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
Even after 300 hours, I've never met one of Baldur's Gate 3's most elusive NPCs: a half-orc named Honk who only shows up if you kill his brother then go on a date at their restaurant
By Ted Litchfield published
news The mysterious Honk only appears if you're both a tender lover and a cold-blooded killer.
That Pokémon with guns game, Palworld, just sold 4 million copies in 3 days and it isn't slowing down
By Ted Litchfield published
news Pikachu and a Glock both with the serial numbers filed off.
Ten years ago I wouldn't have believed you if you told me League of Legends would one day have a bafflingly adorable 'crafting RPG' spinoff
By Ted Litchfield published
news The League of Legends Expanded Universe is a confounding thing.
If you can't play the Resident Evil 4 remake in VR, this first person mod might be the next best thing
By Ted Litchfield published
news It's an interesting way to mix up the excellent RE4 remake.
The upcoming prequel to 1999 Dreamcast game Slave Zero just got its own prequel, and it's a free Quake mod
By Ted Litchfield published
news Slave Zero X is a side-scrolling character action game, but its prequel Quake mod is 100% boomer shooter.
I still feel like I barely know anything about Avowed, but it's looking like a rare game that nails the wizard fantasy
By Ted Litchfield published
magic man I want to fling guys in the air and freeze them solid, not spam plinky plonky little missiles at them!
Obsidian reveals Avowed's dual wand 'gunslinging mage' combat and fall release
By Ted Litchfield published
news The combat especially looks like a big step up for Obsidian.
GameStop bids a final farewell to crypto with the closure of its NFT marketplace
By Ted Litchfield published
news Who could have predicted.
The Max Payne remake is likely years away, but one ambitious modder cranked out an 'RTX on' remaster of the original game's first level
By Ted Litchfield published
news Modder Slasks Psybunker used Nvidia's RTX Remix tool for the demo.
This stunning platformer about the only human awake on a terraformed moon has been cooking for 6+ years, and its first demo does not disappoint
By Ted Litchfield published
news Europa is "a peaceful game of adventure, exploration, and meditation" coming April 16.
Final Fantasy 14's director loves the game so much, he says he'd start over from the bottom as a contractor on it if he got fired from Square Enix
By Ted Litchfield published
news Naoki Yoshida also thinks the game's in good hands in the event of his untimely demise.
I was already intrigued by this Disco Elysium-inspired, D&D-based RPG where you play as the world's worst cleric, but its demo blew my expectations out of the water
By Ted Litchfield published
news Esoteric Ebb has The Juice.
The demo for this upcoming horror-RPG-FPS built in the Doom engine might already be the most terrifying thing I play all year, and I can't wait for more
By Ted Litchfield published
news Divine Frequency has come out of nowhere to be one of my most anticipated games.
Wizards of the Coast reverses course, admits to using AI in promotional image: 'Well, we made a mistake earlier'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The tabletop publisher had firmly denied using generative AI to make the promo image, which has since been deleted.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 multiclass builds for tackling Tactician and Honour mode
By Ted Litchfield last updated
Kensai/Mage Why stick with just one class when you could have, like, four?
Rhythm shooter Metal: Hellsinger just got a free DLC with music from FPS favorite Dusk
By Ted Litchfield published
news Andrew Hulshult's tracks are a pretty great fit for the metal-themed FPS.
A long-simmering project to run Deus Ex through Unreal Engine 5 looks to introduce a VR mode, modern lighting, and more previously impossible transformations to the PC classic
By Ted Litchfield published
news DXU24 isn't a port or a remaster, but a tool to translate Unreal Engine 1 games into UE5 at runtime.
The first Humble Choice Bundle of 2024 features our favorite superhero game in years
By Ted Litchfield published
news Marvel's Midnight Suns deserves the love.
11 upcoming RPGs that might finally pull me away from Baldur's Gate 3
By Tyler Wilde published
New Rolls There are tons of exciting, ambitious RPGs in development, and lots of them are releasing this year.
There's an Alex Jones game on Steam, and it's just as much of an embarrassment as you'd expect
By Ted Litchfield published
news 400+ positive Steam reviews and counting, though.
A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod fills the game with origin character voice lines you probably missed
By Ted Litchfield published
news More Reactive Companions repurposes dialogue you otherwise only hear when playing as an origin character.
One of our top games of 2021 is free to keep on the Epic Store for the next week
By Ted Litchfield published
news It wasn't a third Deus Ex reboot game, but Eidos Montreal's Guardians of the Galaxy won us over just the same.
Our boldest predictions for PC gaming in 2024
By Jody Macgregor published
Divination We're pondering our orbs again.
2023 was a decade-defining year for game releases, but so brutal for the industry it's hard to imagine another one like it happening for a long time
By Ted Litchfield published
weird year Was 2023 good for the world? No. For the industry? Also no. But the games themselves? Boy did they rule.