Fraser Brown, PC Gamer

Fraser Brown

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United Kingdom

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  • PC Gamer
  • Rock Paper Shotgun
  • Destructoid

Past articles by Fraser:

Realms of Ruin won me over with its big Dawn of War 2 vibes

Pretty soon after my squad of Stormcast Eternals started trudging through an orruk-infested swamp I started to feel at home. The Age of Sigmar setting might not be as familiar to me as the original Wa → Read More

It's hard to trust CD Projekt when it's still pretending Cyberpunk 2077's launch wasn't a disaster

The din of anticipation for Cyberpunk 2077's launch was deafening. The Witcher 3 was a masterpiece, and after years and years of waiting we were getting to see how CD Projekt Red would build on t → Read More

In this mashup of Crusader Kings and RimWorld, I spent a huge amount of time watching people vomiting on each other

The one thing peasants and nobles have in common is an inability to hold their booze. → Read More

Stellaris Nexus is a 4X you can finish in an hour, but I was bored after just 20 minutes

A brisk, competitive slice of galactic conquest misses the point of Stellaris. → Read More

Undead magic and tight stealth tactics make Shadow Gambit a joy to play

Mimimi Games has already reinvigorated the sneaky real-time tactics genre through the excellent Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3, but for the studio's first self-published game, Shadow Gambit: The → Read More

I didn't really get Starfield until Bethesda revealed we could just go around stealing giant space sandwiches

Forget charting a thousand alien worlds; I just wanna be a snack pirate. → Read More

Conquer Egypt and survive natural disasters in Total War: Pharaoh this October

Fight beneath the pyramids during the Bronze-Age Collapse. → Read More

Hawken Reborn isn't a comeback for the brilliant mech FPS, it's a total disaster

Even with the early access caveat, this is a disappointment. → Read More

Mortal Kombat 1 is both a reboot and a sequel, and it's coming in September with 'a new fighting system, game modes and fatalities'

Liu Kang has made his own universe, but not everything is chill. → Read More

Crusader Kings 3's Tours & Tournaments DLC looks like a minor expansion but is actually one of the series' best, and close to essential

Between the glamorous weddings, lavish feasts and thrilling hunts with the lads, it's a wonder I have any time to write about Crusader Kings 3's Tours & Tournaments expansion, which laun → Read More

I have serious regrets about wasting my weekend fighting the Diablo 4 beta's awful world boss

A couple of days with Blizzard's latest has tempered my enthusiasm significantly. → Read More

Age of Wonders 4 review

Magic is rarely wondrous in its frequent videogame appearances. It harms, it heals and if you're lucky it maybe transforms enemies into sheep or frogs. Not so in Age of Wonders 4, however, where → Read More

The launch of Star Citizen's biggest update has been a shambles, and players are frustrated: 'This is embarrassingly bad'

Since its arrival on Friday, players have struggled to log in, and there have been major and partial outages. → Read More

System Shock has had a last-minute delay until May: 'We are after all merely human'

Shodan is up to her old tricks and, instead of being able to try and defeat her in March, we'll now be twiddling our thumbs and waiting for System Shock until the end of May. Bloody AIs, ruining → Read More

I'm beyond excited that Ghost Trick, one of the greatest DS games, is finally coming to PC on June 30

13 years later, this spectral puzzler is still a must-play. → Read More

The cinematic BioWare-style RPG is dead, it just doesn't know it yet

Flashy, blockbuster RPGs feel increasingly dated in the face of a tidal wave of fresh novelties. → Read More

Age of Wonders 4 let me put an evil frog in charge of some cannibal rats and I'm now living my best life

Triumph Studios' 4X can't help but generate fun—and often weird—fantasy adventures. → Read More

I'm excited that BioWare is 'trying something new' with Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, but for the love of god actually tell us something

The latest developer blog is more a lesson in game design than a meaningful update. → Read More

Here's when Company of Heroes 3 unlocks in your time zone

Company of Heroes 3 launches today, and here's when it unlocks in your time zone. → Read More

The Walking Dead is being turned into a tabletop RPG by the creators of the Alien and Blade Runner RPGs

The shambling corpses of The Walking Dead refuse to rest, and now the zombies will be gracing tabletops (though not for the first time) courtesy of Free League and The Walking Dead Universe RPG. A Kic → Read More