Ted Litchfield
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
![Baldur's Gate 3 mod for Stardew, including pixel art Astarion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTrAsRqi2f4X5yzCTytg2J-320-80.jpg)
A group of modders are building 'Baldur's Village' in Stardew Valley, an idyllic little town where you can date Astarion and maybe hang out with some of those other guys
By Ted Litchfield published
news Two great tastes that taste great together.
![Escape From Tarkov key art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f36QzgXBDMwcgecuREvVEe-320-80.jpg)
Update: Tarkov studio claims it actually doesn't have the server capacity for everyone who bought the game for $150 to play its upcoming PvE mode, but has relented on making those players pay extra for it
By Ted Litchfield published
news Battlestate Games continues to assert that this upcoming mode does not constitute "DLC," and is thus not part of the $150 bundle.
![Nightfall model posed on orange background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F2CGhhBuwZttH7FufyVne8-320-80.jpg)
Wait, how did I miss that you can finally preorder Armored Core 6 model kits?
By Ted Litchfield published
news Plastic Haze (Empty Wallet).
![Dogmeat and the Sole Survivor from Fallout 4.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pswYeGx8prkDCSdWvPHBCD-320-80.jpg)
Thanks to Fallout 4's disaster update, GOG's patch rollback feature makes it the best version of the game right now
By Ted Litchfield published
news Fixing Fallout 4 on Steam requires a delicate scaffolding of repository downloads and offline management. On GOG you just click two menu options.
![Preorder bonus blue armor for Helldivers 2 closeup of shoulders and head](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wpFm6U27z8KoiLDhR94ehZ-320-80.jpg)
Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 players should avoid bullying those fancy lads with the blue preorder armor, who are canonically frozen yogurt salesmen
By Ted Litchfield published
news Democracy never tasted so good.
![Fallout 4's male and female protagonists staring at camera from bathroom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k3pYQQ8cCDntFDYoN6hHmW-320-80.jpg)
Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, and doesn't seem to change much at all
By Ted Litchfield published
news We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.
![Mech in dry dock with person standing on catwalk underneath](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PNJ7dimnDT5gvqMGLUpDAk-320-80.jpg)
Even with my bad case of battle royale fatigue, this upcoming mecha game's 60-person battle royale/extraction shooter hybrid mode sounds pretty sick
By Ted Litchfield published
news Mecha Break is also bringing tighter 3v3 and 6v6 modes, all with a hero shooter sensibility.
![Vault overseer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SZ5XxpqiEzZfgmpiFwjqTi-320-80.png)
So many people are downloading Fallout mods after watching the show that the Nexus is straining to support all the traffic
By Ted Litchfield published
news The site's staff is working on it, and you can still access mods without too much trouble.
![captain price](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ahSxBzRznCr3iVDLvNHgN7-320-80.jpg)
A leaked Call of Duty: Mobile skin turns a gun into a 3D animated WWII diorama where tiny little men fight and die in a miniature war, and it's so absurd I don't care how much it costs
By Ted Litchfield published
news If we're living in a premium skin world, I would like them to bend the laws of physics in the name of whimsy.
![The Witcher 3 next gen update release times - Ciri and Geralt sitting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HSeyZVtFU4QTLPW5jNMzRa-320-80.jpg)
After playing hundreds of hours of The Witcher 3 since 2015, I can't believe I'd never heard of this mod that squashes 5,400+ bugs and restores cut dialogue
By Ted Litchfield published
news The first version of Brothers In Arms came out back in 2021.
![NieR creator Yoko Taro in his trademark Emil mask from the games](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9hH4SdoXa7bk8Q5LcAwiP7-320-80.jpg)
NieR creator insists that his decisions are based on what he thinks will sell, while also quipping that 'at first I listen to what the publisher wants from me, but later I don't'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The famously easily marketable and consumer-friendly NieR and Drakengard games.
![Geralt, ungloved, giving a thumbs up in high definition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ewdfgs7uaNZqBpTNrR6vv-320-80.jpg)
9 years on, one dedicated Witcher 3 YouTuber is still finding new secrets and easter eggs in CD Projekt's masterpiece
By Ted Litchfield published
news You want to talk about "forever games?" How about The Witcher 3.
![A Short Hike](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e4fdvt2imKPUFvWgNasdSa-320-80.jpg)
For $8, you can get 373 games, digital comics, and more in a new charity bundle for Palestinian relief
By Ted Litchfield published
news The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is raising money for medical supplies, food, clean water, and other necessities.
![Fallout characters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gAN5Cmvr67haQx7fbyQ6A7-320-80.jpg)
OG Fallout lead Tim Cain defends the show's lore changes in a glowing full review—'Not that it matters, I'm not in charge of this anymore, and neither are you'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "Lore drift is inevitable in big IPs."
![In this photo illustration, a PlayStation 5 controller seen with a Discord logo in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MkyaDyPp8khaJMnQu3LHjc-320-80.jpg)
A site literally called 'Spy.pet' claims to have scraped billions of public Discord messages and wants to sell them
By Ted Litchfield published
news It's an unfortunate reminder not to say things on Discord servers that you wouldn't want repeated elsewhere.
![Thomas the Tank Engine stares into the distance, remembering his crimes, in Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NHU6MjUshx2W8ENpb6PyEG-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3's next patch is going to start rolling out its official mod tools so you can 'overhaul Baldur's Gate 3 into the weird nightmare realm of your dreams'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Goku Approves.
![BG3 Durge close up with black lines on face looking messed up and evil](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yh5ucSPHvAwv4empixM7nj-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 is bringing the blood-curdling horror the game's evil endings deserve
By Ted Litchfield published
news I don't have the stomach for this sort of thing.
![PC Gaming Show 10th Anniversary Logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fm5gvdgfz42jVSXArgXq5M-320-80.jpg)
The PC Gaming Show returns June 9 to celebrate its 10-year anniversary and the most exciting new PC games
By Ted Litchfield published
news Join us for another round of world premieres, exclusive announcements, and developer interviews.
![Windows Galaxy Brain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWGRW3FggaPzfj59UtMLr8-320-80.jpg)
Brace yourselves: Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows 11's Start menu
By Ted Litchfield published
news That's cool, I don't see enough of those things.
![null](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/suvnxs8oJfjspKqjPUZZCZ-320-80.jpg)
Former Blizzard president suggests you should be able to leave a $10 or $20 tip for the devs because 'some games are that special'
By Ted Litchfield published
news I mean, I guess? But not really.
![Blasphemous guy taking helmet off blood dripping down](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2oCu6L7AfAzvNGS7hp8pXo-320-80.jpg)
Blasphemous dev reveals that Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian quietly backed the game on Kickstarter for $1000 and never asked for anything in return
By Ted Litchfield published
news I'm too old to be talking like this but: Common Larian W.
![warriors in an arena](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7vf55yBnuSWLCgwiXXofof-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring dataminer uncovers unused alternate underground zones tied to cut 'cataclysm' system that would have altered the world map as you progressed
By Ted Litchfield published
news Like a lot of datamined content for Elden Ring, it sounds sick but I'm still happy with what we got.
![Fallout 4's male and female protagonists staring at camera from bathroom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k3pYQQ8cCDntFDYoN6hHmW-320-80.jpg)
Update: Fallout 4's lead writer reverses course, clarifies that main character is not actually a war criminal
By Ted Litchfield published
news Nate from Fallout 4 is no longer due at the Hague.