Latest articles by Robert Jones
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Path of Exile 2
Magazine Plus: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, No More Room In Hell 2, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Empire of the Ants, top mini gaming PCs, and much more!
Morrigan isn't just my favourite Dragon Age character, she's the greatest fantasy RPG companion of all time
GOAT Following the release of The Veilguard, I'm more certain than ever who the GOAT is
A huge discount to Batman: Arkham Asylum, the superlative superhero game with over 47,000 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews on Steam, is the Halloween gaming treat I've been waiting for
News The best Batman game ever made is now going for a few bucks.
The recent ultra-violent RoboCop FPS that lets you atomise the skulls of criminal scum is going for a fraction of full price
News I've enjoyed this superb PC gaming experience, so it's easy to recommend
As Netflix's The Witcher Season 4 loses another star, once again I feel compelled to tap the 'this no-budget YouTube fan film does the Witcher better' sign
It's not just Henry Cavill not returning in The Witcher Season 4
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.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Magazine Plus: Metal Gear Solid Delta, Stalker 2, Planescape: Torment, Commandos: Origins, PC gaming portables, and much more!
Can my 14-year-old gaming PC, loaded with the one-time most powerful graphics card in the world, still deliver a good PC gaming experience in 2024?
Rig resurrection It's retro rig rumble in the silicon jungle, round two
PC Gamer magazine's new issue, featuring a special collectible lenticular cover, is on sale now: Planet Coaster 2
Magazine Plus: Civilization 7, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Spectre Divide, Black Desert Online, Baldur's Gate 3, Tactical Breach Wizards, and much more!
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, as this video shows, feels like a trial run for its inclusion in Hogwarts Legacy 2
Muggled Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions currently feels like a sideshow
Pinch me! I'm now prepping for my dream PC port of classic Nintendo 64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie as this fan-made decompilation project hits 100%
News Getting Jiggy with it.
As the Borderlands movie crashes and burns as a box office megaflop, The Crow reboot says hold my beer, outflopping it so hard that it gets branded 'a cynical cash grab' by the original film's director and annihilated by critics
News So the Borderlands movie is… good now?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director speaks about the dark fantasy RPG's stunning Unreal Engine 5 graphics: 'It’s a key foundation for the studio to really look for the latest technology'
News Lighting the way forward for RPGs
'I love stories where you go and venture into the unknown': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche opens up on the RPG's brilliantly bonkers plot
News Defeat the Paintress before your number's up
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director speaks candidly about the new RPG's respect for Final Fantasy and Persona: 'We are definitely not hiding that there are influences'
News A western take on the classic turn-based RPG
PC Gamer magazine's landmark 400th issue is on sale now: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Magazine Plus: Splitgate 2, Norland, Zephon, Once Human, Perfect Dark, Anger Foot, The Black Parade, PC Gamer's Top 100 games to play, and much more!
Dazzling Doom 2 mod upgrades the legendary FPS with full-blown ray tracing, looks hellishly good
News Rip and tear, with real-time path tracing
Baldur's Gate 3's lead mocap choreographer reveals Lae'zel's combat stance is based on a real technique that came to an ancient samurai master in a dream
News Lae'zel's "elusive" pose came from scriptures about a master developing his ultimate technique.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a 'seriously satisfying RPG' that lets you live the life of a medieval knight in a 'rich and reactive open world', has its price slashed by 83%
News Raise your sword, for less.
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: World of Warcraft: The War Within
Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!
I'm now hooked on Starfield, and it's all thanks to its recent game-changing upgrade
Stargazing If, like me, you'd checked out of Starfield, it's time to think again
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Magazine Plus: Killing Floor 3, The Forever Winter, Screenbound, Men of War II, Test Drive Solar Crown, Underspace, and much more!
