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
'There were so many meetings': A former Bethesda developer explains why he quit during Starfield and started a solo project
By Christopher Livingston published
news 'I enjoyed it a lot less as [the studio] grew and grew,' says The Axis Unseen's Nate Purkeypile, who'd worked at Bethesda for 14 years.
I just squeezed more eggs in one hour than you have in your entire life
By Christopher Livingston published
News Test your psychokinetic intuition of biological makeup in Egg Squeeze.
The best battle royale games
By Morgan Park, Christopher Livingston last updated
battle ready The best battle royale games on PC.
Larian says 40% of all current Baldur's Gate 3 players are now 'embracing utter chaos with mods'
By Christopher Livingston published
news Players are giving into their dark urges: 22 million mods have already been downloaded since Patch 7 arrived a month ago.
6 exciting city builders coming out before the end of 2024 (plus a few more to look forward to next year)
By Christopher Livingston published
the road ahead Now that Frostpunk 2, Manor Lords, and Cities: Skylines 2 are out, here's a look at what's on the horizon for the city builder genre.
Frostpunk 2 factions and communities explained
By Christopher Livingston last updated
trust issues There are many factions and communities in Frostpunk 2. Here's how they work and how to handle them.
There's two types of news in Frostpunk 2: bad news, and good news that you slowly realize is actually bad news
By Christopher Livingston published
cold comfort Even when I win, I just can't win.
Frostpunk 2: How to transfer oil and other resources from your colony to your city
By Christopher Livingston published
Punk Pipelines You've struck oil! Now you've got to get it to your generator. Here's how.
10 tips to get started in Frostpunk 2
By Sean Martin published
What you snow Steward your frostbound city away from doom and destruction.
How to get more workforce in Frostpunk 2
By Sean Martin published
Busy bees That oil ain't gonna drill for itself you know.
How to get cores in Frostpunk 2
By Christopher Livingston published
Core Values One of Frostpunk 2's most important resources can't be manufactured: it has to be found.
Frostpunk 2 review: A blizzard of tough choices and lasting consequences
By Christopher Livingston published
Deep Freeze Endure a blizzard of tough choices and lasting consequences in the survival city builder sequel.
Core Keeper review: A sprawling survival game in a beautiful subterranean world
By Christopher Livingston published
Dig it Minecraft meets Valheim in top-down survival crafting sandbox Core Keeper.
Someone just discovered that Balatro's 'Misprint' joker has been sending us secret messages this whole time
By Christopher Livingston published
News The smudged card isn't just dealing out random mults—it can also help you cheat.
Survival game Nightingale is making big changes after the developers looked at games like Palworld and Enshrouded: 'It was really the structure that stood out'
By Christopher Livingston published
news A big overhaul to the main quest is coming this week. Plus, they're adding cats (in hats).
Once Human dev says some recent player feedback 'has been quite demoralizing'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Starry Studio is planning changes to weapon builds and Season 2 scenarios.
'How big can we go?': PUBG creator Brendan Greene on founding a studio to build his Earth-sized digital world
By Christopher Livingston published
World-building PlayerUnknown Productions is cooking up something huge, and we're finally learning more about it.
No Man's Sky finally delivers the perfect reason to explore a few trillion planets: to go fishing
By Christopher Livingston published
News No Man's Sky Aquarius update adds rods, reels, and lots of alien fish to catch.
The worst launches in PC gaming history
By Christopher Livingston last updated
D.O.A. Concord is the latest game to fall face-first over the starting line.
In survival MMO Dune: Awakening players can 'see just a little bit into the future' once they get 'saturated with spice'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Creative director Joel Bylos sheds a little more light on how spice will work in Funcom's Dune MMO.
Build an empire that will last for thousands of years in strategy city builder Memoriapolis
By Christopher Livingston published
News Plan ahead in Memoriapolis. Way ahead.
One of the best co-op survival games of the past few years just popped up on PC Game Pass
By Christopher Livingston published
NEWS Core Keeper's 1.0 launch is here, and it's on sale on Steam as well.
The Black Myth: Wukong map mod is here to make your Journey to the West a little easier
By Christopher Livingston published
news Literally, now you can see which way is west.
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