Christopher Livingston
Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.
Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
My favorite game of 2024, Blue Prince, finally has a release window… in 2025
By Christopher Livingston published
Blue Prince is a mystery mansion puzzle game I can't wait for everyone else to play.
PlayerUnknown's survival game Prologue will hit early access in the first half of 2025
By Christopher Livingston published
News If you can't wait that long, there will be community playtests ahead of the early access launch.
PUBG creator Brendan Greene just released a free tech demo of his new game engine on Steam that lets you play with 'an Earth-scale world generated in real-time'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Preface: Undiscovered World lets players generate and explore Earth-sized worlds.
The creators of Secret Level say Bandai Namco encouraged them to do 'whatever we want' with an iconic character: 'We would like audiences to wonder what the f**k they did with Pac-Man'
By Christopher Livingston published
News No spoilers, but the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level is a wild one, and Bandai Namco was fine with that.
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.
Another big Stalker 2 patch just arrived to fix the main mission, side quests, and input lag
By Christopher Livingston published
News A few more anomalies (by which I mean progress-blocking bugs) have been dealt with.
This Black Friday webcam deal is under $25, perfect for all those Zoom meetings you don't really want to attend
By Christopher Livingston published
Deal The NexiGo N60 is the cheapest it's ever been on Amazon.
If you missed April's total solar eclipse, you can see it in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
By Christopher Livingston published
News Set the clock for April 8, 2024, fly around its path in North America, and you'll get a second showing of the celestial event.
Say goodbye forever to those freezing cold cans of compressed air with a Black Friday deal on this rechargeable air duster
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Deal More reliable and less wasteful than compressed air, and it's cheaper on Amazon than it's ever been for Black Friday.
Great moments in PC gaming: Being hunted by enemies so scary I spent most of Assassin's Creed Origins hiding from them
By Christopher Livingston published
Seek & Destroy The Phylakes roamed the open world looking for you, and they were no joke.
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Autumn Sale
By Tyler Colp published
deals We've combed the latest Steam sale for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
My new survival game obsession looks like Minecraft but is way more complex—and you won't find it on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
Your Craft Vintage Story looks like yet another blocky voxel game, but it's got a surprising amount of complexity and it's highly customizable.
Get rich quick with these Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord cheats
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Lordmode Bannerlord cheats to create gold, level you up, knock out enemies, teleport, and much more.
If you think Stalker 2 is buggy, wait until you climb aboard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
By Christopher Livingston published
News And keep your seatbelt fastened until we spawn upside-down halfway inside the airport.
Stalker 2's survival systems haven't changed since the last game 15 years ago, and I'm not sure if I'm happy or disappointed
By Christopher Livingston published
☢️ I'm not saying it needs elaborate cooking and crafting systems, but it'd be nice to heat up a sausage and fix my own guns.
The first bug I saw in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the same bug I saw in Stalker: Call of Pripyat 14 years ago, and I find that downright heartwarming
By Christopher Livingston published
jank tank Even a decade and a half later in a new engine, a specific bit of jank still abides.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's waiting queue is gone, so you should be able to get in now
By Christopher Livingston published
News Though there may still be problems playing: "We are aware of additional technical issues that the team is working to address."
Farming Simulator 25 harvested a crop of 2 million players in its first week
By Christopher Livingston published
News That's 30% more than Farming Simulator 22 saw in the same time period.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will simulate '3 trillion trees' and is borrowing all its animals from Planet Zoo
By Christopher Livingston published
News "We know where every bush is, and every tree," says Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann.
You can turn Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 into 'basically an economy sim' where you hire pilots to fly for you
By Christopher Livingston published
News The new career system will let you eventually own the company, design a logo, and be your own boss.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was the best multiplayer mode ever, or maybe I just think that because it's the only one I was ever good at
By Christopher Livingston published
🚽 I was routinely at the top of the leaderboards because I was pretty good at throwing toilets.
Gabe Newell ponders the future in new Half-Life 2 documentary: 'I think that Half-Life represents a tool we have and promises made to customers'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Newell wants Valve to "capitalize on innovation and opportunities to build game experiences that haven't been involved previously."
The best survival games on PC
By Christopher Livingston last updated
staying alive The best games for surviving against the odds.
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