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
EA's customer support studios in Austin and Galway face layoffs
By Natalie Clayton published
news Customer support studios face the axe as EA seeks to increase its "efficiency, flexibility and scalability".
Apex Legends' newest legend isn't coming to PC
By Natalie Clayton published
news A new mobile port is already taking sharp turns away from the base game.
Silt is Limbo for people who need the extra terror of the deep sea, and arrives next month
By Natalie Clayton published
news Just keep swimming.
Covid-19 taught the games industry to be better
By Natalie Clayton published
Welcome Home It took a global pandemic to make us finally rethink where and how we make games.
The PC Gamer team's personal gaming setups
By Katie Wickens published
Got game? The beastly rigs our team is rocking at home.
Apex Legends just ego-checked its most competitive players
By Natalie Clayton published
Pull rank Solo is a no-go under the new ranked rules.
PlayStation president faces backlash after refusing to take a stance on abortion rights
By Natalie Clayton published
news But he sent cat pictures to staff, which makes it okay right?
Trying to understand four-dimensional Minecraft broke my brain
By Natalie Clayton published
Mind Craft Crafting a three-dimensional bed just to give my head a rest.
The Final Boss is a free, Papers, Please-style tale about the drudgery of running an evil empire
By Natalie Clayton published
Pencil pusher Nobody told me world domination had this much admin.
Apex Legends Season 13: Everything we know
By Natalie Clayton published
Castle crash Dubbed "Saviors", Season 13 has kicked off as of May 10.
Last Spartan Standing isn't Halo's battle royale, but it probably should be
By Natalie Clayton published
Royale Fumble Season 2's new mode can't commit to its own gimmick.
CCP is still trying to make the EVE Online FPS happen
By Natalie Clayton published
news Dust 514 whomst?
EVE x Microsoft Excel is probably the least surprising collaboration in history
By Natalie Clayton published
news Spreadsheets in space in spreadsheets.
Apex Legends' newest hero is coming for Gibraltar's crown
By Natalie Clayton published
Fort, right? The bigger their shield, the harder they fall.
Titanfall 2's best mode comes to Northstar's fan-run servers
By Natalie Clayton published
News Getting Attrition working was itself a war of attrition.
Former Blizzard Versailles staff have won their legal battle against the company
By Natalie Clayton published
news The French studio made all employees redundant before closing in 2020.
This Stanley Parable demake sends the metatextual pencil-pusher back to Quake
By Natalie Clayton published
news It's a commentary on game violence. Probably.
Call of Duty cheaters have recently found themselves blind to other players
By Natalie Clayton published
news A new anti-cheat technique is turning cheaters into easy prey.
Twitch is reportedly looking at ways to make itself worse
By Natalie Clayton published
news More ads and less favourable revenue rates are on the table.
Overwatch 2 needs to pull its story out of the past
By Natalie Clayton published
Storied History It's time to care about Overwatch's narrative future.
There are absolutely, for certain, no snakes in this free horror game
By Natalie Clayton published
Venomous No-Snake Hotel has a 99.9% snake-free guarantee.
Apex Legends' next hero is Newcastle, a shield-bearing Robocop
By Natalie Clayton published
news Despite the name, he's no Geordie. Sorry.
Half-Life's infamous tram opening is even creepier when voiced by TikTok
By Natalie Clayton published
news Black Mesa launches its zoomer outreach initiative.
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