Rick Lane
Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites including Quake, Thief, Half-Life and Deus Ex. Between 2013 and 2022, Rick was games editor of Custom PC magazine and associated website bit-tech.net. But he's always kept one foot in freelance games journalism, writing for publications like Edge, Eurogamer, the Guardian and, naturally, PC Gamer. While he'll play anything that can be controlled with a keyboard and mouse, he has a particular passion for first-person shooters and immersive sims.
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November Raine The composer for Celeste and Minecraft guides us through the games on her PC.

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news Selaco: The Machines of War arrives later this month.

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news But the studio says it is "not going down without a fight".

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news "The number of downloads and purchases has *not* doubled."

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Field tested "Players want to feel like they're powerful and can do something cool."

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news Funcom will also "continue expanding the game" through 2027.

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news MachineGames is rumoured to be working on a third Wolfenstein game.

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news Anthropic updates Claude to 'steer it away' from letting users clone other games.

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Immersive sins The co-founder of indie studio Question guides us through the games on his PC.

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News My vision is augmented.

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News Ed Beach says that players "had not been given full service by the game as the way it first shipped".

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"You had so many choices that you could plug your saves together to create parallel universes," Romain Toutain explained in a livestream.

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Refund offered for players who "still feel betrayed" over AI use in Future? No Thanks!

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Patch 2.1 brings "a big collection" of small yet significant changes.

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News "We asked everyone: work on something that they loved about Galaxies, and showcase that to the world."

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Marathon man The former game director of both Marathon and Valorant guides us through the games on his PC.

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News "I think what was achieved in the game is a wake-up call".

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News "We always make sure that people are fully aware of the kind of content we create," says director Philippe Morin.

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News The administrator is currently seeking a buyer for the studio and its assets.

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News "What happens when you merge a directional combat system with an ability to pet dogs and cats?"

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News Alliance Arts will instead host "closed sessions" for Drunken Goddess Reflux.

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News CEO Rui Casais to depart the company at the end of the year.

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Mage wars Can't we just stick to the magic?
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