gear in the middle of an activity

By Phil Savage Published

news Bungie reveals a big upgrade over the current third-party loadout tools.

news
Destiny 2's Osiris stands alone.
Destiny 2: Lightfall's new destination features an activity teased as 'Escalation Protocol 2.0'

By Phil Savage Published

news Bungie showed us Neomuna, its virtual citizens, and the tease of a new large-scale "hefty combat challenge".

news
End of Dragons screenshots
Guild Wars 2 is switching to smaller, more frequent expansions

By Phil Savage Published

news ArenaNet also promises new content releases every three months.

news
Destiny 2
7 big things we learned from the Destiny 2 'state of the game' address

By Phil Savage Published

ILLUMINATING Game director Joe Blackburn drops an info nuke that takes in weapon crafting, game difficulty and seasonal staleness ahead of Lightfall's release.

ILLUMINATING
A Guardian holding a new heavy grenade launcher.
We now know the massive changes coming to Destiny 2's DPS meta in Lightfall

By Phil Savage Published

news Thanks, linears. You had a hell of a run.

news
SIVA nanobots in Destiny.
Bungie's narrative team reveals why SIVA never came back in Destiny 2

By Phil Savage Published

NEWS "SIVA is a story that was told in Rise of Iron, and was finalised in Rise of Iron."

NEWS
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