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

Fumito Ueda on why Gen Atlas has shooting but isn't a shooter, cool robots, and generative AI
By Wes Fenlon published
News "It's not to score points, but it's there so that it matters, and you feel that you do exist in that world."

Fumito Ueda knows that you're worried about Gen Atlas's framerate
By Wes Fenlon published
news "We did our best we could in delivering this trailer for this moment."

Aion 2 producer says it's good to have 'friendly competition' with Guild Wars 3 'during this period where MMOs are struggling'
By Justin Wagner published
News Guild Wars 3 isn't the only NCSoft-published MMO on the horizon, with Aion 2 gearing up for global release.

Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Recap Here's a recap of the 2026 SGF livestream.

Anthony Stewart Head, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died
By Wes Fenlon published
News The British actor was 72.

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.

Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June 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 June 1996, 2006 and 2016.

Ace Combat's developers have been making games about fighter jets for 30 years, but they've never gotten to fly in one
By Wes Fenlon published
News Anyone know how to rent an F-16 for a weekend?

Ace Combat director says 'I've been doing this for 30 years, so I know exactly how hard we're going'—and after playing it, I can confirm Ace Combat 8 goes extremely hard
By Wes Fenlon published
Hands-on Wings of Theve is more Ace Combat. Emphasis on the *more.*

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

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

Summer Game Fest is here, so get ready for a lot of, 'Ugh, that game with the cool trailer used AI'
By Andy Chalk published
news A pile of new game announcements are coming over the next several days, and we can expect a pile of AI disclosures, too.

Bandai Namco just stealth announced that one of the coolest Ace Combat games is coming to PC for the first time as a pre-order freebie
By Wes Fenlon published
News Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War returns from the PlayStation 2.

Now that we're living in a KPop Demon Hunters and Jujutsu Kaisen world, yokai-smiting action game Kemuri should be a slam dunk
By Wes Fenlon published
News Ikumi Nakamura's next game finally breaks cover.

Pragmata director Yonghee Cho says it's not a sad dad game for a very simple reason: 'I'm not a sad dad, I'm a very happy dad'
By Wes Fenlon published
News That settles that.

Guild Wars teaser has fans hyped up about a potential Guild Wars 3 announcement, and ArenaNet isn't outright denying it
By Wes Fenlon published
News Signs point to maybe.

007: Nightfire review - Licensed to kill, but not to exercise creative problem-solving
By Chuck Osborn published
Old Fashioned EA’s latest Bond romp is a ferocious misfire—aiming low and tragically hitting its mark.

Steam may have just thrown its weight behind bullet heaven, but last week's standout game was a one-of-a-kind bullet hell FPS
By Wes Fenlon published
HELLISH Luna Abyss was a long time coming, but I'm already hoping for more of its kind.

Dawn of War 2 review (2009)
By Tom Francis published
The Great War Space Marines, ding gratz lol.

Why play Wordle when you could be playing this new word puzzle game that rewards you with frogs?
By Wes Fenlon published
News It's Ribbit!

There is no discovery on this earth more pure than a closet full of your dad's '90s big box PC games
By Wes Fenlon published
News Those really were the days.

Sorry, Black Flag fans: the new Assassin's Creed remake isn't adding any more legendary ship battles
By Wes Fenlon published
News The one thing I hoped to see more of.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a textbook remaster
By Wes Fenlon published
Sails up The spitting image of the game I remember, despite how much it's actually changed.
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