Latest articles by Robin Valentine
16 demos from Steam Next Fest that you need to play right now
Demo delights Drowning in a sea of Steam demos? We're here with the recommendations rafter to keep you afloat.
How to make Diablo 4 elixirs and potions
BREW DETECTIVE Let us help you keep your herb pouch full and your flasks stocked up.
Great moments in PC gaming: Transforming a hero into something bizarre in Wildermyth
Mythomorphosis Sylvan leg? Crow head? Yes to these and more.
The best games and announcements from all the summer showcases (and 7 hidden gems)
Best of the best Which games "won" the last week? The PC Gamer team's verdict after watching every trailer.
This dark horror city builder is like being a mayor in The Witcher
FOR GORD'S SAKE In Gord's wonderfully grim, Slavic style, sacrificing your children to an ancient swamp horror is par for the course.
If Starfield is 'grounded and realistic', what's with all the cowboys and space magic?
YEE HAW Something about the game's tone just isn't adding up.
Diablo 4 is desperate to not be Diablo 3, but too timid to move past it
STUCK IN LIMBO Without any true innovation in its action-RPG formula, the long-awaited sequel is just a monument to fear and live service bloat.
This ambitious 'social sandbox' MMORPG is like EVE Online in medieval Europe: 'From the first minute you start playing the game, you can do everything you can imagine with other players'
DEI TRADER Build homes, guilds, and most importantly community in Pax Dei.
No, Bethesda, I do not want to kiss any of Starfield's glassy-eyed companions
NEWS Bethesda can make an entire galaxy of planets, but it can't make an NPC who doesn't look like a ventriloquist dummy being held at gunpoint.
Star Wars Outlaws better be good, because it's basically the open world Star Wars game us nerds have all been dreaming about for years
NEWS Scoundrels, stylish droids, and one last heist—it's what I've always wanted.
Alan Wake 2 will be 'Remedy's first survival horror game' and feels like it's taking cues from Resident Evil
news More dangerous enemies and a thicker sense of dread point to a dark turn for the sequel.
Finally, Mortal Kombat will let you team up Sub-Zero with Sub-Zero
NEWS Mortal Kombat 1 is remixing classic storylines, and pairing up your favourite fighters.
2023's most mind-bending puzzle game gives you a magic camera and invites you to break the world
CAMERA OBSCURA After a few hours with Viewfinder, I'm still dazzled by its perspective-shifting mechanics—but I hope it's got more in store.
With free rules and a new game mode, Warhammer 40,000 is looking a lot cheaper to get into in its new edition
NEWS Combat Patrol will allow you to start playing with just one box of models.
Warhammer and stamp-collecting collide in Royal Mail's latest collection
NEWS Recent art, classic art, and lovely photos of minis from the Warhammer world decorate these handsome stamps.
Play a city builder above ground and Dungeon Keeper below simultaneously in this brilliantly creative game
ROBOT ROCK Just when you think you've got SteamWorld Build figured out, it unfolds another new layer to manage.
Wage psychological warfare behind enemy lines in this XCOM-like World War 2 turn-based strategy game
TOP SECRET Classified: France '44 tells the story of Allied special forces working with the French Resistance to fight back against Nazi occupation.
AI-generated story and dialogue is not going to work, says Dragon Age creator David Gaider: 'A lot of effort is going to be wasted on this'
NEWS The RPG veteran reveals that during his time at BioWare, the studio experimented with procedurally-generated quests—but they were ultimately a failure.
Realms of Ruin is a fast, accessible RTS that wants to bring Warhammer's newest setting to PC gamers: 'It's about getting in there and sticking your axe into the guy's face'
NEWS It's the first big-budget game to release in the world of Age of Sigmar, and developer Frontier has huge ambitions for it.
Diablo 4 players have started calling people who didn't earn the horse cosmetic in the beta 'bare-mares'
NEWS The community has split into haves and have-nots over the Cry of Ashava.
Marvel's Midnight Suns deserved better than its terrible DLCs
SUNSET The half-baked season pass has only diluted the excellent core experience.
How do you move your MMO character, and are you doing it wrong?
On the MMOve Hint: You're probably doing it wrong.
Class balance is still an absolute joke in Diablo 4—but the game has far bigger problems
WHAT THE HELL I no longer care who needs buffs and nerfs—none of these classes are any fun to play.
