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.
Latest articles by Rick Lane

A Fallout: New Vegas fan is so fed up waiting for a remake he's decided to do it himself. The twist? He's making it in the Sims 2
By Rick Lane published
News Moving (Mr) House.

Dead by Daylight delays its existing update plans for a 'substantial quality of life initiative', which includes adding a surrender mode and cracking down on 'extreme hiding'
By Rick Lane published
News Overhaul will address "many longstanding concerns and frustrations".

Capcom says Ōkami sold quite well, actually, and it's wanted to do a sequel for ages but was waiting for 'the stars to align'
By Rick Lane published
News Such stars including Hideki Kamiya.

Saber Interactive's head honcho pulled a wild stunt to nab the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster, telling Microsoft he'd do the job for free before ultimately squeezing the publisher for millions
By Rick Lane published
News Strap in, folks.

Mintrocket's director is delighted to bring Like a Dragon's Ichiban into Dave the Diver, 'It's been a dream of mine to invite these iconic characters into Dave’s world'
By Rick Lane published
News Ichiban dives in this April.

Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game launches John Carpenter's the Thing into space this October
By Rick Lane published
News Supermassive's latest horror adventure arrives later this year.

A renewed obsession for British TV show Robot Wars led me on a wild goose chase to find a good robot fighting game
By Rick Lane published
Scrap metal Pit of oblivion.

'Massive' Stalker 2 patch adds A-life updates and 1,700 other fixes to GSC's survival shooter, so many you'll need to go on a little quest to read them all
By Rick Lane published
News "All aspects of the game" tweaked.

Planet Coaster 2's latest update adds synchronised rides, customisable video billboards, and stops guests suffering from perpetual panic
By Rick Lane published
News Ride maintenance.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic gets co-op mode and extra content thanks to the mod community's collaboration with Ubisoft: 'To see it all come together has been very emotional for us'
By Rick Lane published
News "We are walking into a new era for Dark Messiah."

Indie FPS developer targets content creators who take undisclosed payments from rival developers and then dunk on his game: 'You and I will have legal problems'
By Rick Lane published
News "I'm tired of watching you all get paid off to do hit pieces on games that don't fork cash over for you."

Designed in just a few weeks, this $5 indie game about digging a hole has journeyed to the centre of Steam's top sellers chart
By Rick Lane published
News A Game About Digging a hole is selling more copies than Dynasty Warriors: Origins.

Crysis 4 is officially 'on hold' as Crytek lays off 15% of its workforce, saying it 'cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable'
By Rick Lane published
News But the studio will "continue to expand" Hunt: Showdown 1896.

Subnautica 2 dev sounds foghorn about 'fraudulent links' being sent to community members: 'We will never contact anyone by Steam DM for any potential playtests'
By Rick Lane published
News Deep sea phishing.

Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins sure are excited for everyone to see Fallout season 2: 'No one's going to be able to predict what happens. There's some big twists this time around'
By Rick Lane published
News "It's a wild ride".

The creator of the Elden Ring Seamless co-op mod is now infusing unlimited multiplayer into Dark Souls 3
By Rick Lane published
News Firelinked shrines.

Abiotic Factor's massive Dark Energy update, which adds teleporters, pocket dimensions and black hole grenades to the Half-Life inspired survival sim, is out now
By Rick Lane published
News They're waiting for you, legally distinct Gordon, in the test-chamber.

Sony enforcers execute a legal visceral attack on the BloodbornePSX demake, continuing its mission to eradicate all traces of FromSoft's beloved RPG on PC
By Rick Lane published
News Prey slaughtered.

The best unofficial Alien game is getting a spiritual successor where you carve up derelict ships and manage drones with 'personality quirks'
By Rick Lane published
News Humanity 2.0 is a follow-up to Duskers.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's latest update leads with a fancy datavault for your battle-barge, but I'm far more interested in the new tyranid unit with a cannon on its back
By Rick Lane published
News Biovore for your money.

Resident Evil Re:Verse is reversing right off Steam, as Capcom claims it has served its 'original, celebratory purpose' despite mostly negative reviews
By Rick Lane published
News Zombie server.

Superb Bloodborne-inspired racing game Nightmare Kart is getting free DLC featuring sniper rifles and supercharged penny farthings
By Rick Lane published
News Coming "when it's ready".

Civilization 7 is off to a rocky start as it receives 'Mixed' Steam reviews from its premium backers: 'Comparing this unfinished mess to the Civ 6 release is night and day'
By Rick Lane published
News Age ratings.
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