Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston

Inzoi's 'Smart Zoi' AI system sounds great on paper but seeing it in a live demo didn't exactly wow me
By Christopher Livingston published
News AI is supposed to give the life sim's characters better reasoning, but I'll believe it when I actually see it.

Balatro's publisher doesn't know how big the 1.1 update will be or when it's coming: 'He's just gonna show up one day and say, here's 100 new jokers'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I don't think he'll let us know when [Balatro 1.1] is gonna drop," said Wout van Halderen, the communications director at Playstack.

'Humans still surpass machines': Roblox has been using a machine learning voice chat moderation system for a year, but in some cases you just can't beat real people
By Andy Chalk published
news Yup, we're still good for something.

Game dev union marches through industry event to demonstrate that it's about 'taking action and organizing change'
By Tyler Wilde published
news The United Videogame Workers took to the halls of the Game Developers Conference to announce itself on Wednesday.

Balatro's LocalThunk isn't 'trying to pull a Banksy', he just 'wanted to be left alone to make his game'
By Justin Wagner published
News According to his publisher, LocalThunk’s anonymity is less about artsy obfuscation and more about minding his own business.

'What are most games about? Killing': Black Mirror Season 7 includes a follow-up to 2018 interactive film Bandersnatch
By Christopher Livingston published
News Netflix's horror anthology returns April 10.

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Spring Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
deals The first seasonal Steam sale of the year has arrived with deals on many of last year's biggest games, and even a few discounts on brand new ones.

Winning $2.6 billion in this poker videogame has completely ruined fake poker for me
By Christopher Livingston published
All-win I'm so fake-rich in this poker videogame that playing fake poker has lost all real meaning.

'Diversify your fashion endgame' with this Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mod that gives Henry fly new gambesons, pourpoints, and caftans
By Christopher Livingston published
Dress to impress with unique outerwear recreated from NPC-exclusive assets and matched with recolored accessories.

Dune: Awakening confirms air-to-air combat in ornithopters
By Christopher Livingston published
news You can mount rockets on your 'thopter which will help "when you’re dealing with other ornithopters in the sky," says Funcom.

Here's a roguelite dungeon crawler Steam reviewers call 'a botanical Diablo' and 'like Cult of the Lamb' except you manage a mystical garden
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Grimoire Groves you explore an enchanted forest and grow plant creatures in your garden.

'Don't you know what he did?': The truth comes out in The Last of Us Season 2 trailer
By Christopher Livingston published
News There's also spores, stalkers, and Joey Pants.

Wanderstop review: A therapeutic adventure in a mystical tea shop
By Christopher Livingston published
Help Wanted A fallen warrior tries to take it easy in a cozy tea shop.

The Resident Evil movie reboot bidding war is over, and the winner is… Sony, who did every one of those other pretty terrible Resident Evil movies
By Christopher Livingston published
News Those stinky movies generated over $1.2 billion, though.

The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

Survival sandbox Core Keeper gets explosive next week with a whole new skill tree devoted to bombs and grenades
By Christopher Livingston published
News And you'll need 'em because there's a huge new buggy boss to battle.

The thing I'm most excited about in Assassin's Creed Shadows is my hideout: 'a little over one acre of fully customizable land' to build on, decorate, and fill with pettable baby deer
By Christopher Livingston published
News The way I play it, Ubisoft's stealth game is actually gonna be a zoo management sim.

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.

Will another Avengers game be assembled? 'We would definitely be open to it' says Joe Russo, co-director of Avengers: Doomsday
By Christopher Livingston published
News Russo's studio, AGBO, which includes former Fortnite director Donald Mustard, is "very tuned in to gaming."

This is the coolest pricing gimmick I've ever seen: the temperature in London determines the price of this videogame
By Christopher Livingston published
Updated every hour, the temperature in London (in Celsius) is how much this game costs (in US dollars).

Based on its new trailer, I predict A Minecraft Movie will make A Trillion Dollars
By Christopher Livingston published
News Kids are gonna like Jack Black holding up items from Minecraft, like a water bucket, while he yells the words "WATER BUCKET!"

The first gameplay trailer for PUBG creator's 'brutal' survival game shows off deadly weather and cozy cabins
By Christopher Livingston published
Prologue: Go Wayback! enters early access this summer.

Adult game dev reveals annual gamer 'kink survey' results: 'Monster Girls' are on top, but 'Tentacles dropped out of the top 25'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Developer HotPink Games shares which kinks its players are most into in 2025 compared to other years.
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