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
Someone just discovered that Balatro's 'Misprint' joker has been sending us secret messages this whole time
By Christopher Livingston published
News The smudged card isn't just dealing out random mults—it can also help you cheat.
Survival game Nightingale is making big changes after the developers looked at games like Palworld and Enshrouded: 'It was really the structure that stood out'
By Christopher Livingston published
news A big overhaul to the main quest is coming this week. Plus, they're adding cats (in hats).
Once Human dev says some recent player feedback 'has been quite demoralizing'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Starry Studio is planning changes to weapon builds and Season 2 scenarios.
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.
'How big can we go?': PUBG creator Brendan Greene on founding a studio to build his Earth-sized digital world
By Christopher Livingston published
World-building PlayerUnknown Productions is cooking up something huge, and we're finally learning more about it.
No Man's Sky finally delivers the perfect reason to explore a few trillion planets: to go fishing
By Christopher Livingston published
News No Man's Sky Aquarius update adds rods, reels, and lots of alien fish to catch.
The worst launches in PC gaming history
By Christopher Livingston last updated
D.O.A. Concord is the latest game to fall face-first over the starting line.
In survival MMO Dune: Awakening players can 'see just a little bit into the future' once they get 'saturated with spice'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Creative director Joel Bylos sheds a little more light on how spice will work in Funcom's Dune MMO.
Build an empire that will last for thousands of years in strategy city builder Memoriapolis
By Christopher Livingston published
News Plan ahead in Memoriapolis. Way ahead.
One of the best co-op survival games of the past few years just popped up on PC Game Pass
By Christopher Livingston published
NEWS Core Keeper's 1.0 launch is here, and it's on sale on Steam as well.
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.
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