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
![The Arisen, with a wolf helmet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FuvW5K889kAtaoSg5qXC3R-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting absolutely savaged on Steam, with a 'Mostly Negative' rating, but the game deserves better than a launch with such bad optics
By Fraser Brown published
News It's an exceptional RPG, but the negative sentiment is understandable.
![Dragon's Dogma 2 - Character customisation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g3BbAd5L7bSGGGWmqXFarZ-320-80.jpg)
How to change your appearance and unlock more cosmetic options in Dragon's Dogma 2
By Fraser Brown published
Makeover If you fancy a change, you can tweak your appearance, and your pawn's, early on.
![Dragon's Dogma 2 tips](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdLBKvACtDYjufuU4uyuzX-320-80.jpg)
Our top 10 Dragon's Dogma 2 tips for getting started
By Fraser Brown published
Arise Even the Arisen needs a helping hand.
![Dragon's Dogma 2 vocations - an archer, a fighter, a mage, and a sorcerer are standing outside a wooden building](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m7zQFTXBiqyuwNT9kqTHiV-320-80.jpg)
How to unlock vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2
By Sarah James published
Master class Switch between vocations to change up your playstyle.
![The Arisen hanging out with an NPC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xMeh4ExXLeiTMzQ78MEMAe-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 NPCs are making CPUs weep and tanking the frame rate, but Capcom is 'looking into ways to improve performance in the future'
By Fraser Brown published
News At the moment, no setups can handle the game's busiest locations well.
![Hitching a ride on a harpy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qom5R7EGDMv5wMJsiF5BGE-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 is a better game because it makes fast travel a hassle
By Fraser Brown published
Go for a wander Use your legs.
![The Arisen sitting on a bench](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mvez3QJbGWxrzooURHYDLU-320-80.jpg)
Here's when Dragon's Dogma 2 launches in your region
By Fraser Brown published
News Get ready, Arisen.
![The titular dragon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GHDDQE6ytjqdQramNWDUDT-320-80.jpg)
Dragon's Dogma 2 review: An exceptional and sometimes infuriating RPG
By Fraser Brown published
Pawn cocktail A cult classic in the making.
![Falling Frontier spaceship](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iLJRqJsEnW3guDyXTj9ZbK-320-80.jpg)
Falling Frontier's new trailer makes me want to hibernate until the RTS appears in 2025
By Fraser Brown published
News You had me at "logistics systems".
![A quartet of wizards fighting monsters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PgEhaLJFAHGqawXpLBT4Sa-320-80.jpg)
More than a decade before Helldivers 2, Arrowhead made one of my favourite co-op games, which only remains playable thanks to a fan
By Fraser Brown published
cast away Swap your shotgun for a wand in Magicka.
![Phyre, the Elder Kindred from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, stares intently at something in the distance, a frown writ into their forehead.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NwmyXRxe3x47P4REKUQWaF-320-80.png)
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will let you become a super vampire by drinking vamp blood, taking their abilities and combining them 'in hundreds of different ways'
By Fraser Brown published
News Thirsty.
![A Brujah character](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tQji7jnoW7GiYxcAGAeViM-320-80.jpg)
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's Brujah are big drinkers who flip the bird to taunt enemies
By Fraser Brown published
News The Chinese Room spills more about the game's most rebellious vampire clan.
![Aloy aiming at a robo-dino](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pPNXLMEmUYRQZXsJJyFzJ4-320-80.jpg)
Horizon Forbidden West's highest PC setting needs a GPU that didn't even exist when the game first came out, along with 150GB of SSD space
By Fraser Brown published
News Nixxes and Guerrilla reveal the port's PC specs and customisation options.
![Helldivers 2 two characters hugging as an explosion detonates in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3srkMzCrgBNVs2PK5WwMN-320-80.png)
Get back in the war: Helldivers 2 daily orders have returned, and earlier than announced
By Fraser Brown published
News My medals!
![Man screaming in Helldivers 2 intro cinematic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GCLefSMVZeFyCK9nbSogzQ-320-80.jpg)
Several Steam games changed names to Helldivers 2 and Palworld to scam players
By Fraser Brown published
News The games have now been removed from Steam by Valve.
![Minthara, a fierce Drow Warrior in Baldur's Gate 3, looks pensive towards the player, illuminated by dim firelight.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vF2mv2egPzSwgcrGXbbxVD-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix stops Minthara from just doing whatever the heck she wants
By Fraser Brown published
News Your drow buddy doesn't like following orders.
![Blackwake combat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uW6edGMkBLBM8A8hnwFuyb-320-80.jpg)
Excellent multiplayer pirate FPS Blackwake's first update in 4 years makes it free to keep
By Fraser Brown published
News Back from the dead.
![Last Epoch's Immortal Emperor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QDsHR8XNRN7QohWJzwqSmh-320-80.jpg)
Last Epoch is everything I wished Diablo 4 was, and the first ARPG to drag me away from Path of Exile in over a decade
By Fraser Brown published
New obsession Time for a change.
![Armoured warrior](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qfn4AR9dVjokorfDo2ciaG-320-80.jpg)
An anonymous modder has brought one of the best mobile games, Infinity Blade, to PC 5 years after it left the App Store
By Fraser Brown published
News Infinity Blade launched 14 years ago, where it became the App Store's fastest growing game.
![Nightingale, Helldivers 2, Suicide Squad](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BYKQXHSAX8hrHexM9LZg6n-320-80.jpg)
From Helldivers 2 to Last Epoch, 2024 is already the year of server issues
By Fraser Brown published
Let me in! Game servers have been taking a battering this year
![A scavenger encountering a massive robot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8PFbuDP2vv8xnSeg4RuX6F-320-80.jpg)
This co-op looter shooter where you scavenge from corpses 'under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines' looks rad as heck
By Fraser Brown published
News The Forever Winter drops you into an apocalyptic war where you're a nobody.
![MrBeast](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FNDAB44cc2Q3VbtBTtBgvi-320-80.jpg)
MrBeast spent 15 hours making Walmart and Target stores restock his chocolate bars
By Fraser Brown published
NEWS Willy Wanka.
![An image of a knight with horrible rot growths spiking out of their back in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yLGZAhYvcdtmdPEau7AD4i-320-80.png)
6 reveals from the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer that had us shaking in our greaves with excitement
By Harvey Randall published
SHADOWS LIFTED It's finally here, weary tarnished.
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