Mollie Taylor
Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she's not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.
Latest articles by Mollie Taylor
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Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
By Kara Phillips published
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
![Chibi characters hang out outside an arcade.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LgAxFfPK7sXV8heiKPLGSZ-320-80.png)
Go-Go Town! looks like every cosy city builder's dream, and I am entirely too giddy about the fact I can high-five every animal
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS Create your own town, convince tourists to move in and invite some pals along for the ride.
![Small pink bulb blobs hop around a cubed landscape.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uTqXVcsJZzvccGhhg6MFSL-320-80.jpg)
The Unpacking developer is swapping out wordless storytelling for musical numbers and 3D puzzling in Tempopo
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS I will be singing the trailer music to myself for weeks.
![Three anime characters stand talking to each other.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ki9U257exWi4rXH4R7qX8j-320-80.jpg)
Wander Stars is a fantastically weird mash-up of Pokémon, Dragon Ball, and the power of the English language
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS Super Saiyan speech.
![Street Fighter 6's Year 2 pass reveal with Mai Shiranui, Terry Bogard, M. Bison and Elena](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SYuXdMZEtgvACeJBbbWhfn-320-80.png)
Fighting gamers are eating good: I've never been so happy to see the genre flourishing during Summer Game Fest
By Mollie Taylor published
the good fight Street Fighter, Fatal Fury and Sparking Zero dominated the early half of Summer Game Fest and it was glorious.
![The Monster Hunter Wilds trailer shown during Summer Game Fest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ccsWPkyrHGEnTvyP6Fzrkh-320-80.png)
Monster Hunter Wilds is going all in on its chocobo-looking Seikret mounts by letting you go right into battle while you're on 'em
By Mollie Taylor published
news I am so irrationally excited to attack monsters while riding my giant chicken.
![Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan with cards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fQ8bpXnPun7AXhG3BkKtr8-320-80.jpg)
If you're also desperate to pad out your Honkai: Star Rail funds after that livestream, Summer Game Fest has you covered with a little treat
By Mollie Taylor published
news You can grab a code from the Summer Game Fest TikTok right now.
![Screenshots of climbing adventure puzzle game Cairn.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wNmHH8gn4T5HRvdp5bAEFo-320-80.jpg)
I'm terrified of heights but Cairn makes me want to immediately grab my carabiner and scale a huge mountain
By Mollie Taylor published
news The developer behind Furi and Haven is making a climbing game about ascending an unconquered summit.
![Cuffbust](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwKLvq8z6MsHpuePCyK6vG-320-80.png)
Choo-Choo Charles creator is back with bizarre joint-smoking, prison-breaking alien koalas and some slightly nauseating physics-based mayhem
By Mollie Taylor published
news Cuffbust is "coming 2025 maybe, IDK TBH".
![PC Gamer Chat Log](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbFt9DdsVNLA2Hf4WhX9RA-320-80.jpg)
PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 64: Weird brand tie-ins
By Mollie Taylor published
Podcast Mollie, Lauren and Tyler Colp talk about the weird and wonderful world of videogame brand tie-ins.
![Naoki Yoshida drinking red wine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQJ92VTsDoE8Ebh5CxwgTg-320-80.jpg)
Yoshi-P will turn Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail around if players keep asking for a raise spell on Pictomancer, jokes: 'it'd be best to remove raise from all of those jobs' if they don't behave
By Harvey Randall published
News Ease-of-use.
![Final Fantasy 14 character](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YVNnnQi3X4DgmaTCfJvaJ-320-80.jpg)
FF14 director Yoshi-P says 'possibly 98%' of the team are inspired by Elden Ring, but assures players Dawntrail won't be as brutally hard
By Tyler Colp published
news The environmental design and atmosphere are where you'll probably see the most inspiration, he says.
