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

Keep Driving review: Great characters, challenging resource management, and impeccable road trip vibes
By Christopher Livingston published
Thumbs Up A management RPG that perfectly captures the feel of a long and memorable road trip.

Twisted Metal Season 2 teases a character from the games so ridiculous I can't wait to see how they're gonna pull it off
By Christopher Livingston published
News The second season of Twisted Metal comes to Peacock this summer, and Axel is coming with it.

Former GTA producer's GTA-like shooter will come out before GTA 6
By Christopher Livingston published
News Third-person action shooter MindsEye, from former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies, is due out this summer.

Civilization 7 patch 1.0.1 addresses 'key areas of player-reported issues' including UI and tooltip improvements
By Christopher Livingston published
A more "major" update focused on "the UI and other critical areas" is also in the works.

There are already Civilization 7 mods that improve the UI, unlock all civs, and add 'ludicrous'-sized maps
By Christopher Livingston published
News Modders are already coming up with ways to customize your Civ 7 experience.

Here's our first look at Karl Urban in Mortal Kombat 2 as 'Johnny ******* Cage'
By Christopher Livingston published
News I'd have preferred Dredd 2, but it wasn't up to me.

This long-running cozy tavern life sim on Steam just added online multiplayer, so now you can design and run a medieval pub with your pals
By Christopher Livingston published
News Travellers Rest keeps getting bigger and better.

PC Gamer's simulated Super Bowl 2025 predicts Eagles victory, player getting hit so hard he flies out of the stadium and into the parking lot
By Christopher Livingston published
Bowled Over The Kansas City Chiefs meet the Philadelphia Eagles in our extremely accurate computer simulated Super Bowl 2025.

Rust goes medieval with the Primitive update: siege weapons, swords and shields, and maybe a few jewel-encrusted assault rifles
By Christopher Livingston published
News OK, so it's not as historically accurate as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Games like Wordle you should add to your daily playlist
By Christopher Livingston last updated
Alphabet Soup These games like Wordle are bound to scratch the itch if one puzzle a day isn't enough.

The best Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mods at launch: unlimited quicksaves, increased carry weight, instant herb-pickin'
By Christopher Livingston published
Mod Squad How to make your Bohemian adventure much easier, or way harder.

That was fast: a modder already added an 'unlimited save game' feature to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
By Christopher Livingston published
News Brew and chug a potion whenever I want to save my game? Cool idea. But what about: no.

That Just Cause movie we've been hearing about since 2011? It just got a new writer and director (again)
By Christopher Livingston published
News Ángel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) will direct, and Jack Ryan writer Aaron Rabin is now (by my count) the ninth writer attached.

While you're waiting for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, try this free Steam demo of a roguelike kingdom-builder where your peasants won't work unless you're looking directly at them
By Christopher Livingston published
News The King Is Watching, and guess what? You're the king.

'It may seem like a whole new game': One of my favorite medieval city builders just got a huge update with a ton of new features
By Christopher Livingston published
News Foundation's 1.0 launch comes after 6 years in early access.

'It's just such a depressing thing': Mythic Quest's creative team on the challenge of making a comedy amidst widespread gaming industry layoffs
By Christopher Livingston published
News PC Gamer spoke to Rob McElheney, Ashly Burch, and Megan Ganz about Mythic Quest Season 4.

Random guy on Twitter asks Marvel star Simu Liu about a Sleeping Dogs movie, Simu Liu says he's working on it—and he wants a new game, too
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen!" says Marvel star Simu Liu.

Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 is out so get ready to meet 'Doey the Doughman' and find out if he really is 'fun until the day that you die'
By Christopher Livingston published
News And you will definitely die in the new installment of the creeptastic and controversial episodic horror series.

The seemingly inexhaustible supply of Alien-related projects continues with a TV prequel where xenomorphs come to Earth
By Christopher Livingston published
News "Oh, Timothy Olyphant is in it? Okay, I'll probably check it out," said everyone.

Ark: Survival Evolved cheats and console commands
By Christopher Livingston last updated
cheat-rex Cheat codes for Ark on PC: use god mode, fly, teleport, unlock all engrams, tame dinos, and more.

No Man's Sky is getting 'trillions of new planets,' some with oceans 'several kilometers deep,' plus explorable 'end-game' gas giants
By Christopher Livingston published
News Sean Murray says new engine advances in Light No Fire's development creates "…this urge to share it with the [No Man's Sky] community"

I only just noticed this, but Merriam-Webster has put together a solid collection of free daily puzzle browser games
By Christopher Livingston published
free bee If you want a free alternative to NYT's Wordle and Spelling Bee, M-W's got your back.

Enshrouded 1.0 target date and 2025 roadmap revealed, new update arriving today, and dynamic water on the way
By Christopher Livingston published
News The next 12 months of Enshrouded updates are full of exciting stuff.
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