Fraser Brown
Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long or talking about his dog.
Latest articles by Fraser Brown
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Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
By Fraser Brown last updated
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
![An image of Alan Wake from Alan Wake 2's rock opera-style song, Herald of Darkness, lifting a hand to the sky while the other bundles on his chest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JmKtn7KwWgHNgwBumrTh8e-320-80.png)
After more than a year and 2 million sales, Alan Wake 2 is finally turning a profit for Remedy
By Fraser Brown published
News Alan's weird misadventure in Bright Falls sold well, but cost a hell of a lot to make.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's 'follow NPC' toggle should be mandatory in all videogames, with a jail sentence for developers not using it
By Fraser Brown published
Walk on This is fair and just.
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We're in a golden age of spy TV shows, but I have to play a 14-year-old MMO to get my videogame espionage kicks
By Fraser Brown published
Redacted Hurry up and finish your Bond game, IO.
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Manor Lords, the best city builder of 2024, hits 3 million sales as players continue to fill its maps with muddy medieval towns
By Fraser Brown published
News This milestone comes a month after it threw two new maps and bridge-building into the mix.
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Paradox is the new owner of Jagged Alliance 3 and Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games
By Fraser Brown published
News "Expect amazing new games from us!"
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EA has learned all the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it's going to be disastrous for the future of Mass Effect 5—if it even has a future
By Fraser Brown published
Dead service No EA RPG is safe from the publisher's obsession with live service.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 live launch coverage – Reviews, performance analysis and all the latest news
By Fraser Brown last updated
Live Suit up—we're going to medieval Bohemia.
![Henry and Radzig stand side-by-side, Henry looks shocked and Radzig looks proud.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mNCzFYhXVTdoGzGPdxQJBg-320-80.jpg)
8 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tips that will help you become Bohemia's next top knight
By Fraser Brown published
Knight school Start your medieval misadventure the right way.
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Since Path of Exile's expansion has been delayed, players are instead getting a month-long event featuring 'whacky ideas that never quite made it off the brainstorm board'
By Fraser Brown published
News Grinding Gear Games promises "unhinged ideas" which it will reveal soon.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's guns are very, very bad, but that's what makes them so fun: 'We knew it was going to be a meme weapon, but we were cool with it'
By Fraser Brown published
News Unwieldy, imprecise and silly—I love 'em.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's developer is 'fed up' of being dragged into the culture war: 'It seems like someone is always trying to brand us somehow, and we are just trying to make a cool videogame'
By Fraser Brown published
News The medieval RPG is much more interested in a different kind of war. One with trebuchets and swords.
![New RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of protagonists, including Gustave, Lune, and Maelle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zb6tsAnKg7YQ9hjawiYKN4-320-80.jpg)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is already getting a live-action movie from the folks behind the Tomb Raider and Just Cause adaptations, even though the RPG isn't out yet
By Fraser Brown published
News It's now on the hunt for a director and cast.
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The OG Dying Light is giving away its first DLC in more than 4 years for free, and it's very shiny
By Fraser Brown published
News And there's more coming to both games as Techland celebrates the series' 10th anniversary.
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The best horror games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
UPDATED These are the best horror games you can play on PC.
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While I'm trapped indoors by one of the UK's worst storms, I'm enjoying one of my favourite pastimes: trudging through gnarly weather in videogames
By Fraser Brown published
Weather report Bring a coat.
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The RTS genre might be in a bit of a state, but at least you can pick up these 10 classics for $30 in the Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest before it ends soon
By Fraser Brown published
Budget battles I can't think of a better way to spend the weekend.
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Endless Legend 2, the sequel to Amplitude's sublime 4X, is finally coming, and it's fully leaning into the joy of exploration: 'It is a feeling that will stick with you until the end'
By Fraser Brown published
Exclusive Conquer a new world with some familiar faces.
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Former Arkane designer says Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim, and while it didn't meet Bethesda's sales expectations, the series' reputation still 'saved the studio'
By Fraser Brown published
News But that didn't stop Bethesda from eventually putting the series on ice.
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is technically functional on Steam Deck, but it's a terrible way to play
By Fraser Brown published
Adjust expectations There are so many great JRPGs that you should play on the go; this isn't one of them.
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The first multiplayer demo for my most anticipated RTS, Tempest Rising, is out now
By Fraser Brown published
News Along with the PvE skirmish mode, so you can comp stomp with your buddies.
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The best MMOs on PC
By Fraser Brown last updated
Fine Grinds The best MMOs, whether you love massive raids, playing through a great story on your own, or ruling a corporation
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Brutal survival RTS Age of Darkness kept me up until 4 am this morning as I tried to perfect the formula to halt the end of the world
By Fraser Brown published
High tide It's leaving early access today, so join me in the sleep deprivation club.
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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an aggressively old-school MMO that hates hand-holding so much it won't even give you a map—but a certain type of player might just love it
By Fraser Brown published
Knocked down If you like having no guidance, murdering rats and working very hard for stingy rewards, man do I have good news.
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