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
![Dune: Awakening](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i3JoXq2GjHJDiCbqVU5nFk-320-80.jpg)
'A lot of us are old school MMO players': Dune: Awakening's creative director on how Star Wars Galaxies was a 'huge inspiration' for the new survival game
By Wes Fenlon published
News Part survival game, part MMO, Dune: Awakening is tapping into the bygone days of MMOs to let players carve their own paths.
![Super Mario Maker](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/st4oQzVvwofgXixmywvS2g-320-80.jpg)
Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra taken offline as collateral damage in Yuzu lawsuit settlement
By Wes Fenlon published
News Yuzu's developers also founded Citra in 2014, forcing them to discontinue "Yuzu's support of Citra" after Nintendo lawsuit.
![A base on a sandy planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cdp5b4Lsnmxve8F8B3HwTP-320-80.jpg)
Why survival MMO Dune: Awakening won't have sandwalking: 'It looked ridiculous and it made you walk really slowly'
By Christopher Livingston published
news Dune: Awakening's creative director Joel Bylos says "we made an attempt at" the Fremen practice of sandwalking, but it wound up being a drag.
![Zelda crying in Breath of the Wild](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QUYTfoYE3rU4ANTzogAnWm-320-80.jpg)
Switch emulator Yuzu is dead: abruptly settles lawsuit with Nintendo for $2.4 million in an enormous blow to console emulation
By Wes Fenlon published
News Yuzu's creators have agreed to "the destruction… of all copies of Yuzu" and to immediately cease development.
![A base on a sandy planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8aXQFUvJRoCxehkNHJnh4V-320-80.jpg)
You can claim land for your base on Arrakis in survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but you'll have to pay the Emperor for it
By Christopher Livingston published
News Here's our first look at Dune: Awakening base-building... but there's no escape from paying taxes, even in space.
![Dune Awakening lasers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/438JywizbnEQFBWMsUi7mh-320-80.jpg)
Dune: Awakening devs had to get permission from the Herberts to change a tiny piece of Dune lore so players wouldn't constantly nuke each other
By Wes Fenlon published
News Awakening's creative director explains solving the prickly lore problem of what happens when a Dune laser hits a Dune shield.
![Dune Awakening](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8jYids9fUvepynGeLxoWCE-320-80.jpg)
I don't usually play survival games or MMOs, but almost everything about Dune: Awakening looks way cooler than I expected
By Wes Fenlon published
Dune Good Funcom's long gestating survival game is pulling from Dune lore in all sorts of clever ways.
![Sony PS VR2 pictured on a desk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d2esPm2XHjQeeQi287dZtT-320-80.jpg)
Another wall crumbles in the console exclusivity war: Sony is bringing official PSVR2 support to PC
By Wes Fenlon published
News Sony "hopes" to launch official PC support in 2024.
![Baldur's Gate 3's Elminster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5P9L7TJhvTMREufDzLWQpA-320-80.png)
6 PC gaming superstitions busted
By Wes Fenlon published
Checked Time to check some of your longest-held assumptions.
![Lara Croft Unified Art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/66v9sEu4vjqgSM9mT6ijWN-320-80.jpg)
Tomb Raider fans are very excited about new art that seemingly reveals long-awaited 'Unified Lara' design
By Wes Fenlon published
News Crystal Dynamics promised its next Tomb Raider game would combine the three eras of Lara Croft into something new.
![Tomb Raider Remastered's Lara](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V72YXkecPPiSybfYtSSgd9-320-80.jpg)
Some things never change: In under 12 hours, there's already a nude mod for Tomb Raider Remastered
By Wes Fenlon published
News I guess it was inevitable.
!["Valve Prism" prank](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mGzBjimroiNrj8kBmCdTai-320-80.jpg)
Fake 'Valve Prism' VR headset website is a prank based on an extremely specific joke from the 2023 Midwest Furfest furry convention
By Wes Fenlon published
News The Valve Prism isn't a new VR headset, but it sure is a convincing prank.
![Sony DualSense controller on a wooden table top](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ur7X3sZ4Zd7pRmPk3guxvT-320-80.jpg)
How to use a PS5 DualSense controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
PSPad Hooking up Sony's PlayStation 5 controller to your PC is a cinch. Here's how to do it.
![PlayStation DualShock 3 Controller](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mtWHA4GesNcLDysvgm2Crk-320-80.jpg)
How to use a PS3 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Guide A guide for using the DualShock 3 wired and Bluetooth, from Windows 7 to Windows 11.
![A worker sits in an empty office at night (illustrative, but not literally, a game development studio)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hfuUJQ2mxkVsRyAByhFy2P-320-80.jpg)
The impact of 16,000 games industry layoffs, in one chart
By Ted Litchfield, Wes Fenlon published
Bad Year Game developers share personal stories of how the 2023-2024 layoffs have affected them.
![Homeworld 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U4q6Tv9ifHpKZSeyYt2UVT-320-80.jpg)
Homeworld 3 delayed until May, as the developers make 'the final tweaks needed to deliver at the level of quality that we strive for and you deserve'
By Wes Fenlon published
News We're not going home quite yet.
![Halo TV Series](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C2YiVfkLiDBEHKACyNAsUV-320-80.jpg)
It sounds like Halo Season 2 still hasn't nailed how to turn Halo into a great TV show
By Wes Fenlon published
Roundup Critics are lukewarm on season 2, though just about everyone agrees it's better than the first.
![A panda watches video on a smartphone](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vkyC4JE2MH2tWKXyPpc77H-320-80.jpg)
Japanese games are kicking ass on PC so far this year
By Wes Fenlon published
Running Start January 2024 may have actually been the most successful month for Japanese PC games… ever?
![Death Stranding 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/68MSxpQoYW3b8jJkekjpB9-320-80.jpg)
We thought Death Stranding was Peak Kojima, but Death Stranding 2 already looks like it's scaling new heights of his personal WTF mountain
By Jody Macgregor published
??? The new Kojima game looks mad as a hatter? You don't say.
![Death Stranding 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U4VwRQbrFwXEGAH8b2bG6h-320-80.png)
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach isn't coming until 2025
By Wes Fenlon published
News A new trailer in Sony's State of Play livestream gave us a year, and it isn't this one.
![Sonic X Shadow Generations](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6C5s2SMeKKsqz9gK4k9X26-320-80.png)
One of the few good 3D Sonic games is getting a remaster, with added Shadow
By Wes Fenlon published
News 2011's Sonic Generations is coming back with new Shadow levels to tie in with the film sequel.
![Palworld early access](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NQJYnGFAJnLjkJegnvkbqj-320-80.jpg)
Here's what we know about Palworld's early access roadmap so far
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Palanner PvP, crossplay, trading Pals and more are on Palworld's roadmap during early access.
![Visions of Mana](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qj6HtaVwb8fN7aczejN9V9-320-80.jpg)
Square Enix's CEO suggests the company makes too many mid-budget games, but that's exactly where it's doing its best work
By Wes Fenlon published
Square Enix has struggled mightily with big budget development for 15 years, but has released a string of less flashy RPGs in the last few years.
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