
Samuel Horti
Samuel is a freelance journalist and editor who first wrote for PC Gamer nearly a decade ago. Since then he's had stints as a VR specialist, mouse reviewer, and previewer of promising indie games, and is now regularly writing about Fortnite. What he loves most is longer form, interview-led reporting, whether that's Kevin Levine on the one phone call that saved his studio, Tim Schafer on a milkman joke that inspired Psychonauts' best level, or historians on what Anno 1800 gets wrong about colonialism. He's based in London.
Latest articles by Samuel Horti

Everything you need to know about Blitz Royale, Fortnite's newest mode
By Samuel Horti last updated
Rapid fire Five-minute rounds, tons of medallions, and mythic weapons galore.

The best weapons and loadouts in Fortnite
By Samuel Horti last updated
Super looter What to prioritize and how to manage your inventory space.

15 of the best landing spots in Fortnite
By Samuel Horti last updated
Drop in Get a head start and glide your way to victory with some of the best drop spots on the map.

The best Sims 4 mods to expand your life sandbox
By Lauren Morton last updated
Modular With some essential Sims 4 mods you can expand your sims' personalities, dating lives, and make cheats easier to reach.

Fortnite hints at making its hottest new mode permanent by asking fans what they want next
By Samuel Horti published
news Fans have called for Blitz Royale and its rapid-fire rounds to be added permanently, and now Epic has responded.

Fortnite's newest mode is a frantic dopamine machine that lives up to the hype—and I hope it's a new-player gateway to more considered battle royales
By Samuel Horti published
Crown jewel Blitz Royale is bitesize Fortnite, and I want to keep eating.

The best Sims 4 DLCs for expanding your life sim
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best Sims 4 expansions, game packs, and stuff packs of the bunch.

The best VR games on PC
By Christopher Livingston, Samuel Horti, Andy Kelly last updated
Updated The best VR games for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Valve Index.

Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign
By Lauren Morton last updated
Star-studded Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.

Everything we know about Atomic Heart
By Samuel Horti last updated
ALT HISTORY Get acquainted with the future Soviet nightmare world of Atomic Heart.

Street Fighter board game with collectible figurines punches through $400,000 Kickstarter target in one day
By Samuel Horti last updated
news Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game comes boxed with a number of game modes and destructible stage terrain.

How one phone call saved a tiny new studio and gave the world System Shock 2
By Samuel Horti last updated
Making of Irrational Games co-founders Ken Levine and Jonathan Chey on the immersive sim's rollercoaster development.

The Forest VR is terrifying, atmospheric and clumsy all at once
By Samuel Horti last updated
VR month Clunky controls don't spoil your sense of place in an immersive, creepy world.

The best Fortnite skins
By Samuel Horti, Aron Garst, Scott Duwe, Joseph Knoop published
beauty royale A showcase for the most fashionable outfits in the battle royale shooter.

Razer Deathadder V2 review
By Samuel Horti published
Rat attack The Razer Deathadder V2 is an improvement over the Elite in almost every way.

Nomadic MMO Last Oasis wanders into Early Access
By Samuel Horti published
news Build huge, walking fortresses to battle other players.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is free to play for the next five days
By Samuel Horti published
news One of the best squad-based shooters around.

Elite Dangerous is finally getting fleet carriers in June, with beta tests next month
By Samuel Horti published
news A cool 5bn credits.

World War Z is free on the Epic Games Store
By Samuel Horti published
news Hob and Gone Home will be free next week.

Beyond The Wire is a new, multiplayer WW1 shooter published by Squad devs
By Samuel Horti published
news It's coming to Early Access later this year.

BioWare is developing a new game in one of its 'most prestigious franchises'
By Samuel Horti published
news A Job listing calls for experience with "AAA multiplayer games on PC".

Stolen AMD graphics files are being ransomed
By Samuel Horti published
news AMD says files are "not core to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products."

PlatinumGames is promising a big reveal on April 1
By Samuel Horti published
news It's no joke.
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