Robin Valentine
Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG or strategy game to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.
Latest articles by Robin Valentine
This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines
By Robin Valentine published
BRAIN POWER Bio Prototype invites you to program your own body into a killing machine.
These are the 14 biggest upcoming RPGs of 2025—get ready for another amazing year for the genre
By Robin Valentine published
NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE 12 more months of to-hit rolls.
6 games that could be bigger hits than you're expecting in 2025
By Tyler Wilde published
sleeper hits We were hyped for Helldivers 2 before it became a bestseller, now here are our predictions for 2025's sleeper hits.
Game of the Year 2024: Balatro
By Robin Valentine published
🏆 Hands down the best game of the year.
If 2024 proves anything, it's that mainstream success hasn't made PC gaming any less weird—and thank God for that
By Robin Valentine published
get weird The consoleification of the hobby ain't happening any time soon.
This finely-honed samurai strategy game deserves a place in the roguelike hall of fame this year just as much as Balatro
By Robin Valentine published
🏆 Seriously slick samurai strategy in Shogun Showdown.
The best open world games
By Robin Valentine last updated
vast travel Looking to escape into a new open world? Check out our expert recommendations.
Great moments in PC gaming: Getting freaked out by one of the creepy close-ups in The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
By Robin Valentine published
Meow Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Space Marine 2's huge Obelisk Update adds a long-awaited new mission, reworked melee combat, bonus XP, and goat-bird-wizards hurtling towards you on living flying saucers
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS And a Dark Angels-themed season pass.
The best cooperative board games
By Sarah Richter last updated
Co-opportunities Sometimes you just want to work together—these are our picks for doing it in style on your next game night.
The best solo board games
By Sarah Richter last updated
Going it alone There's a ton of tabletop fun to be had on your own.
Secret Level review: our take on every episode of Amazon's videogame anthology show
By Tyler Wilde published
Prime Time 15 games, from Mega Man to Armored Core to the now-defunct Concord, are adapted in a new series from the creator of Love, Death, and Robots.
You can now order a real deck of Balatro cards, which is good because that game's still all I think about
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Though they won't be arriving in time for Christmas.
Turns out the Arcane creative team always had the go ahead to kill any fan-favourite League of Legends characters it wanted: 'Riot embraced whatever story we wanted to tell with any of the characters'
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS And the show overriding the game's canon was very much part of the plan.
The best gaming headset you can buy, according to the only experts that matter (us), is available for a great price for Cyber Monday
By Robin Valentine published
DEAL The HyperX Cloud Alpha is comfortable, robust, high quality, and right now only $60.
If you grab one of these five Cyber Monday gaming keyboard deals, promise me you'll use it for Baldur's Gate 3 and not just replying to your emails
By Robin Valentine published
Deal Our favourite budget keyboard is down to almost half the price, and that's just the start.
Grab 29 books from perhaps the best TTRPG publisher in the business, including a fantastic alternative to D&D, for just $18 in this limited time bundle
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Pick up Dragonbane, Mutant: Year Zero, Forbidden Lands, and more in the Free League megabundle.
These are the best weapons to use in Avowed, whether you want to be a deadly swordsman, a fire-chucking wizard, or fantasy John Wick
By Robin Valentine published
WEAPONS FREE Two weapon loadouts, a ton of possibilities.
Make Avowed's early game a breeze by picking the best abilities and weapons for your build
By Robin Valentine published
SPELL CHECK Whether you want to be a master archmage, or just shoot people with guns, there's a combo for you.
This new tabletop RPG is basically Monster Hunter meets Delicious in Dungeon, and you can use a giant frying pan as a weapon
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Hunt monsters, cook 'em, and eat 'em in Wilderfeast.
We played Avowed with both first-person and third-person cameras: Here's what we thought
By Wes Fenlon published
Was Avowed's third-person camera worth the extra time and effort? As an accessibility option, absolutely. Beyond that...
Avowed is a thoroughly old-fashioned RPG adventure, but after the disappointments of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Starfield, that might be exactly what we need
By Robin Valentine published
ISLAND LIVING Timing is everything.
Uh, Dragon Age: The Veilguard—why do your darkspawn look like that?
By Robin Valentine published
SPAWNOGRAPHIC An ogre should not remind me of Stretch Armstong.
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