Mollie Taylor
Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she's not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.
Latest articles by Mollie Taylor
![An example of the lalafell's teeth in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's benchmark software.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozEASKKaxLS8kHQXoCucLH-320-80.png)
One of Final Fantasy 14's easiest raids accidentally goes turbo hard mode thanks to a bug wiping the entire group
By Mollie Taylor published
news Amon-gus.
![A Viera Warrior of Light.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4znP2bgkiitMc3TRQNp24f-320-80.png)
Damn Yoshi-P wasn't lying, Final Fantasy 14's servers really are beefed up and Dawntrail-ready
By Mollie Taylor published
news My fears of 90002 and Endless Walking thankfully did not become reality.
![Koleda swinging at an enemy in Zenless Zone Zero.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zcqMPpEzG7rsj7fXK7W8rc-320-80.jpg)
Zenless Zone Zero is an exciting blend of Persona 5 and Street Fighter, but I worry whether it'll be able to sustain itself in miHoYo's modern mold
By Mollie Taylor published
Parry time ZZZ is stylish and wickedly fun when you're in combat, but a lack of exploration leaves me concerned.
![Zenless Zone Zero — three of the game's characters lounging in (and on) a car between missions.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5EbMiesTmc6Kb9FxacugeD-320-80.jpg)
Zenless Zone Zero's producer has spent an ungodly amount of time playing Street Fighter 6, which makes the whisperings of a collaboration even more understandable
By Mollie Taylor published
news Zhenyu Li is a huge fan of Capcom's fighting game.
![A quartet of posing Zenless Zone Zero proxies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ooHEpDkmCyhghSRVtibPAQ-320-80.jpg)
Zenless Zone Zero's launch roster won't quite match the numbers of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, but its producer says the team is going for 'quality not quantity'
By Mollie Taylor published
news miHoYo's latest game is launching with 15 playable characters.
![Celestia Ludenberg in her gothic lolita outfit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AYh7PAqKanx27wuHn3dNuS-320-80.jpg)
The best anime games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Updated From great adaptations to games every anime lover should play, here are the best of the best.
![The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer - the stylized logo "The Elder Scrolls VI" over a sweeping landscape of mountains and arid plains.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eh4UWhvd6WXwJhXHTCDoE7-320-80.jpg)
The Elder Scrolls 6: everything we know about the next return to Tamriel
By Omri Petitte last updated
scroll locked The Elder Scrolls 6 is still very far away, but we've collected all the news and rumors while we wait.
![PC Gamer Chat Log](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbFt9DdsVNLA2Hf4WhX9RA-320-80.jpg)
PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 65: GG, it's the poggers gamer slang episode
By Mollie Taylor published
Podcast Mollie, Lauren and Robin talk about the language of gaming.
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Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
By Kara Phillips published
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
![Chibi characters hang out outside an arcade.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LgAxFfPK7sXV8heiKPLGSZ-320-80.png)
Go-Go Town! looks like every cosy city builder's dream, and I am entirely too giddy about the fact I can high-five every animal
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS Create your own town, convince tourists to move in and invite some pals along for the ride.
![Small pink bulb blobs hop around a cubed landscape.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uTqXVcsJZzvccGhhg6MFSL-320-80.jpg)
The Unpacking developer is swapping out wordless storytelling for musical numbers and 3D puzzling in Tempopo
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS I will be singing the trailer music to myself for weeks.
![Three anime characters stand talking to each other.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ki9U257exWi4rXH4R7qX8j-320-80.jpg)
Wander Stars is a fantastically weird mash-up of Pokémon, Dragon Ball, and the power of the English language
By Mollie Taylor published
PCGS Super Saiyan speech.
![Street Fighter 6's Year 2 pass reveal with Mai Shiranui, Terry Bogard, M. Bison and Elena](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SYuXdMZEtgvACeJBbbWhfn-320-80.png)
Fighting gamers are eating good: I've never been so happy to see the genre flourishing during Summer Game Fest
By Mollie Taylor published
the good fight Street Fighter, Fatal Fury and Sparking Zero dominated the early half of Summer Game Fest and it was glorious.
