Latest articles by Wes Fenlon
Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.
Fable has 1,000 'handcrafted' NPCs, and you can apparently marry every single one of them
News Polygamy achievement unlocked?
Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome
News Just the Browser removes a bunch of AI cruft and telemetry garbage, and it's incredibly easy to use. It supports Firefox and Edge, too!
Google's AI overview search results are so dumb, it took author Chuck Wendig just weeks to convince it he has a cat named 'Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath' that can speak 'limited Cantonese'
News Chuck Wendig does not have a cat.
The best co-op games to drag your pals into
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.
The best Steam Deck games
Steam On The games everyone should have installed on Valve's gaming handheld.
Yakuza Kiwami 3's new expansion basically turns it into a breakneck roguelite dungeon crawl, complete with random drops and goofy sidekicks
Roguepunch It's like fight club, only you're Yakuza Batman.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 includes the first official emulation of 2 bizarro Sega arcade games, including one like Crazy Taxi but you're racing an ambulance to the hospital before a patient bleeds to death
News Forget all that yakuza drama. Time to play some obscure arcade games.
How to use Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Pro controllers on PC
Switch pad The easiest way to connect Nintendo's Switch and Switch 2 Pro controllers to your PC using Bluetooth or USB.
An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux
News Windows 8? In 2026? These really might be the end times.
Blue Prince, the best game of 2025 (don't check our GOTY just trust me) is on sale on Steam for under $20 for the first time
News Steam's Detective Fest has Blue Prince and many other detective games at their lowest-ever prices
The best free PC games
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.
9 big things Steam needs to improve in 2026
Steam Wishlist Hey Steam, we know you don't have much competition, but there's still a lot you should do.
The best laptop games
Updated Great laptop games can run on low-spec PCs, fit cozily onto smaller screens, and are perfectly playable with a trackpad.
In a truly galaxy-brained rebrand, Microsoft Office is now the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app,' but Copilot is also still the name of the AI assistant
News Copilot is the app for launching the other apps, but it's also a chatbot inside the apps. Any questions?
Playing Code Vein 2 made me wonder why more soulslikes don't have guns, even if I could do with a bit less anime melodrama
Gun Souls The anime soulslike returns with a time travel story and, more importantly, firearms.
2025 was the best year for ninja games ever, but all of them just made it clear that 2008's Ninja Gaiden 2 remains untouchable
🏆 This year's Ninja Gaiden 2 Black finally does right by a messy but one-of-a-kind action game.
Microsoft's year of shame
FFS Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!
The best deals in the 2025 Steam Winter Sale
Deals All the cheap games in the Winter Sale that you won't want to miss, from lowest-ever prices to discounted new releases.
Swen Vincke says there's 'definitely more pressure' to nail Divinity after the critical acclaim of Baldur's Gate 3
news You might think making the sequel to the most popular D&D game ever was as high pressure as it gets, but nope.
'It's not a clone of D:OS2': 6 big takeaways from our interview with Larian after the reveal of Divinity
Roundup What is Divinity's combat like, what does "more ambitious" than Baldur's Gate 3 mean, how far into development is it, and more questions answered.
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.
Divinity is 'past pre-production' and already recording actors, but don't read too much into that: Swen Vincke says Larian will be 'recording non-stop'
news "That gives you an idea of the ambition."