![A Vanu Vanu munches on a soft taco](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/by5hQrHCuyqUmPRqHZvSWe-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14's low-poly grapes may have left us, but blocky food lives on in Dawntrail and I ranked them all because why not
By Mollie Taylor published
cubed cuisine I freakin' love low-poly food, y'all.
![Screenshots taken of a preview build during the Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail media tour.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8UG8NpAARPYYBtE5KyVjdE-320-80.png)
I can't believe I had to go back to regular crusty Final Fantasy 14 after witnessing Dawntrail's stunning graphical overhaul first-hand
By Mollie Taylor published
dawn of a new day Dawntrail's had a facelift, but it's still the same old Final Fantasy 14.
![An image of the first Hrothgar in Final Fantasy 14 smiling as she regards her home, Tural, in Dawntrail. She is a large lioness-like lady with a bright, optimistic expression: sailing under a clear blue sky.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QWbXLhuYJjbdntwxNqrqiZ-320-80.png)
'Players don't need to worry about that': Final Fantasy 14 director says the team is well-armed for Dawntrail's launch rush, no repeat of the Endwalker queue fiasco or day-long DDoS attacks
By Mollie Taylor published
news More servers and better ways of dealing with DDoS attacks have left Naoki Yoshida feeling confident.
![The Hero of Light slashes with paired daggers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uk3FQvWL5SUa5UvKqXrTvj-320-80.png)
Final Fantasy 14 director doesn't have any plans to change 'the structure' of Dawntrail's patches, but its Bozja-like field exploration zone 'will be larger in scale than the content we've had in the past'
By Mollie Taylor published
news "There is a benefit for the players, but also there's a benefit for us as the developers."
![Dragunov points with two fingers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kDYzEYx8HkKfRY7yaAiWuM-320-80.png)
Competitive Tekken 8 match causes a frenzy after a rogue controller 'robbed' pro player of a game-winning combo
By Mollie Taylor published
news An unfortunate match disruption has ended in controversy.
![The Sims 4 - A Sim points to a blueprint on a table while another sim looks on, thinking, wearing overalls and a tool belt, and work hat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QsmPacfmCWbNzuG4VGb6pU-320-80.jpg)
As the Sims 4 continues to buckle under the weight of over $1,200 worth of DLC, EA has 'assembled a team' to focus on bug fixes
By Mollie Taylor published
news Hopefully it'll feel less like the game is being held together by sticks and chewing gum.
![The Joker in MultiVersus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g3gZq4TPAijUioQTFhmVQk-320-80.jpg)
I didn't have high hopes for the MultiVersus relaunch but brand-new PvE missions and a silly banana guy with a spear are changing my mind
By Mollie Taylor published
back to the multiverse The re-release looks pretty good, actually.
![Rick Sanchez in MultiVersus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Anf2qttQ7gzmyijycwfeZD-320-80.jpg)
MultiVersus has scrubbed the Justin Roiland voice lines snagged from Rick & Morty, replacing them with game-specific recordings by their new voice actors
By Mollie Taylor published
news Roiland was dropped from the Adult Swim show last year following domestic violence allegations.
![A lalafell looks to the camera with an almost menacing grin.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36dTPgcAFVdgK49HkjdvCd-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14 is helping us poor souls who spend hours creating a character only to absolutely hate it by giving its transformation potion a 60-minute grace period
By Mollie Taylor published
news Fantasias will allow players an hour of playtime to go back and make any additional changes in the character creator.
![PC Gamer Chat Log](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbFt9DdsVNLA2Hf4WhX9RA-320-80.jpg)
PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 61: (Development) hell hath no fury
By Mollie Taylor published
Podcast Mollie, Lauren and Robin Valentine talk about games in development hell.
![A Viera with a furrowed brow looks sad or frustrated.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b5RAAiTmx9zZaC8JeqbJ6c-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P says the ongoing DDoS problems are the 'largest scale' attacks seen since the game's original 2010 launch
By Mollie Taylor published
news Sporadic attacks have been hitting servers worldwide since early May.
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