Latest articles by Fraser Brown
Titan Quest 2 is a chill Greek holiday compared to the live service complexity of ARPGs like Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2
Myths and monsters Relax in the sun.
August 2025 is the month of remakes and remasters
Rinse and repeat We're going back in time.
Grounded 2 roadmap teases aquatic mounts, earwigs, Steam Deck verification and the conclusion of a big mystery
News A year of updates has already been planned.
Grounded 2, even in early access, is one of the best survival games I've ever played
Park life Welcome to the ant party.
Relic's taken a break from real-time strategy to make a turn-based hybrid of Advance Wars and cult classic Impossible Creatures—but it feels totally removed from the studio's legendary legacy
Beast wars The studio's first foray into turn-based tactics needs a lot more time in the lab.
Hellraiser is finally getting a videogame after 40 years, and I only have one request for Saber Interactive
News Let's get cenoweird.
Endless Legend 2 has been delayed until September, but at least you'll be able to play a demo in August
News Legends take time to cook.
Borderlands 4 is hiding more than 200 collectible Marcus bobbleheads in hard-to-reach places, and Randy Pitchford reckons 'most players will never see any of them'
News But he has provided some hints.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
This brilliant dark and moody cyberpunk city builder is my kind of cosy game—and for less than $7 you might as well see if it's yours too
Chilltopia Impeccable vibes for a low price.
Obsidian stuck to some fantasy conventions for Pillars of Eternity and Avowed because that's what people want: ''I didn't want to completely flip it and say, oh you want to play an elf? F**k you, this isn't your daddy's elf'
News At least the team still gave us orlans.
A 'little educational game for middle-schoolers' left DayZ's creators obsessed, inspired, and embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign: 'It's 4.5 years later, and I'm still talking about this story'
News DayZ's former creative director thinks the survival genre needs to take a leaf out of Eco's book.
Endless Legend 2 will let you play as refugees from the first game's coolest faction: a collection of vampire ghosts trapped in fancy armour
news Endless Legend's dusty aristocrats are back.
Dune: Awakening's dungeons are so atrocious that I'd rather get slowly digested by a sandworm than fight through another one
Never again The rest of the game is pretty rad, though.
I learned the hard way that you should always park your Dune: Awakening sandbike inside a garage before you log off—unless you want a sandstorm to swallow it
RIP RIP my beautiful bike.
The absence of Marvel's Blade during the Xbox Games Showcase has left me worried about Arkane—after a rough couple of years it needs a win
News All we got from Bethesda this year was fishing. Not a vampire in sight.
Endless Legend 2 is hitting early access in August, after which I won't be leaving my office for the rest of the summer
PCGS 2025 Screw the sunshine, I'm off to Saiadha.
Anno 117: Pax Romana will let you don your toga and mess around in Rome's golden age on November 13
PCGS 2025 Ave it.
Stars of Icarus is a spunky co-op spaceship romp from the creators of Guns of Icarus, swapping steampunk for '90s anime
PCGS 2025 Punch it.
Grounded 2's starter area is the size of the entire first game, and you can get around by riding ants and spiders—this might end up being my new favourite survival game
News Park life.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy has a suspicious dearth of killer rats
News The latest Plague Tale game is missing my favourite bit.
The best MMOs on PC
Fine Grinds The best MMOs, whether you love massive raids, playing through a great story on your own, or ruling a corporation
Thief VR is a huge slap in the face and kick in the teeth for everyone who has been waiting for more than a decade to return to the City
Criminal This ain't it.
