Evan Lahti
Evan's a hardcore FPS enthusiast who joined PC Gamer in 2008. After an era spent publishing reviews, news, and cover features, he now oversees editorial operations for PC Gamer worldwide, including setting policy, training, and editing stories written by the wider team. His most-played FPSes are CS:GO, Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress Classic, Rainbow Six Siege, and Arma 2. His first multiplayer FPS was Quake 2, played on serial LAN in his uncle's basement, the ideal conditions for instilling a lifelong fondness for fragging. Evan also leads production of the PC Gaming Show, the annual E3 showcase event dedicated to PC gaming.
Latest articles by Evan Lahti
8 bold gaming predictions for 2025
By Tyler Wilde published
🔮 What does the new year have in store for videogames?
Best Multiplayer 2024: Helldivers 2
By Morgan Park published
🏆 Reinventing the live service game—for democracy.
Best FPS 2024: STRAFTAT
By Jake Tucker published
🏆 Our favourite shooter of the year was look all the best custom lobbies rolled into one.
'I've spent my entire career trying to recreate the feeling I had when I played D&D for the first time,' says immersive sim godfather Warren Spector, with new game Thick as Thieves going multiplayer because 'you don't play D&D alone'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Spector described wanting to push the genre in new and interesting directions.
CDPR devs are excited 'we can finally say The Witcher 4 publicly', and laugh about trying 'to learn not to call it Polaris anymore'
By Rich Stanton published
"This is not a codename anymore, so this is exciting."
The Witcher 4 may have familiar faces but it's an origin story: 'A new opening, a new saga, a new beginning actually'
By Rich Stanton published
News "Ciri is so passionate about what she's doing that she will never be neutral. She will go for it."
The Witcher 4 was always going to be about Ciri, 'even when we were doing The Wild Hunt actually', but don't worry about Geralt: 'Definitely he's going to appear'
By Harvey Randall published
News Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
Thick as Thieves is instantly one of my most-anticipated games, and every Thief fan should be backstabbing that wishlist button
By Evan Lahti published
In the thick of it If you love multiplayer games but couldn't care less about your kill-death ratio, Thick as Thieves might be your game.
Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione has connections to the videogame industry, claims to have worked on Civilization 6
By Andy Chalk last updated
news Luigi Mangione has now been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The PC Gamer 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
By Sarah Richter last updated
Giftageddon Gifts for PC gamers sure to bring holiday cheer to one and all.
Trend Watch: The 5 biggest gaming trends right now
By Evan Lahti published
trends PC Gamer's team of 30 editors identifies the major gaming trends affecting gaming. Updated as the industry changes and as new trends emerge.
Meet The Council
By Evan Lahti published
Most Wanted Some of the faces of PC Gamer's special jury of gaming experts, who select the games featured in PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
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.
Here are the nominees for PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
By Evan Lahti published
News The list is tallied. The Council is convened once more.
RPGs are king, and 6 other things the PC Gamer Top 100 tells us about the state of PC gaming
By Tyler Wilde published
Top 100 Breaking down PC Gamer's 2024 list of the top 100 greatest PC games.
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
Hunt: Showdown enjoys highest-ever player count after 1896 update, but player complaints about UI are pushing down its Steam review score: 'I've never seen such a bizarre reaction to so much amazing content'
By Rick Lane, Evan Lahti published
News Off menu.
PC Gamer announces editorial staff changes and recent hirings
By Evan Lahti published
staff Meet our new Global Editor-in-Chief, Phil Savage.
'This is the most polished map we've ever shipped': Hunt: Showdown 1896 director goes deep on Hunt's first new map in 3 years
By Morgan Park published
1896 Hunt: Showdown 1896 represents the next era of Hunt, with an upgraded engine and new map coming in August.
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
By Evan Lahti published
opinion Openly but quietly, PC gaming has become more popular than it's ever been. Wait, when did that happen?
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