Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
The Black Myth: Wukong map mod is here to make your Journey to the West a little easier
By Christopher Livingston published
news Literally, now you can see which way is west.
Starfield modders are already trading in Bethesda's new buggy for Halo's Warthog and Luke's landspeeder
By Christopher Livingston published
News Thanks for the new vehicle, mind if we immediately swap it for something cooler?
This city builder swaps traffic jams with human sacrifice, because you're the mayor of a huge Cthulhu cult
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Worshippers of Cthulhu build and expand your cities in hopes of awakening the Old One.
I didn't realize how much I wanted to shepherd a pack of big hairy beasts through the mountains until I saw the trailer for Herdling
By Christopher Livingston published
News Guide loveable, lumbering creatures across the world in the next game from the developer of Far: Changing Tides.
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening announces early 2025 release
By Christopher Livingston published
News Funcom showed off 5 minutes of new gameplay footage at Gamescom's Opening Night Live.
Dying Light: The Beast is a revenge story for Kyle Crane: 'basically like the movie Old Boy's premise, but with zombies'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Dying Light franchise director Tymon Smektala tells PC Gamer that Techland's new game is like a "double espresso, because it's short, but super powerful."
Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone game starring Kyle Crane that started out as DLC, and will be free for owners of Dying Light 2 Ultimate Edition
By Christopher Livingston published
News Step back into the shoes of the original Dying Light's hero.
Mystery mansion puzzle game Blue Prince is my GOTY, even if it doesn't come out this year
By Christopher Livingston published
House of Cards Build and explore a magnificent mansion of mysteries, one room at a time.
PowerWash Simulator meets Pulp Fiction in this first-person scrubber where you clean up after horrific murders
By Christopher Livingston published
News Dispose of bodies and mop up blood Crime Scene Cleaner.
The best Skyrim mods: Everything from beautiful vegetables to huge expansions
By Christopher Livingston last updated
100+ Mods! A gargantuan collection of our favorite mods for Bethesda's fantasy RPG, updated.
The best Skyrim Special Edition mods
By Jody Macgregor, Christopher Livingston last updated
Updated! The best Skyrim Special Edition mods are as numerous as the best mods for vanilla Skyrim.
Fallout: London sets a new record by becoming the 'fastest redeemed game ever on GOG'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Bloody 'ell!
Live your fantasy of being a game dev in this sim where you build an MMO, manage your team and investors, and even play your own game
By Christopher Livingston published
News Think battling monsters is tough? Try battling shareholders in Let's Build a Dungeon.
Jonathan Nolan and the writers didn't catch it, 'but boy, Reddit caught it': Fallout's makeup department hid a sneaky easter egg in one episode that fans 'jumped on' immediately
By Christopher Livingston published
news Fallout's makeup department head Michael Harvey slipped a reference into the show thinking "nobody's ever going to catch it." Fans did.
'It was such a chore, every day': the surprising reason Ella Purnell was 'part of the biggest challenge' for the Fallout TV show's makeup department
By Christopher Livingston published
news Fallout's Emmy-nominated makeup department head Michael Harvey tells PC Gamer why Lucy's makeup could be just as tricky as The Ghoul's.
Fallout 4's best modder is bringing Doom to Starfield and bards to Skyrim
By Christopher Livingston published
News Achievement unlocked: Get all the big Bethesda franchises into the same headline.
The modders recreating the original Fallout in Fallout 4's engine are releasing their first demo today
By Christopher Livingston published
News 1997, meet 2015.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
By Tyler Wilde last updated
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.
Balatro has sold 2 million copies, free 'major gameplay update' coming next year
By Christopher Livingston published
News The poker roguelike will throw some "new ideas and strategies" into the pot in 2025.
Fallout: London devs are working on a 'HUGE' patch, offering 'dedicated 1-on-1 troubleshooting sessions' to help players with installs and crashes
By Christopher Livingston published
News A smaller but still crucial hotfix is on the way, too.
The maker of this retro city builder wants to include events like bank robberies, police chases, and zombie outbreaks
By Christopher Livingston published
News Metropolis 1998 may look like a throwback city builder, but it's cooking up some pretty advanced features.
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Everything we know
By Christopher Livingston last updated
End Zone Get the skinny on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World's long-awaited follow-up to the Stalker trilogy.
17 reasons games disappear from Steam
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Cut Expiring rights, sexual content, shady developer practices, lost source code—and sometimes because the game just isn't very good.
If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe
By Christopher Livingston published
news A European initiative is now underway for videogame preservation and consumer protections against publishers "killing games."
Star Wars Outlaws director was inspired by a samurai action game more than Red Dead or Assassin's Creed: 'My biggest reference was Ghost of Tsushima'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "...what I loved about it was this purity of having a player fantasy and really leaning into it," says Ubisoft's Julian Gerighty.
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