Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

The best Steam Deck games
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
Steam On The games everyone should have installed on Valve's gaming handheld.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

How much RAM do you need for an 'ultimate gaming machine?' July in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
By Wes Fenlon Published
From the archives Here's what was happening in PC gaming in July 1996, 2006 and 2016.

The best co-op games to drag your pals into
By Harvey Randall Last updated
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon Last updated
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't technically connected to the Netflix anime, but its cinematography was inspired by the show
By Wes Fenlon Published
News We’re really hoping that people who’ve only watched the anime also enjoy the game," Konami said.

The follow-up to one of last year's best detective games is off to an 'overwhelmingly positive' start on Steam after just 2 days
By Wes Fenlon Published
News Itch.io hit Type Help is now Steam hit The Incident at Galley House.

Was Assassin's Creed Origins' Egypt the best open world in the series?
By Andy Kelly Published
Look back Getting lost in history in Assassin's Creed Origins.

Fighting game developer previously accused of sexual harassment confirmed to be working on Avatar Legends a week before release
By Wes Fenlon Published
News Mike Zaimont was the subject of a 2021 lawsuit at former Skullgirls developer Lab Zero.

Hollywood still has time to avoid the gaming industry's disastrous consolidation endgame
By Wes Fenlon Published
Doomsday It's already bad times in movies & TV, but blocking the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger would stop another disaster in the making.

Steam had a slow start on Monday just like the rest of us
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
NEWS The Steam store was "very slow" with intermittent errors.

How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?
By Wes Fenlon Published
Hell world If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

Steam was showing a 'too many requests' error, but it's back
By Wes Fenlon Published
NEWS If Steam said "You've made too many requests recently," don't worry: it's wasn't just you.

PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground
By Wes Fenlon Published
Nay-I With projects like Donkey Kong 64 Recompiled, human programmers stake a claim on the art and science of retro game recompilation.

25 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
Protips Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!

Consoles continue their trend of just becoming worse PCs
By Wes Fenlon Published
Also Ran As prices go up and exclusives dry up, the old "plug-and-play" argument has never been flimsier.

Based on Meccha Chameleon's incredibly short 2-month dev cycle, its creators have already earned $1 million per day of work
By Wes Fenlon Published
News That's, uh, a lotta money.

A short history of John Romero wishing Sandy Petersen well before nuking his Doom tweets from orbit with ruthless precision
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
Doomed John Romero is about to hope you're doing well.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add 'real consequence' to each race
By Wes Fenlon Published
Thinky Vroom High speed racing and roguelike unlocks are wrapped up in a Star Wars story.

I already like the new survival horror Hellraiser game more than the movie
By Wes Fenlon Published
🔞 This may be the horniest horror game ever made.

Finding a great new Discord hangout game that's not a roguelike still feels like striking gold
By Wes Fenlon Published
Dino-right Turok: Origins was one of the most fun things I played at last week's Summer Game Fest.

Cave Story+ review: Sugary on the surface, pleasantly tart underneath
By Chris Donlan Published
Spelunkier Underground hit about underground hitting gets an HD upgrade.

After playing the new remake of Tomb Raider, I'm convinced you can't actually remake Tomb Raider
By Wes Fenlon Published
"Reimagined" The 1996 game's legacy overshadows what actually made it so distinct 30 years ago.
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