Robin Valentine

Robin Valentine

Senior Editor

Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG, strategy game, or roguelike to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.

Latest articles by Robin Valentine

The lighthouse covered in candy floss and floating into the air in Keeper.
Under Microsoft, Double Fine has made its weirdest game yet—and this is only the beginning: 'We can take more risks'

By Robin Valentine Published

KEEP DF WEIRD The studio has "multiple new projects" in development, and Xbox GamePass is the key to its future.

KEEP DF WEIRD
A knight riding a dinosaur in Dinolords.
Dinolords blends action RPG combat and RTS battles in a medieval England overrun with dinosaurs, and surprisingly it's even cooler than that sounds

By Robin Valentine Published

ROAR-SOME 30 minutes of hands-on time reveals surprising depths to this prehistoric playground.

ROAR-SOME
Hollow Knight: Silksong — Hornet, the heroine of the Hollow Knight sequel, leaping into action.
After 30 minutes with Hollow Knight: Silksong, I'm desperate to play another 100 hours of its refined, needle-sharp action

By Robin Valentine Published

ON POINT Things are looking up, believers.

ON POINT
A crowd of people in Watch Dogs Legion.
How well do you know videogame NPCs? Put your memory to the test with our latest quiz

By Robin Valentine Published

VIP NPCS They may not be the hero, but they deserve to be remembered.

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VIP NPCS
A siren summons a ball of purple energy
Borderlands 4 has 'more passive perks than all the previous Borderlands combined'—uh, is that a good thing?

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS There's around 80 per character.

NEWS
A wizard and a young girl in an old ruin in Legend in the Mist.
My most anticipated fantasy tabletop RPG of 2025 is available now, and it's got a free demo in the form of a gorgeous interactive comic

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Legend in the Mist is a refreshing and welcoming take on the hobby's most popular genre.

NEWS
A Firebreak team with their unique kits in FBC: Firebreak.
Remedy is 'unsatisfied' by poor sales of FBC: Firebreak and a tiny PC playerbase, but says 'despite the rocky launch, we believe we have a solid game to build on'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The majority of the game's money was made through the deals to put it on Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, rather than copies sold.

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NEWS
The Veilguard - Neve grimaces and uses magic to fend off a magical punch
Former BioWare exec Mark Darrah says the team working on the new Mass Effect game should 'scapegoat Veilguard as much as they need to to get what they need'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "To be frank the Mass Effect team is going to be able to point to The Veilguard and say 'we should steer away from some of these things, because look what happened'."

NEWS
A group of space marines fighting the Death Guard in Warhammer 40,000.
How much do you know about the universe of Warhammer 40,000? Put your faith in the Emperor to the test with our latest quiz

By Robin Valentine Published

MODEL STUDENT In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only trivia.

MODEL STUDENT
Image from Bungie's Marathon reboot. Not for use until after 12 April 2025, 11 PDT.
Marathon will be out before March 2026, says Sony CFO—but 'this is not a commitment'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "We believe this launch will happen."

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NEWS
An insectoid alien wielding a gun in the tabletop RPG Ashen Stars.
This bundle of award-winning tabletop RPGs brings together superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Lovecraftian horror, Dragon Age, and more for just $25

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS And the winner is...

NEWS
Beta Ray Bill fighting aliens on the Bifrost bridge in Marvel Cosmic Invasion.
Finally, a game that makes Marvel superheroes exciting again

By Robin Valentine Published

MARVELLOUS Marvel Cosmic Invasion's massive roster of playable characters is bursting with personality.

MARVELLOUS
A blue dragon in Dungeons & Dragons.
Test your tabletop gaming knowledge with our diabolical Dungeons & Dragons quiz

By Robin Valentine Published

QUIZZES & QUESTIONS The Trivia Goblin attacks—roll for initiative!

QUIZZES & QUESTIONS
A battle in The Royal Writ.
Don't ask me how many peasant soldiers I've sent to their demise in this roguelike deckbuilder where your cards can suffer slow, painful permadeath

By Robin Valentine Published

KING HELL The Royal Writ is brutal in ways both exciting and frustrating.

KING HELL
The demon king descending on a tired adventurer in He Is Coming.
This roguelike auto-battler has me obsessed with doing entire RPG adventures in 5 minutes

By Robin Valentine Published

LORD OF THE RUNS He Is Coming is a clever, surprising, and sometimes frustrating exercise in videogame minimalism.

LORD OF THE RUNS
Gale from Baldur's Gate 3 casting a spell.
How well do you know your videogame spells? Put your arcane knowledge to the test with our latest quiz

By Robin Valentine Published

SPELL CHECK Find out whether you're an archmage or just a lowly apprentice.

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SPELL CHECK
An army of Chaos Dwarf Warhammer miniatures.
One of Warhammer's oldest discontinued armies has finally returned—but to a different universe

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS The Chaos Dwarfs are back as the Helsmiths of Hashut.

NEWS
Alex Denton, the hero of Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Can you identify these games from their bland-faced, generic-looking protagonists?

By Robin Valentine Published

FACE OFF The most forgettable heroes in the business.

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FACE OFF
Firing a shotgun in COP BASTARD.
Cop Bastard is a retro first-person shooter that's exactly as aggressively weird as you'd expect from a game called Cop Bastard

By Robin Valentine Published

SOFT BOILED I'll admit it, I just enjoy saying that name.

SOFT BOILED
A group of heroes in Babylon's Fall.
These 15 PC games died for our sins—can you even remember their names?

By Robin Valentine Published

REST IN PC Not an active server in sight.

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REST IN PC
JoyToy Warhammer 40k Space Marine figure
For just $16 you can get a little Warhammer 40k JoyToy action figure to guard your PC gaming desk this Prime Day

By Robin Valentine Published

Prime Day An adorable space marine of your very own.

Prime Day
The core set box for Star Wars Shatterpoint.
Get 34% off the Star Wars Shatterpoint core set this Prime Day and start playing my favourite miniature wargame ever

By Robin Valentine Published

Prime Day Not only can you make Anakin Skywalker fight Darth Maul, you can even make swooshy lightsaber noises with your mouth while you roll the dice.

Prime Day
Prehistoric animals in Rimworld.
The new Rimworld expansion adds therapy pandas, tameable insect hive queens, nanotech-enhanced alligators, prehistoric beasts, giant toads, flamingos, and something called a 'bog hound'

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Odyssey is packed with animal magic.

NEWS
A greedy goblin king surrounded by gold in Hearthstone.
Can you guess gaming's weirdest currencies in our latest quiz?

By Robin Valentine Published

STRANGE COINS Test your knowledge of fictional financials.

STRANGE COINS
Lou Graham
Videogames on the scale of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could be on the way for other World of Darkness TTRPGs, including Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "There's no obstacle or gatekeeping function that would prevent any of these from making it out into a videogame and getting the Bloodlines treatment."

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NEWS
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