Natalie Clayton
20 years ago, Nat played Jet Set Radio Future for the first time, and she's not stopped thinking about games since. Joining PC Gamer in 2020, she comes from three years of freelance reporting at Rock Paper Shotgun, Waypoint, VG247 and more. Embedded in the European indie scene and a part-time game developer herself, Nat is always looking for a new curiosity to scream about—whether it's the next best indie darling, or simply someone modding a Scotmid into Black Mesa. She also unofficially appears in Apex Legends under the pseudonym Horizon.
Latest articles by Natalie Clayton
The Halo campaigns, ranked from worst to best
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Chief Chiefs Our favorite Halo campaigns, from Combat Evolved to Infinite.
The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.
GTA Online players respond poorly to an in-game performance of Hamlet
By Natalie Clayton last updated
news Alas, poor Mascara.
GTA Online's next heist arrives December 15, takes you to an island paradise
By Natalie Clayton last updated
news Fun (and guns) in the sun.
Here's what Burnout 3: Takedown looks like inside Grand Theft Auto V
By Natalie Clayton last updated
news Check out that gnarly camerawork.
Los Santos isn't ready for GTA Online's football talkshow
By Natalie Clayton last updated
news Hamlet performer turned sports host Rustic Mascara tried bringing the beautiful game to the streets of Grand Theft Auto.
Why Nuclear Throne is still the best roguelike around
By Natalie Clayton published
Radioactive Irradiated, bloodied, and incredibly satisfying.
343 is trying to revive Halo 2's infamous 'Earth City' E3 demo
By Natalie Clayton last updated
news The Halo studio is working with modders on a massive cut content revival project.
This Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map defies what should be possible in Source
By Natalie Clayton published
news We've come a long way since Half-Life 2.
In celebration of Olympus, the pinnacle of battle royale maps
By Natalie Clayton published
Heavenly Going up to the city in the sky.
Starfield fans are already reverse-engineering the game's map
By Natalie Clayton published
news An early peek at the potential shape of Bethesda's space epic.
Overwatch 2's latest hero is an overdesigned mess
By Natalie Clayton published
Too much junk Junker Queen's got a bit too much going on.
My return to Elden Ring has turned me into a crafty little rat
By Natalie Clayton published
Scurry Hurry I just wish the game accounted for it wholesale.
Neon White review
By Natalie Clayton last updated
Heavenly A sharp speedrunning shooter that'll probably scale with how much time you spent in Hot Topic.
The Messenger's retro RPG prequel Sea of Stars has been delayed into 2023
By Natalie Clayton published
news "We find ourselves here with a large body of text and our logos at the bottom"
What Townscaper needed, apparently, was delightfully tiny trains
By Natalie Clayton published
news Islands & Trains does exactly what it says on the label.
Sonic creator confirms Michael Jackson's long-rumoured involvement in Sonic 3
By Natalie Clayton published
news Missing tunes in Sonic Origins led Yuji Naka to confirm a long-held urban myth.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands rolls a crit on Steam tomorrow
By Natalie Clayton published
news Borderlands-but-D&D ends its Epic exclusivity with a brand new DLC dungeon.
Watch this streamer literally punch his way through Sifu with fist-powered motion controllers
By Natalie Clayton published
news Impressive, and exhausting.
How the hero shooter took over competitive FPS design
By Natalie Clayton published
Heroic The world could always use more gunslinging heroes.
What do we want from Fallout 5?
By Jody Macgregor published
PCG Q&A Fingers crossed we live to see it, of course.
Signalis is a brutally stunning slice of sci-fi survival horror
By Natalie Clayton published
Tune in A chilling demo just debuted as part of Steam Next Fest.
Apex Legends' resident healer opens a new clinic on Olympus next week
By Natalie Clayton published
news Control is back, Lifeline gets new life, and everything's gone a bit Super Sentai.
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