Wes Fenlon
Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

The best PC games right now
By Tyler Wilde last updated
What to play Looking for a great new PC game? Here's what we're playing in 2025.

Monster Hunter Wilds dominated Steam so hard this weekend that a new game from a Nintendo legend attracted a mere 5 reviews, and another dev tweeted they hadn't sold 'a single game' since Wilds released
By Wes Fenlon published
News Monster Hunter's record-setting 1.3 million weekend players made it a bad weekend for indies to launch on Steam.

Monster Hunter Wilds live launch coverage: Server status, hunting tips, and all the latest release day news
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Hunt begins Join us on the hunt for monster trivia, amazing player antics, and all sorts of news on Monster Hunter's first-ever day-one launch on PC.

Monster Hunter Wilds claws past Dota 2 and Lost Ark to be Steam's 5th most-played game ever, with a nearly 1.4 million peak player count
By Wes Fenlon, Harvey Randall, Ted Litchfield last updated
News The number just keeps going up.

I wish Monster Hunter Wilds' open world and changing seasons were ambitious enough to justify its PC performance woes, but they've yet to truly wow me
By Wes Fenlon published
Untamed Monster Hunter Wilds doesn't look or play like a game that should hit PCs this hard in 2025.

How to defeat Arkveld in Monster Hunter Wilds
By Morgan Park last updated
Guardian Wilds' new flagship white wyvern is also one of its toughest battles.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

The Monster Hunter Wilds roadmap includes the first new monster Mizutsune, 'additional updates,' and event quests
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Roadmap Capcom gives the first details on Monster Hunter Wilds post-launch support.

Best starter Sword and Shield builds in Monster Hunter Wilds
By Wes Fenlon published
Slash and Learn Learn how to power up a nonstop stream of combos with the ideal Low Rank Sword and Shield builds.

Best starter Light Bowgun builds in Monster Hunter Wilds
By Morgan Park, Wes Fenlon published
Quick shot Pack your elemental ammo and come along for a crash course in how to use the Light Bowgun.

Bad news for portable Monster Hunter Wilds hopefuls: the Steam Deck can't manage 30 fps, even in maximum potato mode
By Wes Fenlon published
Underpowered The Steam Deck just can't handle this monster.

Capcom already has 'many things planned down the line' that reinforce Monster Hunter Wilds' core theme: the relationship between hunters and nature
By Wes Fenlon published
News The relationship between humans and nature has always been key to Monster Hunter, but Capcom has even more to say this time.

Delta Force's Chinese developer says it doesn't 'have an opinion' on the American military and just wants to create 'fun and meaningful gameplay' with its campaign based on the very real Battle of Mogadishu
By Joshua Wolens published
News *slaps roof* You'd be amazed how little politics we can cram in this baby.

Delta Force's Black Hawk Down campaign is a bizarrely slow, serious complement to the popcorn multiplayer mode
By Wes Fenlon published
Oorah The FPS campaign, out tomorrow, is all about the high stakes lethality of "real" warfare.

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Prepare An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

Elden Ring Nightreign director didn't want to 'encroach too much' on the lore fans hold sacred by including Dark Souls bosses, but admits 'I thought it'd be kind of fun'
By Wes Fenlon published
News Nightreign's roguelike structure demanded variety.

Capcom is so devoted to samurai authenticity with the new Onimusha, it went and licensed the face of Japan's most legendary actor
By Wes Fenlon published
News Onimusha: Way of the Sword got Toshiro Mifune.

Stellar Blade launches on Steam in June
By Wes Fenlon published
News The PS5 action game comes to PC just over a year after its debut.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater finally has a confirmed release date: August 28
By Joshua Wolens last updated
News The remake got a new trailer at Sony's February State of Play.

Nvidia didn't send the Monster Hunter Wilds devs any RTX 5000 cards before their CES reveal, so official DLSS 4 support is still in progress
By Wes Fenlon published
News On the bright side, you can already use DLSS 4 in Monster Hunter Wilds thanks to DLSS Swapper.

What the heck is Elden Ring: Nightreign? Our big explainer covering new characters, loot, roguelike mechanics and more
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Nightsplained Everything we can tell you from spending a full day playing FromSoftware's new roguelike spin-off.

I'd be a nervous wreck, but Monster Hunter Wilds' producer is 'very confident' following up Capcom's bestselling game ever
By Wes Fenlon published
News Will Wilds be able to pass Monster Hunter: World's 28 million sales?
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