Latest articles by Robin Valentine
You need to try building your own castles block by block in this brilliant RTS demo
WALL ABOARD Cataclismo takes inspiration from both tower defence and building with Lego for a unique take on the genre.
Build your own digital D&D dungeons and let your players explore them in first-person with this clever new tool
ON REFLECTION Mirrorscape uses real miniatures and terrain to create an atmospheric and tactile virtual tabletop.
Deep Rock Galactic's new Vampire Survivors-inspired spin-off proves everything's better with dwarves—and you can try it for yourself right now
DIG IT Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors combines bullet heaven and mining, and they go together like rock and stone.
Squealing pigs, disgruntled bison, and the most beautiful frying meat I've ever seen: Dragon's Dogma 2 is just as wonderfully weird as the first game
A WORLD OF ITS OWN If strapping an explosive mine to a troll's head is wrong, then I don't want to be right.
Mortal Kombat 1 review: Fights are still brutal and satisfying, but this awkward attempt at a reboot is sorely lacking in the series' trademark charm
BARE BONES A solid but oddly soulless entry that fails to commit to being a series reboot.
Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200-year-old gun: 'I was armed but not dangerous'
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Ed Boon wanted every fighter in Mortal Kombat 1 to be played by a famous actor, with Keanu Reeves as Kenshi
NEWS Wasn't Megan Fox enough?
One of the best Lovecraftian tabletop RPGs ever is ridiculously cheap right now
NEWS Grab 20 Trail of Cthulhu books at a nearly 95% discount.
Just in case you murder everyone, Baldur's Gate 3 has back-up NPCs—and even back-ups for its back-ups
NEWS The tiefling refugees will always find a new leader, no matter how stab-happy you are.
My new greatest fear is meeting the two-faced monster from this survival horror game that combines retro pixel art with FMV
NEWS Tenebris Somnia is uniquely creepy, and you can play the demo now.
The best Starfield quests, from corporate espionage to Alien-inspired horror
Stellar Hop in your ship and hunt down these unmissable adventures.
How to build the best ships in Starfield
Flight Plan Create the fastest, deadliest fighter—or an interstellar truck with tons of cargo hold space.
2008's Prince of Persia was one of Ubisoft's strangest experiments—but it's hardly aged a day in 15 years
PARTNERS IN TIME From its unique combat system to its shocking twist ending, Ubisoft's failed reboot is full of character.
I've finally figured out the answer to Starfield's greatest mystery: why my spaceship's cargo hold is always full of misc items
CYBERJUNK No more will I be plagued by mystery slippers and mugs.
If you've ever wanted Megan Fox to literally kick your skeleton out of your body, then boy does Mortal Kombat 1 have a fighter for you
NEWS Nitara the vampire returns to the series.
Baldur's Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me
WASTING SPACE Bethesda's latest can't help but feel shallow by comparison.
Dungeons & Dragons' latest sale offers cheap ways to get into the game—here's what I recommend picking up
NEWS Start your own monster-slaying adventures today.
Turns out Baldur's Gate 3's companions weren't supposed to be such horndogs: "It was a bug"
NEWS Finally, I can Long Rest in peace.
How to win space battles in Starfield
FIGHT SCHOOL Become a space ace and strike fear into the Crimson Fleet.
How to hide your spacesuit in Starfield
SUITS YOU It just seems polite to change into your civilian clothes in cities.
Starfield crafting and research guide: how to unlock and make new items
CRAFT WORK Advance the field of science so that you can make your guns shoot better.
How buggy is Starfield? Somewhat, but definitely less than other Bethesda games
Bug Report Here's how Starfield's been running for seven PC Gamer editors.
Baldur's Gate 3 breaks all of D&D 5e's taboos—like an eccentric DM who house-rules everything
GATE KEEPING Larian have made perhaps the most faithful D&D game yet, but it's nothing like an official Wizards of the Coast campaign.
