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
![Lucanis enjoying a cup of coffee](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bf54jbo6b3QX9fTaHUWBoV-320-80.jpg)
I desperately hope Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Baldur's Gate 3 and Disco Elysium inspire more RPG devs to reject the traditional drip, drip, drip of DLC and expansions
By Fraser Brown published
Endgame Playing finished games? It'll never catch on.
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Warren Spector found working on his cancelled Half-Life episode 'a little frustrating', but he'll be 'forever grateful' to Valve for keeping his studio alive
By Fraser Brown published
News Junction Point's project was the first of two attempts to set an episode in Ravenholm.
![Stardew Valley key art - a player on a horse rides near a farmhouse while another harvests corn.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/okqcnYVvjSmFkFBmgBgNBW-320-80.jpg)
Stardew Valley creator says he 'could work on it for the rest of my life' and wants to keep sharing new things with players
By Fraser Brown published
News "I want to keep it alive, keep it fresh, delight the fans."
![Morrigan, the Witch of the Wilds, in Dragon Age: Origins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i6FFgMGRsPqhVn4yigUUiW-320-80.png)
The six best Dragon Age companions ever
By Robin Valentine published
FRIEND GAME A snarky witch, a beardless dwarf, and a talking statue walk into Ferelden...
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Lace Harding looks inquisitive in a dark inn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6uxHRLn9s9HDNTwKiuX4J4-320-80.jpg)
How to romance Harding in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
By Fraser Brown published
Romancing the stone Good things come in small packages.
![Ecco the dolphin crying](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8RmheKe8HZZcuDYyh7AGVL-320-80.jpg)
Sega is delisting a huge number of its greatest classic games on Steam, probably so it can sell you a new collection
By Fraser Brown published
News If you already own them, nothing will happen to your games.
![Lilith, in the Borderlands movie, gives the camera the side-eye with the faintest of smirks.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Ra58MVvBZAkSpZFfai59o-320-80.png)
Take-Two's CEO generously calls the cataclysmically bad Borderlands movie 'disappointing', but it still ended up helping sales of the games
By Fraser Brown published
News "I don't think it hurt at all".
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From the moody horror of Origins to the gleaming high fantasy of The Veilguard, few series have changed as much as Dragon Age
By Fraser Brown published
Dragon Ages 15 years of evolution.
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One of the biggest names in immersive sims reckons they're easier to sell if you call them something else, but one day they'll be 'invading every genre'
By Fraser Brown published
News To be fair, they're pretty hard to explain.
![Veilguard qunari](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tdWVnUKChWbzEkQz9JLTvQ-320-80.jpg)
These Dragon Age: The Veilguard players have done the impossible, making the qunari look nearly as awesome as they did in Dragon Age 2
By Fraser Brown published
News For the Qun!
![Varric grins in the middle of a magical ritual in a burning city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XY6RPfJJHbV3xB64QN57j9-320-80.jpg)
7 tips for Dragon Age: The Veilguard that you might accidentally miss
By Lauren Morton published
Quick tips Don't overlook these less obvious features in The Veilguard.
![Redfall wallpaper detail - image of a vampire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PizQ3MqdKhgCNz2KUhdHb3-320-80.jpg)
Arkane's founder left because Bethesda 'did not want to do the kind of games that we wanted to make', and that's how it ended up with Redfall
By Fraser Brown published
News Redfall was a significant departure for Arkane, and culminated in the closure of the Arkane Austin studio.
![An icon annoying Rook](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FydsfX3K9SMXtue3YxhsLQ-320-80.jpg)
Before you play Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you really should change the annoying wayfinding settings
By Fraser Brown published
News Unless you want to be dragged around by the nose for the entire game.
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qicXUmQ65x2g2XEYUb3f97-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 players have downloaded 50 million mods since official support was added, and Larian is 'glad [it] could facilitate' 10,000 players renaming Withers to Bone Daddy
By Fraser Brown published
News The most important mod.
![Redfall concept art - closeup of two player characters standing side by side](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qCmNbYWK7UHb5zkLh3Qrmm-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was a 'dumb move', says founder and former president
By Fraser Brown published
News "It's obvious that Arkane Austin was a very special group of people that have made some cool things and that could pull it off again."
![Romancing a wardrobe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x8KYggEtoz6hP8AdFe94JQ-320-80.jpg)
A humble wardrobe is my favourite Dragon Age: The Veilguard feature
By Fraser Brown published
Thedas Fashion Week Nobody cares if you save the world unless you look stylish doing it.
![Rook covered in electricity](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WSWs5N6MhKEw7JGFesg3zP-320-80.png)
With The Veilguard, Dragon Age has forgotten its dark fantasy roots and become BioWare's Avengers
By Fraser Brown published
Veilguards assemble! Bloodless, perfunctory and broad.
![Supervive characters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PZEzpK825KfmT86PDYeRpc-320-80.jpg)
Multiplayer focus aside, the Steam Next Fest demo charts reveal the weird unpredictability of PC gaming
By Fraser Brown published
Next up From camo-clad throwbacks to dimension-flipping anime teens to killer elevators.
![Gary Oldman](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x3Jq8xackepyWyxAt7JwZD-320-80.jpg)
Squadron 42, which was 'feature-complete' and just needed 'polish' in 2023, is now targeting a 2026 launch
By Fraser Brown published
News Star Citizen itself lacks a release window though.
![A factory being ripped apart](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S4AXy7zc4fdkX7kDhXoWHd-320-80.jpg)
Silent Hill 2's development was rough on Bloober Team because of online 'hate', but now that it's proved itself it wants to 'show what we can do on our own' with Cronos: The New Dawn
By Fraser Brown published
News Following its biggest success so far, the developer wants to prove it can keep evolving.
![An undead king in New World: Aeternum](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yoQswgbdaf5T7TkdSc7uGV-320-80.jpg)
New World: Aeternum isn't even the Amazon MMO's most dramatic update, let alone a new game, but it does make it better—slightly
By Fraser Brown published
Newish For new players, it's the best time to jump in, but will they stick around?
![New World players fighting a monster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mqoKpw2ZUfVc5euh34VuaJ-320-80.jpg)
Don't be fooled by New World's rebranding—Aeternum is not a new game or spiritual successor, it's just an update
By Fraser Brown published
News This is fundamentally going to be the same MMO when it launches tomorrow, but with a few tweaks and additions.
![Raphael looking smug](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/natfaYLnUFj8HCxewrdzJQ-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 takes the crown in the PC Gamer Top 100: 'To be named alongside so many of these games today is truly an honour—enough to tug at the heartstrings of even the most cold-hearted Lolth-sworn drow'
By Fraser Brown published
News Disco Elysium's impressive run at the top is over after four years.
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