Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
Europa review: A game all about gliding and exploring trips over its own feet
Glide & Seek Jump and glide your way across a mysterious moon in puzzle platformer Europa.
The sequel to one of the best murder mystery games ever is only a month away, and there's a new demo out now
News The Rise of the Golden Idol delivers more baffling murders on November 12.
This farming sim lets you plant crops anywhere you want on a real-world map, so I patriotically grew corn and raised sheep under the Statue of Liberty
farm free Global Farmer uses real world data to let your farm just about anywhere you can think of.
'There were so many meetings': A former Bethesda developer explains why he quit during Starfield and started a solo project
news 'I enjoyed it a lot less as [the studio] grew and grew,' says The Axis Unseen's Nate Purkeypile, who'd worked at Bethesda for 14 years.
I just squeezed more eggs in one hour than you have in your entire life
News Test your psychokinetic intuition of biological makeup in Egg Squeeze.
Larian says 40% of all current Baldur's Gate 3 players are now 'embracing utter chaos with mods'
news Players are giving into their dark urges: 22 million mods have already been downloaded since Patch 7 arrived a month ago.
6 exciting city builders coming out before the end of 2024 (plus a few more to look forward to next year)
the road ahead Now that Frostpunk 2, Manor Lords, and Cities: Skylines 2 are out, here's a look at what's on the horizon for the city builder genre.
Frostpunk 2 factions and communities explained
trust issues There are many factions and communities in Frostpunk 2. Here's how they work and how to handle them.
There's two types of news in Frostpunk 2: bad news, and good news that you slowly realize is actually bad news
cold comfort Even when I win, I just can't win.
Frostpunk 2: How to transfer oil and other resources from your colony to your city
Punk Pipelines You've struck oil! Now you've got to get it to your generator. Here's how.
How to get more workforce in Frostpunk 2
Busy bees That oil ain't gonna drill for itself you know.
10 tips to get started in Frostpunk 2
What you snow Steward your frostbound city away from doom and destruction.
How to get cores in Frostpunk 2
Core Values One of Frostpunk 2's most important resources can't be manufactured: it has to be found.
Frostpunk 2 review: A blizzard of tough choices and lasting consequences
Deep Freeze Endure a blizzard of tough choices and lasting consequences in the survival city builder sequel.
Core Keeper review: A sprawling survival game in a beautiful subterranean world
Dig it Minecraft meets Valheim in top-down survival crafting sandbox Core Keeper.
Someone just discovered that Balatro's 'Misprint' joker has been sending us secret messages this whole time
News The smudged card isn't just dealing out random mults—it can also help you cheat.
Survival game Nightingale is making big changes after the developers looked at games like Palworld and Enshrouded: 'It was really the structure that stood out'
news A big overhaul to the main quest is coming this week. Plus, they're adding cats (in hats).
Once Human dev says some recent player feedback 'has been quite demoralizing'
News Starry Studio is planning changes to weapon builds and Season 2 scenarios.
The best Steam Deck games
Steam On The games that you should play on Valve's gaming handheld.
'How big can we go?': PUBG creator Brendan Greene on founding a studio to build his Earth-sized digital world
World-building PlayerUnknown Productions is cooking up something huge, and we're finally learning more about it.
No Man's Sky finally delivers the perfect reason to explore a few trillion planets: to go fishing
News No Man's Sky Aquarius update adds rods, reels, and lots of alien fish to catch.
