Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln started writing about games while convincing his college professors to accept his essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress, eventually leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte. After three years freelancing for PC Gamer, he joined on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter

Capcom's hoping to make the recommended specs for Monster Hunter Wilds less monstrous thanks to post-beta performance improvements
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News A hardware benchmark tool could be on the way, too.

This Path of Exile 2 build simply opts out of danger by keeping nearby enemies permanently frozen in time
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Set movement to no.

Undaunted by mixed Steam reviews, Hyper Light Breaker dev says it's 'encouraging' to have 'extremely reasonable' early access feedback
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "Expect improvements ASAP."

Path of Exile 2's first big patch of 2025 is here, bringing new maps, quality of life tweaks, unique item and monster rebalancing, and—let's see—improved visuals for 'Chaos Pustules'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News GGG's sanding down the rough edges to make way for bigger reworks.

New report says PC games are outselling console games, calling PC gaming a 'bright spot' in a troubled industry
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Everything's coming up computers.

Elden Ring geographer tests rigorous calculation against weed-fueled horse math to determine the exact size of The Lands Between
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It's like they always say: Cannabis and cartographic analysis don't mix.

Marvel Rivals game director says it'll be getting a new hero every month and a half, which hopefully isn't a display of classical hubris
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News At this rate, we should get a playable Dr. Druid by 2029.

Percy_Verence, Elon Musk's infamous Path of Exile 2 hardcore character, dead at level 97
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Must've been all that low-level gear.

Path of Exile 2 numberlord spends 16 straight days killing rare monsters to prove that a stat that makes loot better makes better loot
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News In short: Yeah.

Path of Exile 2 players are calling foul on Elon Musk's high-level hardcore character after he streams his struggles with core game mechanics
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Could've been stream jitters, I suppose.

Even without Assassin's Creed Shadows, next month is so packed with big games that I'd need until February 2026 to play them all
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
news We've reached critical release density.

18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
By Phil Savage published
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.

Tiny anime girl cyberprison shown at CES
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News It rotates, and it listens.

Monster Hunter Wilds is getting more open beta tests before launch—but they'll be missing Capcom's latest performance improvements
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News The second beta will feature a new hunt against a returning monster and a new reward for the full game.

Call of Duty's development budget ballooned by $250 million between 2015 and 2020 to an eye-watering $700 million
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Danger close.

The best co-op games to drag your pals into
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.

Acer unveils the comically huge Nitro Blaze 11, a gaming handheld more than three times the weight of a Nintendo Switch
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Embiggened.

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says violence will be the default in AAA RPGs as long as we keep buying it: 'Companies don't make them because they feel like it. They make them because they sell'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News "Companies make games—and in general, products—that people will buy."

Popeye and Tintin have entered the public domain, so I'll just go ahead and start the countdown clock for our first Sailor Man soulslike
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Any spinach-fueled super strength might have to wait a couple more years, though.

Dragon's Dogma 2 understands that fantasy's at its best when it knows how to revel in the mundane
By Lincoln Carpenter published
🏆 Can't have heroics without fresh harspuds.

Here's 22 good games that cost $1 or less in the 2024 winter game sales
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Deals Almost two dozen games for less than $25? In this economy?

A bug's letting Warframe players summon their newly-added motorcycles in more areas than intended, but the devs say it's 'rad and cool' enough to stay—as long as the bikes aren't in outer space
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News So long, space Kawasaki.
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