We’re looking for more talented and passionate people to help us discover and write about PC games, PC gamers, mods, interesting communities, and more. If you want to help us tell those stories and have an idea to pitch, we want to hear from you.
Here are a few recent feature stories to help give you a sense of what we’re looking for:
- The incredible journey to build EVE Online’s first Death Star
- From All Ghillied Up to No Russian, the making of Call of Duty's most famous levels
- How WASD became the standard PC control scheme
- The story of C'Thun: how a WoW boss drove raiders to madness
- Meet a fan who has spent $30,000 on Star Citizen ships
- Dawn of War’s modders have turned it into the ultimate Warhammer 40K game
If you’re interested in writing for us, here’s a list of dos and don’ts:
DO:
- Send us a short pitch outlining the feature story you want to write in 1-2 paragraphs. Explain both WHY this is a good story for PC Gamer and HOW you plan to tell it.
- Tell us who you plan to interview for the feature and a target word count.
- Be creative. The stories linked above are guidelines, but we want stories about mods, communities, history, and the making of games.
- Pitch interesting ideas around the PC’s hottest topics: Overwatch, EVE Online, ARK, Minecraft, etc.
- Remember that not everything has to be a 3000 word behind-the-scenes feature. We’re always looking for short features and galleries, too, like No Man’s Sky: 10 burning questions, answered or PC’s weirdest celebrity cameos.
- Briefly tell us about yourself and include links to existing writing samples.
DON'T:
- Send an email saying that you generally want to write about PC games. We’re looking for specific pitches with strong ideas—see above!
- Tell us you want to write your opinion about a particular game or trend. We’re looking for interviews and stories, not op-eds.
- Suggest interview subjects you won’t have a chance of getting in touch with.
Let's tell cool stories together! Email us at pitches@pcgamer.com.
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