
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

Lisan al-Gaib! Sandworm-riding isn't a feature in Dune: Awakening, but players are doing it anyway
By Christopher Livingston published
News A brave sleeper is goading Shai-Hulud to breach and then riding around on its back.

Medieval Dynasty fans should check out this third-person medieval city builder that just got a demo on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News In Noble Legacy, you build and manage a town while actually living in it.

All Dune: Awakening trainer locations
By Andrea Shearon last updated
Training Arc No need to pick just one, Dune lets you dabble in a little of everything thanks to its class trainers.

PSA: Dune: Awakening's sandworm is 'currently missing', says Funcom, but 'we're working on it and he'll soon be back prowling the sands' (Update: the worms are back)
By Christopher Livingston published
News Shai-Hulud is a bit shy at the moment, it seems.

When people need help, you answer the call… and then send out a superhero while you stay safely behind your desk in strategy adventure Dispatch
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 You're not a hero, more of a hero administrator.

Yep, you can be 'dumb' in The Outer Worlds 2, and it even comes with some benefits: like 'banging on a machine to get it to work'
By Christopher Livingston published
News Low intelligence builds FTW.

In co-op survival game Railborn, build the weirdest mobile train base anyone's ever seen and chug it around on an alien planet
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 Car 1: Greenhouse. Car 2: Aquarium. Car 3: Underground cavern? What the heck is going on in this train?

A week in tactical RPG Demonschool includes karaoke, romance, dog adoption, lost sandwiches, cursed dolls, and lots of monster battles
By Christopher Livingston published
PCGS 2025 It's a pretty packed schedule.

The Outer Worlds 2 'has more perks than Fallout: New Vegas,' says Obsidian—including one that turns you into a heart-collecting serial killer
By Christopher Livingston published
News The sequel to Obsidian's RPG launches this October.

Obsidian announces a sequel to its backyard co-op survival game Grounded—and surprisingly, it'll be in early access next month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Grounded 2 comes to game preview in July.

This 2018 early access survival game notorious for poop mechanics and penis sliders will finally go 1.0 this month
By Christopher Livingston published
News Scum is almost done.

I can't stop watching these Dune: Awakening videos of players having butt-puckeringly close calls with angry sandworms
By Christopher Livingston published
News A collection of near-misses with Shai-Hulud.

Balatro meets breakfast? This 'chaotic cooking roguelike' where you make omelets for picky customers and try not to enrage a giant chicken just launched on Steam
By Christopher Livingston published
News Strategically stack ingredients to please hungry diners in Omelet You Cook.

I just discovered in Dune: Awakening that the only thing worse than seeing a sandworm coming right at you is being stuck in quicksand and seeing a sandworm coming right at you
By Christopher Livingston published
News Be careful where you drive on Arrakis. Be careful where you do anything on Arrakis, really.

The Jurassic World Evolution 3 trailer disappointingly doesn't show anyone being bitten in half by a T-Rex, but it does have Jeff Goldblum's dulcet tones and a release date
By Christopher Livingston published
News Become the mayor of Dinosaur City this October.

Fight across the surface of a giant Rubik's Cube built from chunks of other planets in yet another unhinged shooter from the brains behind Atomic Heart
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Cube is a multiplayer MMO from Mundfish that was just announced at Summer Games Fest.

The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

Dune: Awakening isn't even officially out yet and it already has almost 100,000 players
By Christopher Livingston published
News Arrakis is filling up fast during the advanced access "head start" period.

How to respec in Dune: Awakening
By Christopher Livingston published
Skillshare You can easily refund and redistribute your skill points, but there are a few restrictions.

Dying by sandworm in Dune: Awakening is way, way worse than any other death you might face
By Christopher Livingston published
Anything you lose down Shai-Hulud's gullet, you won't be getting back.

If an NPC hates you in this adventure from the makers of Road 96, it's probably because another player was mean to them earlier
By Christopher Livingston published
News Tides of Tomorrow's asynchronous multiplayer system lets other players' choices impact your own game. And vice versa.

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.

Here's when Dune: Awakening pre-loads and unlocks in your time zone
By Christopher Livingston published
News When you can begin preloading Dune: Awakening, and when the "head start" and full launch happens on Steam.
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