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
What's free on the Epic Games Store right now?
By Morgan Park last updated
FREE STUFF Stay up to date on what games Epic is giving away each day for the holidays.
A bug's letting Warframe players summon their newly-added motorcycles in more areas than intended, but the devs say it's 'rad and cool' enough to stay—as long as the bikes aren't in outer space
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News So long, space Kawasaki.
Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I love both cool things and fresh things, so this is great news.
Path of Exile 2 makes buildcrafting more approachable than ever—but I'm glad I can still sleepwalk through screenfuls of skeletons in the original
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Casualty PoE 2's the start of a great sequel, but it's not quite the sequel I'm looking for.
The Game Awards were stacked with even more big reveals than we expected this year
By Lauren Morton published
Roundup This year's show had tons of reveals that would have been the "one more thing" in another year.
Palworld's next major update arrives later this month, adding a new island and a burly enemy faction leader
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is finally coming to PC next month
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News At last, PC gets its chance to play the second second seventh Final Fantasy.
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.
PSA: The creator of PoE's foremost loot filter released an experimental 'light filter' for Path of Exile 2, just in time to help sort all the freshly buffed loot drops
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News No orb left behind.
Path of Exile 2 devs respond to the cries of the loot-starved masses, buffing drops and promising more fixes in upcoming patches
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Dodge roll tweaks and checkpoint adjustments are also on the way.
First it was Counter-Strike, now it's GTA RP: Fortnite unveils LEGO Fortnite Brick Life, a 'social roleplay experience in the Lego Fortnite world'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Here we go again.
Path of Exile 2 gets its first hits with the nerf bat to bring mace slams, magnetic arrows, and stinky clouds in line: 'It is better to do this early'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Grinding Gear Games is wasting no time in making balance adjustments.
'Progression is awful, this is not a mobile game': The Marvel Rivals challenge-based battle pass has players begging for but an ounce of post-match XP
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Marvel Rivals hearkens back to the darkest days of Halo Infinite.
Monster Hunter Wilds art director says Capcom's hoping 'those who became interested in World can truly become fans of the franchise' as certified Monster Hunter sickos
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "We're really expanding on the parts that were appreciated in World and taking it even further."
Empyreal is an upcoming action RPG about carving through a giant monolith full of bad guys on your way to transcendental revelation
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Why bother meditating on the cosmos when you have a shiny, neon mace?
Path of Exile 2 early access release date and unlock times
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Launch times Here's the launch times for the second run at Wraeclast.
Monster Hunter Wilds is running better in recent console previews, and the game director says the PC version will see 'the same level of framerate improvement'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "We feel you can really feel the difference in the improved framerate."
Monster Hunter Wilds: Every monster confirmed so far
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
Hunter's Guide A hunting handbook for every new and returning monster.
Monster Hunter Wilds game director says the beta's missing hitstop has already been tweaked, thanks to 'very positive feedback' from hitstop-hungry veteran hunters
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Thank god.
5 hours with Monster Hunter Wilds soothed my beta fears, but I left more impressed by its storytelling chops
By Lincoln Carpenter published
critical boost "What is a hunter?"
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a face-melting 4 hours of cutscenes: 'This is the biggest and longest game that Machine Games have ever done'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It belongs in a theatrical double feature!
Blizzard is relaunching WoW: Classic with 'all-new, fresh realms,' giving players another chance to experience WoW's earliest era
By Lincoln Carpenter published
news "We are bringing you the classic Classic experience."
'Explain yourself': Old School RuneScape births a new meme as bug-exploiting scoundrels lay waste to unsuspecting F2P players with gear that shouldn't exist
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Only PKers would defy these oldest and most sacred laws.
Palworld developer reports Nintendo's suing over 3 Pokémon patents for only $66,000 in damages, but a videogame IP lawyer says fighting the lawsuit could mean 'burning millions of dollars'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News We finally know which patents Pocketpair and Nintendo are battling over.
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