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Rob is editor of PC Gamer magazine and has been PC gaming since the early 1990s, an experience that has left him with a life-long passion for first person shooters, isometric RPGs and point and click adventures. Professionally Rob has written about games, gaming hardware and consumer technology for almost twenty years, and before joining the PC Gamer team was deputy editor of T3.com, where he oversaw the website's gaming and tech content as well its news and ecommerce teams. You can also find Rob's words in a series of other gaming magazines and books such as Future Publishing's own Retro Gamer magazine and numerous titles from Bitmap Books. In addition, he is the author of Super Red Green Blue, a semi-autobiographical novel about games and gaming culture. Rob loves riding motorbikes, too.

Latest articles by Robert Jones

New RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of protagonists, including Gustave, Lune, and Maelle

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director speaks candidly about the new RPG's respect for Final Fantasy and Persona: 'We are definitely not hiding that there are influences'

By Robert Jones Published 28 August 24

News A western take on the classic turn-based RPG

News

PC Gamer magazine's landmark 400th issue is on sale now: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

By Robert Jones Published 15 August 24

Magazine Plus: Splitgate 2, Norland, Zephon, Once Human, Perfect Dark, Anger Foot, The Black Parade, PC Gamer's Top 100 games to play, and much more!

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Doom 2 with ray tracing enabled showing marine looking at himself in a mirror

Dazzling Doom 2 mod upgrades the legendary FPS with full-blown ray tracing, looks hellishly good

By Robert Jones Published 13 August 24

News Rip and tear, with real-time path tracing

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Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel and mocap artist Mustapha El Bachiri posing

Baldur's Gate 3's lead mocap choreographer reveals Lae'zel's combat stance is based on a real technique that came to an ancient samurai master in a dream

By Robert Jones Published 12 August 24

News Lae'zel's "elusive" pose came from scriptures about a master developing his ultimate technique.

News

Kingdom Come Deliverance RPG game screenshot showing medieval knights fighting in a battle

Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a 'seriously satisfying RPG' that lets you live the life of a medieval knight in a 'rich and reactive open world', has its price slashed by 83%

By Robert Jones Published 9 August 24

News Raise your sword, for less.

News

The cover of PC Gamer 399, showing an image of a World of Warcraft Dark Elf behind the words "World of Warcraft: The War Within".

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: World of Warcraft: The War Within

By Robert Jones Published 18 July 24

Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!

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I'm now hooked on Starfield, and it's all thanks to its recent game-changing upgrade

By Robert Jones Published 28 June 24

Stargazing If, like me, you'd checked out of Starfield, it's time to think again

Stargazing

PC Gamer magazine Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree issue cover

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

By Robert Jones Published 20 June 24

Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!

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Has Dragon Age lost its identity, or am I just being grumpy about BioWare’s new take on it?

By Robert Jones Published 10 June 24

Vibesguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard Assemble, more like

Vibesguard

Playing Fallout on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Android phone

I installed Fallout on my Android phone with this free app—and I'm amazed at how good it is

By Robert Jones Published 7 June 24

Rad! ☢️ It's easy to get playing Fallout on mobile today

Rad! ☢️

Dragon Age: The Veilguard character Solas

Why I'm worried about Dragon Age: The Veilguard—and the Tiamat-sized RPG Baldur's Gate 3 looming over it is just the start

By Robert Jones Last updated 6 June 24

Solas at sunset I don't know how worried BioWare and EA are, but as a huge Dragon Age fan, I sure am

Solas at sunset

Crysis Remastered image showing Nomad holding solider

Watching this explosive 5-minute video of Crysis Remastered is a great reminder of how much PC gaming needs Crysis 4

By Robert Jones Published 23 May 24

Maximum fidelity But Can It Run Crysis 4?

Maximum fidelity

PC Gamer magazine Destiny 2: The Final Shape

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Destiny 2: The Final Shape

By Robert Jones Published 23 May 24

Magazine Plus: Fallout, No Rest For The Wicked, Jump Ship, V Rising, Millennia, Crown Wars: The Black Prince, Wrestling Empire, and much more!

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Assassin's Creed Shadows isn't even out for 6 months, but Ghost of Tsushima ate its lunch 4 years ago and the superb PC Director's Cut rubs salt in the wound

By Robert Jones Published 22 May 24

Shade Master versus apprentice

Shade

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut review: The optimal version of a samurai epic

By Robert Jones Published 21 May 24

Razor sharp A razor-sharp port of a samurai epic

Razor sharp

Disco Elysium hero smiling at the viewer and giving a double thumbs up gesture

Disco Elysium, an 'irresponsibly deep detective RPG' and the 'frankly audacious' crown jewel in our Top 100 PC games list, has its price slashed by 75%

By Robert Jones Last updated 16 May 24

News A truly fantastic PC gaming experience

News

Fallout demo showing Vault Dweller speaking to Queen

The largely forgotten Fallout demo, which features completely unique content not found in the main game, is a free must-play for any Fallout fan

By Robert Jones Last updated 11 May 24

Opinion Download it now and dive into a unique slice of OG Fallout action

Opinion

Prey's protagonist wearing a space suit and looking at the PC gamer out of the screen

As Arkane Austin falls to the shareholders, its masterpiece Prey, which 'elevated immersive sims to a god-tier level', is slashed in price by 80%

By Robert Jones Last updated 9 May 24

News I won't let Arkane Austin go gentle into that good night

News

Jack from Mass Effect looking at the viewer

Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the exceptional 4K remaster of the original trilogy that we said 'looks great' and 'absolutely flies on modern hardware', is now 90% off

By Robert Jones Last updated 2 May 24

News Three legendary games that changed PC gaming forever

News

Elden Ring Arm of Malenia replica prosthetic

Elden Ring's uber boss Malenia says she has 'never known defeat', but your bank account sure will if you buy this 1:1 scale replica of her blade arm

By Robert Jones Last updated 27 April 24

News A worthy prize for besting the Blade of Miquella

News

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Frostpunk 2

By Robert Jones Published 25 April 24

Magazine Plus: Vindictus: Defying Fate, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, The Elder Scrolls Online, Dragon's Dogma 2, Outcast: A New Beginning, Level Zero: Extraction, Unreal Tournament 2004, and much more!

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