Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
Latest articles by Rich Stanton
This Fallout 4 no-hit 100% permadeath run took more than 2 years, 415 attempts and over 2,000 hours: 'this is by far the most challenging Fallout 4 run that will ever be completed'
By Rich Stanton published
news Truly rad.
The new Metal Gear Solid 3 remake trailer played me like a fiddle
By Rich Stanton published
news Keep expectations in check, but this may be worthy of the source.
Former 'king of crypto' FTX boss to take stand in fraud trial that, so far, seems to be going very badly for him
By Rich Stanton published
news Sam Bankman-Fried's going for one of the riskiest strategies there is.
Elden Ring fans discover 'cut' sword behind frenzied speculation has, in fact, been hiding in plain sight the whole time
By Rich Stanton published
news The sword in the gravestone.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is when Infinity Ward 'finally gave up on the idea that we were making a better version of Counter-Strike'
By Rich Stanton published
news I mean, it never was, but OK.
American McGee says the Alice series is dead, finished, kaput, and people need to stop 'continually asking me questions to which I do not have answers'
By Rich Stanton published
news What do you want, a final page that says "the end"?
Slay the Spire dev releases an awesome and free deck-building dance game that nails the beat
By Rich Stanton published
news This has no right to be so fun.
Habbo abandons Web3 'jargon' but remains all-in on the blockchain
By Rich Stanton published
news And the 'play to earn' Habbo X project remains in alpha.
Why is the internet ripping a new King Kong game to shreds?
By Rich Stanton published
news A new release has gone viral across social media platforms for all the wrong reasons.
How one gun company partnered with Call of Duty to attract 'young potential shooters'
By Rich Stanton published
news Newly released documents from a firearms conglomerate show how the arms industry uses games to market its wares.
GTA Online's Halloween event makes a fan rumour real and gives one of its protagonists a last goodbye
By Rich Stanton published
news This is like when they added Bigfoot.
Minecraft is the first videogame ever to sell more than 300 million copies
By Rich Stanton published
news And 62 million of those were in the last two-and-a-half years.
Climate activists land devastating blow against big oil by disrupting minor Tekken tournament
By Rich Stanton published
news Competitive videogames are the latest target of the Just Stop Oil group's disruption tactics.
Red Dead Online players get a trick but no treat, with the same DLC pass returning for the third Halloween in a row
By Rich Stanton published
news The true undead nightmare.
Even Counter-Strike's devs called this wonder-bug the 'Smooth Criminal' before they had to beat it
By Rich Stanton published
news Hee hee!
Trackmania changes its subs model after belatedly realising it was too generous, dev says it has 'to be realistic'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Be sure we understand that many of you have become accustomed to playing the full campaign for free."
Starfield NPCs have the fear of space god put into them by player picking up a mop
By Rich Stanton published
news Security!
Valve draws a stark line in the sand with Counter-Strike 2, says bye-bye to Mac players and 32-bit systems
By Rich Stanton published
news But Linux operating systems remain supported.
Counter-Strike 2 fixes hitbox issues with crouchers, and more importantly makes knife spinning feel a bit faster
By Rich Stanton published
news The changes that the people demand.
Ubisoft's XDefiant was supposed to launch this month, but is delayed (again)
By Rich Stanton published
news Wants to make sure it's "a best-in-class arcade shooter".
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2023 PC Gamer's annual list of the best games you can play on PC.
Daedalic's bizarre Gollum apology was apparently written by ChatGPT and the studio didn't even get approval on it
By Rich Stanton published
news This whole thing was a car crash.
Indie dev behind beloved boomerang shooter shuts down because 'we are out of money'
By Rich Stanton published
news Dang by name, dang by nature.