Steven Messner
With over 7 years of experience with in-depth feature reporting, Steven's mission is to chronicle the fascinating ways that games intersect our lives. Whether it's colossal in-game wars in an MMO, or long-haul truckers who turn to games to protect them from the loneliness of the open road, Steven tries to unearth PC gaming's greatest untold stories. His love of PC gaming started extremely early. Without money to spend, he spent an entire day watching the progress bar on a 25mb download of the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 demo that he then played for at least a hundred hours. It was a good demo.
Latest articles by Steven Messner
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Among Us is getting a hide and seek mode, new roles, and a whole lot more
By Steven Messner published
News Developer Inner Sloth revealed a ton of upcoming features for Among Us.
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Amazon Games is localizing one of South Korea's most exciting MMOs, Lost Ark
By Steven Messner published
News Diablo-style MMO Lost Ark is finally being released in English in 2021.
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic review
By Steven Messner published
Fun with portals The Burning Crusade Classic is an expansion only for hardcore players, but it captures a fascinating period in WoW's history.
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Genshin Impact casually reveals two new characters months ahead of their release
By Steven Messner published
News Yoimiya and Sayu are two new characters coming to Genshin Impact, but not any time soon.
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If you want to level quickly in Burning Crusade Classic, grind dungeons instead of quests
By Steven Messner published
PSA With so many players flooding quest hubs at launch, running dungeons is a much more fun way to level.
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World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic: Release date, news, level boosts, and everything we know so far
By Steven Messner published
Fun with portals WoW Classic is going through the Dark Portal later this year. Hopefully this time we're prepared.
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These are the level requirements for each World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic zone
By Steven Messner published
Zone levels Outlands is a scary place, but this guide will help you know where to go and when.
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World of Warcraft Classic: Ahn'Qiraj opening, guides, and everything we know
By Steven Messner published
Stay Vanilla WoW Classic is finally here, letting fans finally go back to the moment where it all started.
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PC Gamer plays: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Legend of Grimrock 2, Loop Hero, and Disco Elysium
By James Davenport, Robin Valentine, Steven Messner, Matt Elliott published
PCG plays Here are the latest stories and adventures the PCG team has enountered in the realm of videogames.
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How greedy microtransactions sparked EVE Online's disastrous Summer of Rage
By Andrew Groen published
Excerpt This exclusive excerpt from Empires of EVE: Volume 2 recounts the 2011 in-game protests that brought CCP Games to its knees.
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Genshin Impact's June 9 update gives players a boat and island paradise to explore
By Steven Messner published
News MiHoYo is also teasing its next big expansion and region to explore, Inazuma.
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The 5 greatest moments in EVE Online history
By Steven Messner published
Epic battles, brutal heists, and one ridiculously longwinded assassination. These are the greatest stories in EVE Online history.
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Valheim nails exploration because of its looming sense of mystery
By Steven Messner published
Why I Love How Steam's latest Early Access creates joy in the simple act of discovery.
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Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida teases what's to come after Endwalker
By Steven Messner published
news Yoshida also strongly recommends players replay the main story quests again to prep for Endwalker's big finale.
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Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker will have around 30% more story and cutscenes than Shadowbringers
By Steven Messner published
News Game director Naoki Yoshida says Square Enix is pulling out all the stops for the big finale to FF14's current story arc.
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Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida on the death of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura: 'It's unfathomable'
By Steven Messner published
News Final Fantasy 14's game director reflects on Berserk's influence on both him personally and Final Fantasy 14's development.
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Unexplored 2 is the most innovative adventure game I've played in years
By Steven Messner published
Open road Each time you die, Unexplored 2's world evolves and moves forward through time.
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After talking to a scientist, Mass Effect's aliens are more believable than I ever expected
By Steven Messner published
👽👽👽 We talk to the SETI Institute's senior astronomer about possible alien biology, technology, and culture to find out how Mass Effect's aliens stack up.
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Final Fantasy 14's next upcoming class is the deathly Reaper
By Steven Messner published
News They dress in black, carry a big scythe, and summon the undead. What's not to love?
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Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is coming November 23, check out the new 6-minute trailer
By Steven Messner published
News The penultimate expansion to Final Fantasy 14's current storyline is thankfully coming this year.
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids is a massive expansion stuffed with pagans, intrigue, and Irish mythology
By Steven Messner published
Big Ireland Valhalla's first big DLC was worth the wait.
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What you need to know about Resident Evil 7's story before playing Village
By Steven Messner published
ICYMI A complete summary of the horrors and story of Resident Evil 7.
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World of Warcraft Classic players are furious at the how expensive its character cloning fee is
By Steven Messner published
News It will cost players $35 to play the same character on Burning Crusade and WoW Classic servers, but that seems unfair.
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