Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
You can claim land for your base on Arrakis in survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but you'll have to pay the Emperor for it
News Here's our first look at Dune: Awakening base-building... but there's no escape from paying taxes, even in space.
Poker-themed deckbuilder Balatro gets delisted from some stores after its PEGI rating absurdly jumps from 3 to 18+ over 'gambling imagery'
News "I do not condone gambling," says Balatro developer LocalThunk, "nor do I believe that Balatro contains gambling."
We're riding shotgun with Pacific Drive to give away a free copy of the game and a carload of great gear
Giveaway! Win a code for Pacific Drive along with a vintage toolbox, a mechanic's shirt with customized name tag, a bobblehead, a bumper sticker, and more.
The best survival games on PC
staying alive The best games for surviving against the odds.
'I don't play poker at all' says solo developer who made the poker roguelike I can't stop playing
Big Deck Energy Developer LocalThunk says his deckbuilder, Balatro, is actually based on a game called Big Two, not poker.
Cities: Skylines 2 boss says lack of mod support is the 'biggest regret we have'
news The Colossal Order CEO says the studio has "mountain to climb when it comes to delivering on the expectations."
If you like collecting critters in Palworld, how about collecting zombies in this co-op survival game?
News In Welcome to Paradize, capture and control zombies to help you gather resources, build a base and more.
Sons of the Forest cheats: How to spawn every item in the game
cheat sheet Turn on godmode, spawn every item and weapon, run fast, superjump, add extra followers, and more with Sons of the Forest console commands.
Sons of the Forest 1.0 launches with creative mode, a new ending, and an answer to one of the game's biggest mysteries
News That mysterious artifact can now be fully assembled and used… but for what?
Solo survival players, rejoice: Nightingale is 'prioritizing and developing an offline mode'
News "...we misjudged what some of you were looking for in your experience," says developer Inflexion Games.
10 tips for surviving Pacific Drive's deadly exclusion zone
Owner's Manual Before you start your drive, here's a guide on how to survive.
Where to find ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive
Tanks a lot If you want to turn your car into a tank you'll need ThermoSap Crystals to craft armored doors and puncture-proof tires.
How to get lead platelets in Pacific Drive
lead ahead Lead is a key resource to crafting radiation protection and bigger batteries, and its location can be hard to find.
How to open Dumpster Pearls in Pacific Drive
trash trove These big weird nuggets are full of goodies if you can crack them open.
How to get Unstable Energy and Corrupt Energy in Pacific Drive
Power Up Your fabrication station needs different energy types to unlock new crafting recipes. Here's how to find them.
This chill city builder lets you create buildings, farms, and fields simply by drawing shapes
news In Lands of Koastalia you're the mayor of a peaceful and growing island.
Enshrouded hits 2 million players, and those players have over 2,600 new feature requests
News You can vote on (or add to) a long, long list of player-suggested changes for the co-op survival RPG.
Pacific Drive review: This survival game's quirky station wagon just became my favorite videogame vehicle
Fast & Curious Repair, improve, and pilot a quirky station wagon in survival game Pacific Drive.
The best Skyrim mods: Everything from beautiful vegetables to huge expansions
100+ Mods! A gargantuan collection of our favorite mods for Bethesda's fantasy RPG, updated.
In case you don't have enough survival games this month, Sons of the Forest leaves early access next week (and it's getting raccoons)
News In the midst of a survival game boom, last year's survival horror hit is on the brink of a 1.0 launch.
Our simulated Super Bowl 2024 predicts only a single touchdown because it's really hard to score a touchdown in the pinball game we used for the simulation
Paddle Ball There will also be a record broken for most players on the field at once: 80.
The Half-Life vibes are intense in the free Steam demo for co-op survival game Abiotic Factor
lambda core And you're even better than Gordon Freeman because you'll actually use your brain for science.
Enshrouded's first big patch kills bunny-hopping and bed-flying exploits, nerfs superpowered Wolverine-style healing
news These fixes all make perfect sense, but it's still sad to see fun exploits die.
