Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln started writing about games while convincing his college professors to accept his essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress, eventually leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte. After three years freelancing for PC Gamer, he joined on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter
Todd Howard says he's never seen anything like the '4-6x increase in daily players' the Fallout games got from the show: 'It's a really, really unique moment'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Fallout 76 has piled on 3 million more players since December.
After trying to branch out during the pandemic, Discord's refocusing on the 90% of users who play games: 'We've recognized the need to narrow our focus'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Apologies to all the forums lost along the way.
Riot celebrates an esports legend with its 'most generous bundles to date' and the best cosmetics will only cost you a measly $500
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "Riot chose to exploit our love for Faker for their own gain."
Helldivers 2 boss turns to the community for an Eagle stratagem brainstorming session: 'This is way more fun than a conference room'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Give me the drone swarm I deserve, Pilestedt.
Steam's Open World Survival Crafting Fest offers tree punching at low prices
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The latest in Steam's genre sales is running all week.
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Original Sins The studios behind these mega hits spent more than a decade iterating on their favorite design ideas until they went supernova.
A studio helmed by StarCraft 2's multiplayer lead wants to create an RTS 'paradigm shift' with its unannounced game
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news Tencent studio Uncapped Games hopes to revitalize the RTS genre with a game that's not about "playing the piano as fast as possible."
Bold new era of Helldivers 2 lightning combat short-circuits as Arc Throwers start crashing games
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Arrowhead's identified the problem, but suggests avoiding arc weapons and Tesla towers until it's fixed.
Riot hits the development reset button for its League of Legends MMO: 'The initial vision just wasn’t different enough from what you can play today'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The studio will be going radio silent about the project "to focus on the incredible amount of work ahead of them."
Dragon's Dogma 2 review roundup: 'An engine to create dynamic moments during every adventure'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Praise for a rich open world, with asterisks for occasional clunkiness.
Marathon reboot gets a surprise game director replacement as Bungie is once more denied a moment's peace
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Joe Ziegler, former Valorant director, has taken over leadership of the upcoming extraction shooter.
Red Dead Redemption 2 receives unexpected HDR10+ support, reminding us all that there are still cowboys moseying out there somewhere
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The Wild West was, in many ways, a place of high contrasts.
Roblox reveals new AI-powered 3D modeling tools to 'empower the creation of anything, anywhere, by anyone,' which we're probably not meant to read too closely
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news What kid wouldn't be excited by the prospect of rapid monetizability?
Classic Marathon is coming to Steam well before the unclassic Marathon reboot
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The freeware Steam release is an open source community revival of Bungie's 1994 Mac shooter.
A giant snake monster ruined my apple-fueled medieval utopia in the Steam Next Fest demo for this settlement sim
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news It's all fun and games until an apocalyptic fog makes a mess of your orchards.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2: Everything we know
By Lincoln Carpenter, Lauren Morton last updated
Smile, Jack Everything about Bloodlines 2's development, setting, clans, dancing, and more.
Penny's Big Breakaway makes me wish I'd spent more time playing platformers before Penny's Big Breakaway
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Strong platform I think this "going fast" thing is really going to catch on.
Avowed: everything we know about Obsidian's next big RPG
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
Skyrim-esque Set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity, Avowed is Obsidian's big new first-person RPG.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Everything we know
By Emma Matthews last updated
No Ticket We'll be embarking on an entirely new adventure with Dr. Henry Jones Jr. in 2024
Palworld could be a delight if it wasn't so invested in being awful
By Lincoln Carpenter published
KNOCK-OFF EFFECT Shockingly, animal cruelty doesn't make for a fulfilling experience.
The best Lethal Company mods
By Christopher Livingston published
Toolkit of terror Make the horror more horrifying in the hilarious co-op game.
New PC games from 2023: last year's upcoming releases
By Lauren Morton last updated
Upcoming Games Our release date schedule for PC's biggest 2023 games.
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