Latest articles by Wes Fenlon
Twitch confirms more than 500 people are being laid off: Despite earlier cuts, 'our organization is still meaningfully larger than it needs to be'
News This will be Twitch's second large scale layoff in less than a year after cutting 400 jobs in March 2023.
Helldivers 2 confirms crossplay and pleasingly modest system requirements
News You're not going to need the latest and greatest to get out there with the Helldivers and blast some bugs, but you will need 100 GB of space.
What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?
HI RES Maybe this is the year you clear that backlog...
Pour one out for the late great Windows 7: Steam has finally stopped supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
News "We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later," Valve says.
What games did everyone play over the holidays?
happy new year 'Tis the season to be gaming.
In the year Doom turned 30, nothing better captured the endless imagination and creativity of its mod scene than Myhouse.wad
The most surprising game you play this year may well be this incredibly elaborate free mod.
6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024
Genre Defining The landscapes of FPSes and RPGs and city builders are all right at the edge of some big changes.
Best Open World 2023: Tchia
The Gotys Thanks to its fresh spin on the genre, this tropical adventure was our favourite open world game of the year.
Best Action 2023: Armored Core 6
The Gotys FromSoft takes a break from dark fantasy, and instead delivers the best mech game of the year.
I was so determined to get into Street Fighter 6 this year I built my own hitbox (but I still didn't get into Street Fighter)
DIY COMBO Tips for building your first stickless arcade controller if you too swear that one day you'll get good at a fighting game.
Best Fighting Game 2023: Street Fighter 6
The Gotys Capcom's flagship series retains its crown.
Yikes: Xfinity has suffered a data breach exposing the usernames, hashed passwords and potentially even partial Social Security numbers of 36 million internet subscribers
News "Nearly all" of Xfinity's internet customers are affected, reports CBS.
Best Ongoing Game 2023: Warhammer 40,000 – Darktide
The Gotys After last year's rocky launch, Fatshark's co-op FPS had a great 2023.
2 years later, that Nvidia leak just keeps delivering—and I'm expecting even more in 2024
Check in Metal Gear Solid, Cities Skylines 2, and Monster Hunter 6 were among the big names that finally appeared in 2023.
Valve asks Steam Deck owners to 'please refrain' from huffing its exhaust fumes, PC gamers immediately respond: 'No'
News The nose knows what it wants.
This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
News Link's Awakening DX HD is a fully custom port that adds high framerate and widescreen support, autosaving, and even a world editor.
Homeworld 3 is Blackbird's ambitious vision for a cinematic sci-fi RTS that was 'utterly impossible to make' 20 years ago
Most Wanted At the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, Homeworld 3 locked sights on a final release date: March 8, 2024.
Dwarf Fortress's roguelike adventure mode arrives on Steam in April, bringing with it my favorite feature: 'Your adventurer can literally slay the dragon that slew your dwarves, and your next fortress can make a statue of it'
News In a PC Gaming Show trailer, Dwarf Fortress's developers show off the new graphical version of Adventure mode.
Shadow the Hedgehog is in the next Sonic movie and all I can think about now is which Hollywood tough guy will voice him
News Who's ready to take candy from a baby and feel fine about it?
CD Projekt Red now has more than 300 developers working on The Witcher 4
News Nearly half of CD Projekt Red's development staff are in full production on the next Witcher game.
6 things PC Gamer's team actually bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Deals The deals that we just couldn't resist.
Black Friday is now so spread out, this year's deals feel like a complete non-event
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The big deal day doesn't hit nearly as hard when deals season stretches on for weeks.
