Tom Sykes
Tom loves exploring in games, whether it’s going the wrong way in a platformer or burgling an apartment in Deus Ex. His favourite game worlds—Stalker, Dark Souls, Thief—have an atmosphere you could wallop with a blackjack. He enjoys horror, adventure, puzzle games and RPGs, and played the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII with a translated script he printed off from the internet. Tom has been writing about free games for PC Gamer since 2012. If he were packing for a desert island, he’d take his giant Columbo boxset and a laptop stuffed with PuzzleScript games.
Latest articles by Tom Sykes
Family Man, the Breaking Bad-like blocky RPG, is out now
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News An RPG about money and moral choices.
Drox Operative 2 trailer shows off the sci-fi action RPG
By Tom Sykes published
News Early access release potentially this week.
Halo 3 public tests could start in early June
By Tom Sykes published
News The next game to hit The Master Chief Collection.
The Ascent announced, a striking cyberpunk action RPG
By Tom Sykes published
News Coming sometime this year.
Doom Eternal story DLC teased with two screenshots
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News But no release date yet.
The Golf Club 2019 is currently free to play on Steam
By Tom Sykes published
News A little birdie told me.
Drive a train across the wasteland in this free indie game
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News While transporting a beating heart.
Stuck in SnowRunner? Perhaps this tips trailer will help
By Tom Sykes published
News Muddy hell.
Spaceship action RPG Drox Operative 2 announced
By Tom Sykes published
News Launching in Early Access at the end of May.
Gears Tactics launch trailer is fun and full of info
By Tom Sykes published
News Also, you can preload it now.
Fallout 76 Wastelanders launch times announced
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News Steam preloads are now available, too.
Resident Evil 3 Remake shipped two million copies in its first five days
By Tom Sykes published
News Though the Resi 2 remake sold more.
Sizeable demo boasts some lovely, tactile puzzling
By Tom Sykes published
News The bigger they are...
Monstrous tactics game Alder's Blood trickles out, with a hefty discount
By Tom Sykes published
News Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick.
P.T. remade in ancient Mac tool HyperCard
By Tom Sykes published
Free Using revolutionary 'hyperlinks'.
Dordogne is a promising watercolour adventure game with a stunning trailer
By Tom Sykes published
News Sadly, it's not out until next year.
Card-battling RPG Ancient Enemy available now
By Tom Sykes published
News Grey Alien Games lays its cards on the table.
The Procession to Calvary out now, an adventure game made from beautiful Renaissance paintings
By Tom Sykes published
News One game that's definitely art.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer hints at PC version
By Tom Sykes published
News How does it Square with what we know so far?
The Dread X Collection, an anthology of 'playable teasers', includes new game by Dusk creator
By Tom Sykes published
News It's "a black and white FPS about fleshless ponies."
Verdant Village is a high fantasy take on Stardew Valley with an early free demo
By Tom Sykes published
Free Farm, craft, quest.
Battle monsters and puns in this stylish, free roguelike
By Tom Sykes published
Free ASCII and ye shall receive.
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