Steven Messner
With over 7 years of experience with in-depth feature reporting, Steven's mission is to chronicle the fascinating ways that games intersect our lives. Whether it's colossal in-game wars in an MMO, or long-haul truckers who turn to games to protect them from the loneliness of the open road, Steven tries to unearth PC gaming's greatest untold stories. His love of PC gaming started extremely early. Without money to spend, he spent an entire day watching the progress bar on a 25mb download of the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 demo that he then played for at least a hundred hours. It was a good demo.
Latest articles by Steven Messner
12 tips to help you get started in Genshin Impact
By Steven Messner, Sean Martin published
Get lucky Make the most out of Teyvat with our dedicated Genshin Impact guide.
New WoW Classic servers offer a fresh start with faster leveling, harder raids
By Steven Messner published
News New quality of life fixes and a quicker update cycle will make these new Classic servers a much more accessible and fun experience.
Where to find your New World pre-order, deluxe edition, and Twitch drop items
By Steven Messner published
Guide This guide will help you access your unlocked cosmetics for Amazon's big new MMO.
Valorant characters guide: Every Agent in Riot's FPS
By Steven Messner, Emma Matthews published
Meet 'n greet From hurling fireballs to erecting walls of poison smoke, Valorant characters have some cool abilities.
Revisiting the outrageous lore of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
By Steven Messner published
Dark Times The Burning Crusade was unlike anything else in Warcraft to date.
Why some Overwatch casters have stopped saying McCree's name during matches
By Steven Messner published
News After the real-life McCree was fired from Blizzard, Overwatch casters are now referring to the character as "the cowboy."
Dr Disrespect is starting his own game development studio
By Steven Messner published
news The studio's purpose: to partner with "mega influencers" and build their dream game.
EVE Online's record-setting war ends with a whimper
By Steven Messner published
News After a year of fighting, EVE Online's PAPI super-coalition has abandoned its mission to dethrone The Imperium.
This Genshin Impact player spent 7 hours using glitches and 'ice bridges' to break into its new zone
By Steven Messner published
News If you want to get to Inazuma before reaching AR 30, this is one way you could do it.
Blizzard's head of HR gone, too
By Steven Messner published
News The departure happened in the wake of employees accusing the HR department of covering up abuses.
How Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just 3 years
By Steven Messner published
Timeline From free speech scandals and massive layoffs to a discrimination lawsuit: A history of Blizzard's recent controversies and major departures.
World of Warcraft developers pledge to remove in-game references that are 'not appropriate' following sexual harassment lawsuit
By Steven Messner published
News Blizzard didn't specify what it would be removing, but both WoW Classic and modern WoW will be subject to changes.
Activision Blizzard employees denounce corporate statements: 'We are here, angry, and not so easily silenced'
By Tyler Wilde, Steven Messner published
news Over 20 current employees, including lead World of Warcraft devs, are speaking out against their company.
Activision Blizzard executives can't decide whether allegations of abuse are 'disturbing' or 'meritless'
By Steven Messner published
News Internal company memos and public statements paint a confusing picture of Activision Blizzard's stance.
World of Warcraft players are staging in-game protests against Activision Blizzard
By Steven Messner published
News Players are furious over allegations of rampant sexual harassment at Blizzard.
New World beta hits 190,000 concurrent players on Steam
By Steven Messner published
News People are really hungry for a new MMO, huh?
Swords of Legends Online review
By Steven Messner published
Slice n' Grind A Chinese MMO with a surprisingly robust endgame buried beneath bad localization and performance issues.
The 5 coolest moments from Warframe TennoCon 2021
By Steven Messner published
TennoCon 2021 A look at The New War expansion, Warframe's mobile version, and a lot more.
Warframe's The New War expansion revealed in an explosive 30-minute gameplay trailer
By Steven Messner published
News Check out the gameplay reveal of the New War here.
Warframe is getting crossplay and cross-save across all platforms, is coming to mobile
By Steven Messner published
News The feature is still in development, but soon there won't be any restriction on how you play Warframe and who you play it with.
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is a better Pokémon game than Pokémon
By Steven Messner published
Catch 'em all By JRPGifying Monster Hunter's intense fights, MH Stories 2 innovates where Pokémon has failed.
You can install Windows on a Steam Deck and possibly other game storefronts too
By Steven Messner published
News Unlike the Nintendo Switch, the Steam Deck will be an open platform that lets you do whatever you want.
PC Gamer plays: Nier Automata, Trials of Fire, Mundaun, and Elite Dangerous
By Steven Messner, Robin Valentine, Rachel Watts, Matt Killeen published
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