Wes Fenlon
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
6 PC gaming superstitions busted
By Wes Fenlon published
Checked Time to check some of your longest-held assumptions.
Tomb Raider fans are very excited about new art that seemingly reveals long-awaited 'Unified Lara' design
By Wes Fenlon published
News Crystal Dynamics promised its next Tomb Raider game would combine the three eras of Lara Croft into something new.
Some things never change: In under 12 hours, there's already a nude mod for Tomb Raider Remastered
By Wes Fenlon published
News I guess it was inevitable.
Fake 'Valve Prism' VR headset website is a prank based on an extremely specific joke from the 2023 Midwest Furfest furry convention
By Wes Fenlon published
News The Valve Prism isn't a new VR headset, but it sure is a convincing prank.
How to use a PS5 DualSense controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
PSPad Hooking up Sony's PlayStation 5 controller to your PC is a cinch. Here's how to do it.
How to use the DualShock 4 on PC
By Wes Fenlon, Katie Wickens last updated
Guide When a keyboard wont cut it, jam a DualShock 4 PS4 controller into your PC.
How to use a PS3 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Guide A guide for using the DualShock 3 wired and Bluetooth, from Windows 7 to Windows 11.
The best Steam Deck games
By Katie Wickens, Wes Fenlon last updated
Steam On The games that you should play on Valve's gaming handheld.
The impact of 16,000 games industry layoffs, in one chart
By Ted Litchfield, Wes Fenlon published
Bad Year Game developers share personal stories of how the 2023-2024 layoffs have affected them.
Homeworld 3 delayed until May, as the developers make 'the final tweaks needed to deliver at the level of quality that we strive for and you deserve'
By Wes Fenlon published
News We're not going home quite yet.
It sounds like Halo Season 2 still hasn't nailed how to turn Halo into a great TV show
By Wes Fenlon published
Roundup Critics are lukewarm on season 2, though just about everyone agrees it's better than the first.
Japanese games are kicking ass on PC so far this year
By Wes Fenlon published
Running Start January 2024 may have actually been the most successful month for Japanese PC games… ever?
We thought Death Stranding was Peak Kojima, but Death Stranding 2 already looks like it's scaling new heights of his personal WTF mountain
By Jody Macgregor published
??? The new Kojima game looks mad as a hatter? You don't say.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach isn't coming until 2025
By Wes Fenlon published
News A new trailer in Sony's State of Play livestream gave us a year, and it isn't this one.
One of the few good 3D Sonic games is getting a remaster, with added Shadow
By Wes Fenlon published
News 2011's Sonic Generations is coming back with new Shadow levels to tie in with the film sequel.
Here's what we know about Palworld's early access roadmap so far
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Palanner PvP, crossplay, trading Pals and more are on Palworld's roadmap during early access.
Square Enix's CEO suggests the company makes too many mid-budget games, but that's exactly where it's doing its best work
By Wes Fenlon published
Square Enix has struggled mightily with big budget development for 15 years, but has released a string of less flashy RPGs in the last few years.
Thank god Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is first-person
By Wes Fenlon published
Cool Whip MachineGames is doing what MachineGames does best.
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is out on May 21
By Wes Fenlon published
News The follow-up to Hellblade finally has a release date.
Palworld climbs the Twitch charts as streamers discover it contains bird butt grenade launchers, human trafficking, and other bizarro acts of Pal cruelty
By Wes Fenlon published
News We ain't in Johto anymore.
After translating one cult PlayStation game after another, fan translation group Hilltop Works announces its most obscure game yet: 'a hidden gem of the highest caliber'
By Wes Fenlon published
News Rowdy Princess is an "equal parts irreverent and heartfelt" PlayStation 2 JRPG.
Get ready for a year of out-of-control AI marketing: revived GameShark brand just announced peripherals that use AI to 'adapt to your play style'
By Wes Fenlon published
News AI Shark made its debut at CES 2024 with controllers, mice, and keyboards that use AI to make you a better gamer.
Twitch confirms more than 500 people are being laid off: Despite earlier cuts, 'our organization is still meaningfully larger than it needs to be'
By Wes Fenlon published
News This will be Twitch's second large scale layoff in less than a year after cutting 400 jobs in March 2023.