Wes Fenlon
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
Armored Core 6 'story trailer' implies Armored Core 6 needs a story beyond dope mechs doing dope shit
By Wes Fenlon published
News This story trailer is a thin excuse to watch a three minute cinematic of sick mechanized action. I'll take it.
After being kicked off Steam, Dolphin emulator devs say Nintendo's legal claim 'is a reach': 'Now that we have talked to a lawyer, we are no longer concerned'
By Wes Fenlon published
News "The lawyers representing Nintendo... wished to create a narrative where the DMCA's exemptions do not apply to us, as these exemptions are powerful and widely in our favor."
Exoprimal has crossplay, but there's a big catch
By Wes Fenlon published
Half Cross Exoprimal's crossplay currently only works for matchmaking, not for playing with friends.
Microsoft just fixed a Zune compatibility issue in the year 2023
By Wes Fenlon published
News Thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy, the Zune is having its biggest year since it, well, died.
Baldur's Gate 3 dev clarifies that only PS5 players will get a 3-day head start for pre-ordering, but PC players get a 34-day head start anyway so it's fine
By Wes Fenlon published
News August 3 really is the earliest anyone's going to be playing the full release of Baldur's Gate 3.
A new PS4 emulator is in development from the creator of RPCS3, though it's likely years away from running games
By Wes Fenlon published
News RPCSX aims to make PS4 games—and probably even PS5 games, someday—playable on PC.
Here's how to permanently wipe OneDrive folders from your PC if they keep recreating themselves
By Wes Fenlon published
Banished Even after you uninstall OneDrive, its presence can linger in Windows 11. Here's how to fix that.
What if Baldur's Gate 3 isn't just getting out of Starfield's way by launching a month early—what if it's better?
By Wes Fenlon published
Face-Off Baldur's Gate 3's new release date may be setting us up for another Disco Elysium vs The Outer Worlds situation.
This solo developer can't stop making his own riffs on famous stealth games, and his next looks like the best one yet
By Wes Fenlon published
Solid copy From Metal Gear Solid to Splinter Cell, Antonio Freyre has carved out his own sneaky niche on Steam.
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Sand Land is a promising manga-styled Mad Max with more tanks and much more slapstick
By Wes Fenlon published
Manga Max An Akira Toriyama manga other than Dragon Ball finally gets a new game adaptation.
Gasp: Infamous Microsoft Office mascot Clippy was actually designed on a Mac
By Wes Fenlon published
News Just when you think you know everything about one of the most divisive figures in PC history...
The magical realism of Dungeons of Hinterberg unexpectedly stole my heart at not-E3
By Wes Fenlon published
New Tourism Hinterberg borrows from Zelda and Persona, but its setting really gives it a vibe all its own.
Top Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit banned after 3 years
By Wes Fenlon published
News The r/NewYuzuPiracy subreddit was home to hundreds of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom modding discussions before it was banned on Tuesday.
Alan Wake 2 looks gorgeous, but the combat and mystery were less convincing in its recent demo
By Wes Fenlon published
Spooked I'm hopeful there's a lot more to this survival horror game that Remedy is keeping under wraps.
The best games and announcements from all the summer showcases (and 7 hidden gems)
By Evan Lahti published
Best of the best Which games "won" the last week? The PC Gamer team's verdict after watching every trailer.
It sounds like CD Projekt is rolling right into the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel when Phantom Liberty is finished
By Wes Fenlon published
News Phantom Liberty's director is also taking charge of the 2077 sequel.
The action in Armored Core 6 'cannot be reproduced with a human character' said FromSoftware, and the demo proved it
By Wes Fenlon published
Mecha War Forget what you know about FromSoftware's RPGs: Armored Core 6 is a return to pure, glorious action.
This is almost certainly going to be the best year for fighting games ever
By Wes Fenlon published
Rematch After playing Mortal Kombat 1 right off the back of Street Fighter 6, I think we're going to be talking about 2023 for decades.
3 years after he faced sexual harassment allegations, new fighting game Diesel Legacy is giving disgraced Skullgirls developer Mike Zaimont a chance to prove he's now 'fundamentally different'
By Wes Fenlon published
Report We spoke with the devs behind Diesel Legacy and Zaimont's former coworkers about his past behavior and return to games.
'Select' PC Game Pass games coming to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming
By Wes Fenlon published
News Nvidia's cloud streaming service racks up another batch of games.
Exclusive: Obsidian breaks 3-year silence to spill the secrets of Avowed, its next big RPG
By Wes Fenlon published
New Pillar Obsidian spills the first details on combat, magic, character-building, and how important companions are to the story.
This co-op farming game is the most jam-packed cutesy life sim I've seen since Stardew Valley
By Wes Fenlon published
Magic Beans Fae Farm has the usual spread of activities and then some, but it's the approach to co-op I'm most interested in.