![The Monster Hunter Wilds trailer shown during Summer Game Fest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ccsWPkyrHGEnTvyP6Fzrkh-320-80.png)
Monster Hunter Wilds is going all in on its chocobo-looking Seikret mounts by letting you go right into battle while you're on 'em
By Mollie Taylor published
news I am so irrationally excited to attack monsters while riding my giant chicken.
![Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan with cards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fQ8bpXnPun7AXhG3BkKtr8-320-80.jpg)
If you're also desperate to pad out your Honkai: Star Rail funds after that livestream, Summer Game Fest has you covered with a little treat
By Mollie Taylor published
news You can grab a code from the Summer Game Fest TikTok right now.
![Screenshots of climbing adventure puzzle game Cairn.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wNmHH8gn4T5HRvdp5bAEFo-320-80.jpg)
I'm terrified of heights but Cairn makes me want to immediately grab my carabiner and scale a huge mountain
By Mollie Taylor published
news The developer behind Furi and Haven is making a climbing game about ascending an unconquered summit.
![Cuffbust](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwKLvq8z6MsHpuePCyK6vG-320-80.png)
Choo-Choo Charles creator is back with bizarre joint-smoking, prison-breaking alien koalas and some slightly nauseating physics-based mayhem
By Mollie Taylor published
news Cuffbust is "coming 2025 maybe, IDK TBH".
![PC Gamer Chat Log](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbFt9DdsVNLA2Hf4WhX9RA-320-80.jpg)
PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 64: Weird brand tie-ins
By Mollie Taylor published
Podcast Mollie, Lauren and Tyler Colp talk about the weird and wonderful world of videogame brand tie-ins.
![Naoki Yoshida drinking red wine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQJ92VTsDoE8Ebh5CxwgTg-320-80.jpg)
Yoshi-P will turn Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail around if players keep asking for a raise spell on Pictomancer, jokes: 'it'd be best to remove raise from all of those jobs' if they don't behave
By Harvey Randall published
News Ease-of-use.
![Final Fantasy 14 character](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YVNnnQi3X4DgmaTCfJvaJ-320-80.jpg)
FF14 director Yoshi-P says 'possibly 98%' of the team are inspired by Elden Ring, but assures players Dawntrail won't be as brutally hard
By Tyler Colp published
news The environmental design and atmosphere are where you'll probably see the most inspiration, he says.
![A Vanu Vanu munches on a soft taco](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/by5hQrHCuyqUmPRqHZvSWe-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14's low-poly grapes may have left us, but blocky food lives on in Dawntrail and I ranked them all because why not
By Mollie Taylor published
cubed cuisine I freakin' love low-poly food, y'all.
![Screenshots taken of a preview build during the Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail media tour.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8UG8NpAARPYYBtE5KyVjdE-320-80.png)
I can't believe I had to go back to regular crusty Final Fantasy 14 after witnessing Dawntrail's stunning graphical overhaul first-hand
By Mollie Taylor published
dawn of a new day Dawntrail's had a facelift, but it's still the same old Final Fantasy 14.
![An image of the first Hrothgar in Final Fantasy 14 smiling as she regards her home, Tural, in Dawntrail. She is a large lioness-like lady with a bright, optimistic expression: sailing under a clear blue sky.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QWbXLhuYJjbdntwxNqrqiZ-320-80.png)
'Players don't need to worry about that': Final Fantasy 14 director says the team is well-armed for Dawntrail's launch rush, no repeat of the Endwalker queue fiasco or day-long DDoS attacks
By Mollie Taylor published
news More servers and better ways of dealing with DDoS attacks have left Naoki Yoshida feeling confident.
![The Hero of Light slashes with paired daggers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uk3FQvWL5SUa5UvKqXrTvj-320-80.png)
Final Fantasy 14 director doesn't have any plans to change 'the structure' of Dawntrail's patches, but its Bozja-like field exploration zone 'will be larger in scale than the content we've had in the past'
By Mollie Taylor published
news "There is a benefit for the players, but also there's a benefit for us as the developers."
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