Phil Savage
Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.
Latest articles by Phil Savage
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
By Phil Savage published
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2024
By Phil Savage last updated
The gotys From major releases to the games that perfectly captured their niche, these were the best games of the year.
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro
By Robin Valentine published
🏆 Hands down the best game of the year.
Best RPG 2024: Metaphor: ReFantazio
By Mollie Taylor published
🏆 Atlus graduates from high school and brings us its best JRPG yet.
Best Sandbox 2024: Satisfactory
By Wes Fenlon published
🏆 Take a lush, alien world. Turn it into a factory.
Against the Storm looks charming and cosy, but it's actually the best and most fiendish city builder I've played in years
By Phil Savage published
🏆 This devilishly deep city builder is the cleverest thing I played all year.
Best Ongoing Game 2024: Stardew Valley
By Kara Phillips published
🏆 Concerned Ape's beloved farming sim is the cream of the crop.
A full list of every GTA 5 cheat, code, and phone number for spawning the best vehicles or flaming bullets
By Phil Savage last updated
Crime pays All the GTA 5 cheats for making Los Santos more fun.
A Destiny 2 bug was causing a niche exotic to delete raid bosses in seconds, so of course it's already been disabled
By Phil Savage published
news Ballidorse Wrathweavers were meta… for a few hours, at least.
As Guild Wars 2 continues to refine its new annual expansion cycle, today's major update adds its first raid in over 5 years
By Phil Savage published
news ArenaNet wants the game's more casual audience to give 10-player raid encounters a chance.
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
By Mollie Taylor published
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
The best RPGs on PC
By Robin Valentine last updated
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.
Destiny 2 players have spent a week trying to prove one of the biggest conspiracy theories in the game's history, and it turns out that 'Weightgate' is real: 'An issue has been found in our code where some random perk combinations are harder to earn'
By Phil Savage published
news Destiny players have no chill.
GTA: San Andreas cheats – every vehicle, weapon and stat boost code
By Phil Savage, Sean Martin last updated
false profit Every cheat code for GTA's Los Santos adventure, from invulnerability to NPC riots.
Bungie is claiming that a bug with one of Destiny 2's exotic weapons is actually a feature, and I'm going to go into excruciating detail about why I think that's wrong
By Phil Savage published
Intrinsic Properties I have some opinions about the Wicked Implement scout rifle.
Destiny 2 tonics explained: How to discover recipes and earn upgrades
By Sean Martin published
Fine brew Craft tonics to gain powerful combat buffs and increased loot drop chance.
A Destiny 2 mobile game has been announced, but it sounds like Bungie's involvement is minimal
By Phil Savage published
News Netease confirms that Destiny: Rising exists, if a mobile co-op shooter is your thing.
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.
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.
The best horror games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
UPDATED These are the best horror games you can play on PC.
Destiny 2 exotic class item: All perk combinations and how to get it
By Echo Apsey last updated
Classy It's easier than ever to farm up whichever exotic class item you desire.
Atomfall is a very British take on Stalker, where you explore a post-disaster Cumberland with a cricket bat
By Phil Savage published
Cumbrian Explosion It's a holiday in the Lake District, and the locals aren't very friendly.
Obsidian seems scared people will compare Avowed to Skyrim, but it shouldn't be—the similarities are obvious, but the differences make it compelling
By Phil Savage published
Elder Brother Bethesda's RPG looms large over Obsidian's latest, but having played it, there's no need to shrink from the comparison.
Our favourite city builder of last year is releasing its first expansion next month, and it brings a new biome, new buildings and, oh yes, frog people
By Phil Savage published
news Against the Storm's Keepers of the Stone expansion will arrive September 26.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will have challenging puzzles, but also a creative hint system through Indy's camera: 'We don't want you to go to YouTube to look up the solution, because that's immersion-breaking and bad'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "Players should never get stuck in this game—then we have failed."
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