Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

I already like the new survival horror Hellraiser game more than the movie
By Wes Fenlon published
🔞 This may be the horniest horror game ever made.

Finding a great new Discord hangout game that's not a roguelike still feels like striking gold
By Wes Fenlon published
Dino-right Turok: Origins was one of the most fun things I played at last week's Summer Game Fest.

Cave Story+ review: Sugary on the surface, pleasantly tart underneath
By Chris Donlan published
Spelunkier Underground hit about underground hitting gets an HD upgrade.

After playing the new remake of Tomb Raider, I'm convinced you can't actually remake Tomb Raider
By Wes Fenlon published
"Reimagined" The 1996 game's legacy overshadows what actually made it so distinct 30 years ago.

Phantom Blade: Zero devs couldn't care less about releasing near GTA 6: 'We don't even think of the competition, what matters is how polished the game is'
By Wes Fenlon published
News They did care about making the game run as well as possible on lower-end hardware, however.

I was big into Clutch's mix of story and racing styles, but the driving's a lot simmier than I expected
By Wes Fenlon published
Thinky Vroom I wish there was a little bit less Forza Horizons and a little bit more Burnout in this new narraracer.

Xbox speedruns 'we're so back' to 'it's so over' pipeline at a speed previously thought impossible
By Wes Fenlon published
News More layoffs are on the way, framed as a "reset" for a brighter future.

'An evolved game of cat and mouse:' Alien: Isolation 2 leads on taking the alien outside, the good kind of AI, and why a sequel took so long
By Wes Fenlon published
Interview The horror sequel's creative director and lead designer on what it's like to face the Alien outdoors.

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda would like to see his old games on PC someday, too
By Wes Fenlon published
News Ueda's next game, Gen Atlas, is the first on PC in a 25 year directorial career.

Fumito Ueda on why Gen Atlas has shooting but isn't a shooter, cool robots, and generative AI
By Wes Fenlon published
News "It's not to score points, but it's there so that it matters, and you feel that you do exist in that world."

Fumito Ueda knows that you're worried about Gen Atlas's framerate
By Wes Fenlon published
news "We did our best we could in delivering this trailer for this moment."

Aion 2 producer says it's good to have 'friendly competition' with Guild Wars 3 'during this period where MMOs are struggling'
By Justin Wagner published
News Guild Wars 3 isn't the only NCSoft-published MMO on the horizon, with Aion 2 gearing up for global release.

Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Recap Here's a recap of the 2026 SGF livestream.

Anthony Stewart Head, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died
By Wes Fenlon published
News The British actor was 72.

Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
By Wes Fenlon published
From the archives Here's what was happening in PC gaming in June 1996, 2006 and 2016.

Ace Combat's developers have been making games about fighter jets for 30 years, but they've never gotten to fly in one
By Wes Fenlon published
News Anyone know how to rent an F-16 for a weekend?

Ace Combat director says 'I've been doing this for 30 years, so I know exactly how hard we're going'—and after playing it, I can confirm Ace Combat 8 goes extremely hard
By Wes Fenlon published
Hands-on Wings of Theve is more Ace Combat. Emphasis on the *more.*

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

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.

Summer Game Fest is here, so get ready for a lot of, 'Ugh, that game with the cool trailer used AI'
By Andy Chalk published
news A pile of new game announcements are coming over the next several days, and we can expect a pile of AI disclosures, too.

Bandai Namco just stealth announced that one of the coolest Ace Combat games is coming to PC for the first time as a pre-order freebie
By Wes Fenlon published
News Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War returns from the PlayStation 2.

Now that we're living in a KPop Demon Hunters and Jujutsu Kaisen world, yokai-smiting action game Kemuri should be a slam dunk
By Wes Fenlon published
News Ikumi Nakamura's next game finally breaks cover.
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