Latest articles by Wes Fenlon
The best Steam Deck games
Steam On The games everyone should have installed on Valve's gaming handheld.
Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
Prepare An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.
Elden Ring: Nightreign's director remembers the one big bit of advice he got from Hidetaka Miyazaki: 'Do it as you please'
News Who could ask for a better show of support from the big boss himself?
My favorite little Elden Ring: Nightreign feature is the first evolution of FromSoftware's iconic 'bloodstains' since 2009's Demon's Souls, and has roots in a roguelike from way back in 1987
News When you die, you can now leave a remnant of your sick loot behind for another player.
If you want to play Elden Ring: Nightreign as soon as possible, good news: It'll have a Network Test in February
News The Elden Ring roguelike spin-off is out sometime in 2025, but as usual you'll get to try it before release.
Elden Ring: Nightreign will include a character built around Shadow of the Erdtree's parry mechanic
News There's a character for the Bloodborne fans, and there's one for the Sekiro fans, too.
The best PC games right now
What to play Looking for a great new PC game? Here's what we're playing in 2024.
The Game Awards were stacked with even more big reveals than we expected this year
Roundup This year's show had tons of reveals that would have been the "one more thing" in another year.
What the heck is Elden Ring: Nightreign? Our big explainer covering new characters, loot, roguelike mechanics and more
Nightsplained Everything we can tell you from spending a full day playing FromSoftware's new roguelike spin-off.
Elden Ring: Nightreign 'is not what we consider a live service game,' says FromSoftware: 'We wanted to have a game that felt like a complete package'
News FromSoftware isn't going down the Fortnite path just yet.
Elden Ring: Nightreign hands-on: 6 hours with FromSoftware's wild new co-op roguelike action RPG remix
Played it We played the new Elden Ring spin-off and talked with FromSoftware about what to expect from the 2025 game.
8 years after The Last Guardian and almost 20 since Shadow of the Colossus, Fumito Ueda's new game is finally announced—and it's sci-fi this time
News The new game, published by Epic, was announced at the 2024 Game Awards.
FromSoftware's next game is an Elden Ring spin-off called Nightreign, and it's coming next year
News Nightreign is Elden Ring crossed with a roguelike, and we've played it.
Watch Avowed's director set a new speed record for answering our questions about Obsidian's upcoming RPG
Q&A Carrie Patel joined The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted ahead of Avowed's release in February.
Wizard of Legend 2, one of this year's most under-the-radar roguelites, is getting a chonky update next week
News The wizard action game hasn't been in early access long, and it's already seeing some big additions.
The best indie games on PC
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.
Black Friday Steam sale alternatives: Even cheaper PC gaming deals
Deal The Steam Autumn sale isn't the only game in town.
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Autumn Sale
Deals We've combed the latest Steam sale for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
My favorite thing about Avowed might just be how much stuff it lets me turn off
Fiddler Avowed's deep commitment to UI options is one of its greatest strengths.
We played Avowed with both first-person and third-person cameras: Here's what we thought
Was Avowed's third-person camera worth the extra time and effort? As an accessibility option, absolutely. Beyond that...
If you've been worried about Avowed not looking punchy enough, Obsidian's combat designer has a hitstop animation 'superpower' that might reassure you
News Avowed's sword-tuner cut his teeth working on actiony MMOs like Warhammer Online and WildStar.
Obsidian's designers discuss how they decide the size of Avowed's environments: 'We don't want to have those empty, meaningless spaces just to have them'
News "When you explore Avowed, your exploration, your curiosity, is going to be rewarded."
Avowed is a jack-of-all-trades action RPG with a rare attention for the little details
Hands-on In rare moments Avowed reminds me of an immersive sim, but it stops short of the simulation of games like Deus Ex.
