Lincoln Carpenter
Lincoln has been writing about games for 11 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before ing on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.
Latest articles by Lincoln Carpenter

Trial begins in this week for 3 former Ubisoft executives facing accusations of 'moral and sexual harassment'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Testimonies and internal Ubisoft audits allege an "institutionalized schoolboy environment" of racism, bullying, and sexual misconduct.

More than 2 million people have played/been brutalized by Elden Ring Nightreign in its first 24 hours
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News That's a lot of Nightfarers.

The 33 best Minecraft skins to give your avatar a cool new look
By Lauren Morton last updated
Dress sense Check out the 33 best Minecraft skins based on video games, anime, and even a few memes.

Elden Ring Nightreign tier list: Who's the best character to pick?
By Sean Martin published
Best of the best Choose which Nightfarer to take into the perilous land of Limveld.

12 Elden Ring Nightreign tips to get a head start hunting Nightlords
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Tips 'n' Tricks Here's how to face Limveld's nastiest and come out on top.

This Brazilian roguelike is a 'brutal test against history's oppressors' where you can battle the perpetrators of a 19th century atrocity with AoE knife magic
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Hell Clock mixes a little Path of Exile and a pinch of Hades for an unholy take on a dark chapter of Brazil's history.

4 years after being delisted, Lost Planet 2 finally got a Steam update to remove Games for Windows Live—but it also removed online multiplayer and blew up everyone's saves
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Progress?

Elden Ring Nightreign launch times and release date
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Launch times Here's when you can get Nightfaring.

'Nightreign is a weird one': Elden Ring Nightreign promises to be a divisive spinoff as reviewers say it's both 'deeply satisfying' and a 'frustrating slog'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News FromSoft's Elden Ring remix is magical when it's not being miserable.

Sorry, nightfarers: Elden Ring Nightreign does not have crossplay
By Lincoln Carpenter published
Desync Your console friends will have to Nightreign alone.

Elden Ring Nightreign director says FromSoft will be fine-tuning game balance right up until launch: 'We really try to tweak things until the last minute'
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
News Finding the right level of brutality is a tricky business.

Konami re-recorded the Snake Eater theme for Metal Gear Solid Delta, but don't worry—it's still the same excellent vocalist belting "Snaaaaaaaaake Eaaaterrrrrrrrr"
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Still in a dream.

'It's the definition of insanity here': The Battlefield subreddit's good vibes nosedive into outrage after DICE announces there'll be no class weapon restrictions in Battlefield 6
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Well, that didn't take long.

A Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dev has formed an anime rivalry with the godlike buildcrafters who only needed 'like, one week' to beat his record of dealing 3.4 billion damage with one attack
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Number go up.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford tells anyone worried about an $80 Borderlands 4 pricetag that 'if you're a real fan, you'll make it happen,' reminding us all of the value in choosing not to tweet
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I simply wouldn't have said that.

SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice complaint against Epic over Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader: 'We must protect our right to bargain and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our '
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News SAG-AFTRA have been striking over AI in videogames since July 2024.

Kojima says his next espionage game will keep us waiting another '5 or 6 years', but then he might finally get around to directing a movie: 'I’m getting older, and I would prefer to do it while still young'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News He might be 61, but Kojima still wants to be a director when he grows up.

Finally, some good news: The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted meaning of order'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News In the grim darkness of the 21st century, there is only scholarly analysis of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.

Fortnite added an AI-powered Darth Vader and—surprise—players immediately tricked him into saying slurs
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
News Update: Epic has deployed a hotfix to address Vader's profanity.

Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets
By Lincoln Carpenter last updated
News Update: Bungie lays the blame on a former artist.

A year after Bandai Namco killed its anime MMO, Blue Protocol is getting a second, different anime MMO in the same universe
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is like Blue Protocol, but different. But similar!

Lucasfilm declares creative bankruptcy with an AI-generated Star Wars film that's just 2 minutes of mostly normal animals jumbled together
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I've got a bad feeling about this.

DayZ creator says Unity is accusing his studio of violating its software license based on the email addresses of two people who never worked there: 'This raises some serious questions about how Unity is scraping this data'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Unity gave RocketWerkz a week to get its licenses sorted, but its evidence seems a little suspect.
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