Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall
![A blistering combat ensues in a cage arena, with a giant metal hawk spewing great gouts of fire at a fleeing goblin in Pathfinder 2e.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/shbgxmTg4Yjbhy68pZAqCL-320-80.png)
After DMing a bunch of D&D 5e, swapping over to Pathfinder 2e has felt like hanging out with a cool TTRPG uncle that lets you smoke weed
By Harvey Randall published
PATH FINDING You wanna have laser eyes at level one? Sure, buddy.
![A wall of flesh-faces, forming the hull of a spaceship, lets out a series of awful groans in Exodus, a new RPG by Archetype Entertainment.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QGGdqSqRuKVFnS8HLYgnh4-320-80.png)
Fair play, Exodus—having ex-Bioware devs and Matthew McConaughey on board is neat, but your freaky flesh spaceships have my attention
By Harvey Randall published
News It's giving All Tomorrows.
![The protagonist of Phantom Blade Zero faces down a dancing lion with his sword drawn.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Zys8eMxxiLjHBuPeX265k-320-80.png)
Phantom Blade Zero devs say they don't want to water down the game for foreigners—in fact, quite the opposite
By Harvey Randall published
News "Players will perceive unfamiliar themes as something fresh."
![Art of several storm-divers in WIndblown heading towards an opponent, leaping over rocks to get at them.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RJ3qfAQCTtUdzXTtiXVYL7-320-80.png)
You can try a taster of the Dead Cells dev's next roguelike Windblown ahead of its early access debut later this month, courtesy of Steam Next Fest
By Harvey Randall published
News It's pretty dang tasty already.
![elden ring marika the eternal](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qyu4euAcm2xeRmVHfaXEPR-320-80.jpg)
200 Bandai Namco employees reportedly moved into 'expulsion rooms' designed to bore them into quitting, though the company maintains its innocence
By Harvey Randall published
News Japan's strict laws surrounding dismissal make "layoffs" look a little different.
![Microsoft Activision Blizzard logos](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtYrhLWC2pEZe59PKxdEzP-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft has finally managed to settle against 10 gamers in court
By Harvey Randall published
News It's over, and I'm not exactly confident the gamers won.
![A character in Supervive summons electric blasts in her hands.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i3nWS3fbnXQbfo3mLfspwk-320-80.png)
Flashy MOBA battle royale Supervive is opening its doors during Steam Next Fest—and it's already got that Blizzard/Riot polish from its expat devs in spades
By Harvey Randall published
News Complex, frenetic MOBA brawling for the MLG hounds.
![helldivers 2 operation swift disassembly](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zxNStQpBeJDDnV9wLHZvVV-320-80.jpg)
The culmination of Helldivers 2's 60-day patch plan canonises John Helldiver—less importantly, there's been major buffs to grenades, sentries, and the long-avoided anti tank mines
By Harvey Randall published
News In John we trust.
![The Sims 4 - The Grim Reaper stands in a room that is on fire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2kx9eP3FkCatD4sq9uK6G-320-80.jpg)
The 8 most heartbreaking cuts from this year's PC Gamer Top 100
By Phil Savage published
Top 100 We only have 100 spots to list. Not every game is going to make it.
![PC Gamer Top 100 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y2arqx3WECAFy9EHhfe8CH-320-80.jpg)
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.
![An image of a faelike creature posing stylishly in Final Fantasy 11.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eekJsfxur2n2zuc58XJnke-320-80.jpg)
We have Final Fantasy 11 to thank for everything being on Discord, now—the app's co-creator made its prototype to talk strategy with his MMO buds
By Harvey Randall published
News "I was obsessed with FF11, and I made something like a prototype of Discord as software that could be used while playing the game."
![Metaphor Refantazio](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zDmcTUfjRd7EEJjgQekwdg-320-80.jpg)
Games that 'look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom' aren't exciting or interesting to Metaphor: ReFantazio's director
By Harvey Randall published
News Katsura Hashino wants a game "to give me a glimpse of the humanity behind it".
![Gale, a wizard from Baldur's Gate 3, looks very bloodied and very sad at the player while a celestial midnight blooms behind his depressed mug.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ABD3tAbKsFbkfHu8dGGseY-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director heaves a big sigh as scalpers predictably ruin it for everyone: 'All you’re doing is making someone sad'
By Harvey Randall published
News Collector's conniption.
![modern warfare 3 captain price](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/74SopfsZqRMd8M3fzB2hSH-320-80.jpg)
AI in games might've just proven itself useful for a change—Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in 'disruptive voice chat' since the start of the year thanks to its robo-snitch
By Harvey Randall published
News Ghost reporting in the machine.
![The Helldivers 2 spokesperson wears a cheesy grin, about to be wiped off his face when a Terminid invades but - hey, can't win 'em all.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oWu33smGmXv7F643eqw7hH-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2's 60-day patch, which was due this weekend, is now a 63-day patch because oops, turns out there's a Saturday in the way
By Harvey Randall published
News "We don't wanna break the game while you're playing the game."
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ySUpuswyTB9zTBYhKmRW5A-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs talk redesigning the game after BioWare bailed on the whole live service thing in 2021: 'I never personally saw it as a reboot'
By Harvey Randall published
News Hitting the reset button.
![A cowboy painfully dissolves into tetrominoes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RjcTjakpMGBnUyreQw7sJU-320-80.jpg)
WoTC forced to take over popular Magic: The Gathering competitive format after community tantrum over card bans involves 'credible threats of physical assault'
By Harvey Randall published
News Plus "dissemination of personal information, wishes for death, and blatant toxicity."
![warcraft 3 reforged](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2nqQebfVhcA5b2EboanmWj-320-80.jpg)
Key Blizzard developers apparently tried for years to get a new Starcraft or Warcraft RTS off the ground, but execs had 'no appetite' for them
By Harvey Randall published
News "[Tim] Morten and his team tried for years to kick off a new RTS."
![Palworld early access](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxbvupoUS6C5eby2zBKVLj-320-80.jpg)
Nintendo is filing for the patents it's suing Palworld with in the US as well, though some (non-final) rejections could complicate matters
By Harvey Randall published
News One-two punch.
![Promotional art for patch 7.1: Crossroads in Final Fantasy 14, where Bakool Ja Ja does battle with an assailant.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HbeEjkq9xVYV9n2i76SMAK-320-80.png)
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's first major patch comes mid-November: Alliance and 'Chaotic' raids, allied society quests, and a scant few details on the MSQ
By Harvey Randall published
News 24-player suffering.
![Gabe Newell in Half-Life 25th Anniversary documentary video](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tXneroSz4R4iEght5HtnGk-320-80.jpg)
Valve will see you in court! No, really, Steam's just updated its subscriber agreement so that 'all disputes and claims proceed in court'
By Harvey Randall published
News The move might have something to do with something called "arbitration overload".
![Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jPJM6uVdrZYLPXgnGtgQph-320-80.jpg)
The idea for a Pillars of Eternity: Tactics game has been floated at Obsidian, but it's still up in the air because 'the audience for them is not huge, typically, but very passionate'
By Harvey Randall published
News "It's a hard one to make a case for."
![Starcraft's Nova in Heroes of the Storm](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o2WGRgGohah6AYqkpLTQpR-320-80.jpg)
Blizzard is reportedly 'incubating' a StarCraft shooter again, which would be the developer's 3rd attempt at the accursed concept
By Harvey Randall published
News "Perhaps after Ghost and Ares, the third time would be the charm."
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