Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
They've started putting arms onto robot vacuums, so we're closer to either getting our own R2D2 or being strangled in our sleep
News And not just arms: one upcoming robot vacuums has legs, too.
Former Stalker dev reveals new FPS set in a post-apocalyptic Paris that's been overrun by sentient trees
News Nature gets twisted in VG Entertainment's Forest Reigns.
Black holes, buildings on poles, and a 'sea urchin planet': PUBG creator's world-sized tech demo may be hiding some bizarre machine learning 'hallucinations'
News "There's always going to be a little hallucination" with machine learning, says PlayerUnknown Productions' engine team behind Preface: Undiscovered World.
Studio Wildcard remains quiet on Ark 2's release date, but just revealed a two-year roadmap for Ark: Survival Ascended
News Ark 2 missed its 2024 release, and we still haven't heard why, or when and even if the dino-Diesel-sequel is still coming.
High-flying RPG city builder Airborne Empire has launched on Steam, and it's testing my balancing skills in more ways than one
News I'm attempting to keep resources, defense, and productivity balanced while literally trying to keep my city from tilting over.
If you're trying to convince me your 'companionship' robot is 'lifelike', maybe don't rip her face off in the demo video
News The Uncanny Valley just got some startling new inhabitants.
If you missed it over the holidays, this noir Half-Life 2 mod turns you into a hardboiled detective in Prohibition-era Chicago
News The Burton Equation is full of fedoras, Tommy guns, and, oh yeah, time travel.
Track down a missing person in this 'Geoguessr-inspired detective game' set on an alien planet
News Find a missing archeologist lost in a strange alien world.
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.
Mythic Quest Season 4 trailer wrestles with Roblox, AI, and the US Congress
News The fourth season of the sitcom about a game studio arrives on Apple TV+ January 29.
Legendary joker ports Balatro to the 44-millimeter screen of an Apple Watch, calls it 'Wee Balatro'
News Jimbo would be proud. Or enraged. To tell the truth, I don't really have a handle on Jimbo yet.
Please join me in getting super excited for all the cool looking survival games coming in 2025 (and beyond)
Crafty After a great 2024, the survival genre boom is only gonna get bigger.
Marvel Rivals mods that replace Captain America with Trump and Biden removed by Nexus Mods: 'We don't want to handle all the nutjobs that come out the woodwork whenever these mods get posted'
News The mod site's owner reports receiving death threats after taking the mods down.
6 games that could be bigger hits than you're expecting in 2025
sleeper hits We were hyped for Helldivers 2 before it became a bestseller, now here are our predictions for 2025's sleeper hits.
What are your 2025 gaming resolutions?
reload Are you making some new gaming habits or breaking a few old ones?
Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they're dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive
News "Close to a hundred [kangaroo mice] had their blood extracted," says Funcom. "How could you?"
New beverage technology unlocked: this gaming controller mug keeps your drink warm and has a trigger so you can sip and shoot at the same time
News "The Trigger Mug integrates existing mobile gaming technology into an elegantly designed tea mug, allowing players to maintain full gaming control."
Why do some games get a pass for jank and others don't?
bug hunt When encountering jank I either find myself charmed or gnash my teeth in anger. No middle ground.
I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites
🏠 (Plus a bunch more city builders from 2024 that I also recommend.)
For all you mayors managing your budgets, here are 5 city builders from 2024 with great discounts in the Steam Winter Sale
Steam has some nice deals on new city builders, just in time for the holidays.
This co-op survival horror masterpiece is just $2 in the Steam Winter Sale, which could explain why it just hit an all-time high player count of nearly 100k a decade after it launched
10 years after it debuted in early access, The Forest keeps finding new fans.
