Latest articles by Robin Valentine
Deathgrip's take on podracing keeps you riding the line between hyper-speed victory and dying in a fiery explosion
NEWS And there's a free demo you can try right now.
Demonschool's movement-based demon battles are shaping up to be the most interesting turn-based combats of 2024
Persona meets Into the Breach meets… chess?
SteamWorld Build review: A charming but very brief city builder with a clever Dungeon Keeper twist.
LOSING STEAM A clever combination of city building and Dungeon Keeper-like excavation, but just a little too slight and sedate for its own good.
Slay the Princess is 2023's most fascinating horror game, a visual novel that twists itself around every choice you make
DISTRESSING DAMSEL Dozens of horror stories behind one innocent-looking face.
PC Gamer's least accurate predictions of all time
PCG30TH 30 years of getting the future wrong
Finally, a game that combines tower defence, factory automation, and the systematic slaughter of a thousand worms
A MACHINE FOR WORMS Mob Factory is a delightful genre mash-up that demands absolute efficiency.
For just $45 BioWare will now sell you a poster of their teaser for a Mass Effect game they haven't even confirmed the name of yet
NEWS For the price of a full game, you can instead get the vague promise of one to put on your wall.
BioWare's endless cryptic teases for Mass Effect and Dragon Age aren't just frustrating, they're arrogant
DRAGON IT OUT The studio's acting like it's on a victory lap, when it should still be on its apology tour.
I love that new Star Wars games are embracing the franchise's humblest villains
Hey Wait! Return of the battle droids.
Forget the musical numbers and tense battles against evil—the coolest thing in Alan Wake 2 is pinning bits of paper to a wall
PIN CITY Every game from now on should have a big corkboard and a ready supply of thumbtacks.
Alan Wake 2 review: Remedy's boldest experiment yet is a beautiful storm of surreal storytelling and genuinely frightening survival horror
NIGHT TERRORS Developer Remedy's personality shines through more boldly than ever in this wild barrage of creative storytelling and visual flair.
Three great Warhammer tabletop RPGs for under $20 is a deal worthy of the Emperor himself
NEWS Soulbound, Wrath & Glory, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay are all included.
Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt
RED ALERT Despite a wide slate of games in development, it feels like the company's starting over from scratch.
You can get $400 of Vampire: The Masquerade books for ridiculously cheap on Humble Bundle right now
NEWS Kick off a spooky new tabletop RPG campaign this October.
Arcane is officially canon, and from now on League of Legends lore is going to stop contradicting itself all over the place, says Riot
NEWS "The essence of what makes a champion who they are will be reflected across everything Riot makes."
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'
NEWS
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.
