Katie Wickens
Katie is a freelance writer covering everything from video games to tabletop RPGs. Besides earning a Game Art and Design degree up to Masters level, she is a designer of board games herself and an avid TTRPG Games Master as well - not to mention a former Hardware Writer over at PC Gamer.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens
Best gaming chairs 2024: The best options for work and play
By Duncan Robertson last updated
Buying guide We've picked out the best gaming chairs you could want for work and play, and found the cheapest ways to get them
Catan review: "A milestone that still stands in 2024"
By Katie Wickens published
Review An intimidating legacy for something that might seem bland today
How Settlers of Catan changed board games forever
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Catan is undoubtedly one of the most influential board games made in recent history
The Plucky Squire review: "A fascinating interplay of 2D and 3D puzzles that makes no apology with its bodacious references to a bygone era"
By Katie Wickens published
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Dungeons of Hinterberg review: "A charming adventure that pairs radical fights with moments of peaceful reflection"
By Katie Wickens published
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Fable 4 better have real estate mechanics so I can buy giant Richard Ayoade's house once I've defeated him
By Katie Wickens published
Opinion Opinion | Fable has a few iconic cornerstones, and I hope Playground Games keeps property ownership as one of them
Making Studio Ghibli buildings in cozy builder Tiny Glade gives me purpose
By Katie Wickens published
Feature Feature | It's those little creative goals that keep me going
Nightingale's most requested feature is closer to home than you might think
By Katie Wickens published
Opinion Opinion | Nope, it's not an offline mode
This soulslike RPG inspired by Italian folklore channels Lies of P and The Witcher 3, and it lets you steal your enemies' faces
By Katie Wickens published
news Collect masks and gain power in the sun-soaked mythological splendour that is Enotria.
Channelling Helldivers 2, this Stranger Things-style survival MMO smashes through open beta audience limits, even after doubling its capacity to 50,000 players
By Katie Wickens published
News That's a lot of early adopters
22 years later, one of BioWare's D&D RPG alternatives to Baldur's Gate gets a community patch held together with "copious amounts of adhesive"
By Katie Wickens published
news A new community update shows Neverwinter Nights is still very much alive after all this time
Looks like we could be getting a Dragon's Dogma 2 demo very soon
By Katie Wickens last updated
News Backend updates - and Capcom strategy - points to an upcoming tester
One of the biggest Skyrim mods ever is 10 years into development and still going
By Katie Wickens published
news And the devs are currently recruiting.
With flesh-eating elves and blood-sapping undead, Divinity Original Sin 2 is the perfect alt co-op RPG
By Katie Wickens published
Opinion Opinion | Gather your goth pals, it's time to face the Void
10 years on, one of my favorite co-op games Project Zomboid is... not on sale, again
By Katie Wickens published
Opinion Opinion | But it's still good news if you have pals that love pulverizing the undead
Mass Effect veteran says Valheim showed him what an "accessible" survival game could look like in a genre defined by games like Ark and Rust
By Katie Wickens published
News Settle down, not every survival shooter has to have PvP elements shoehorned into it.
The creator of anticipated city-builder got their start by making one of the most iconic Skyrim mods
By Katie Wickens published
news Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is born of Sala's will to break free from the everyday grind.
Diablo 4 Rogue suffers another wardrobe malfunction, as this time their underwear gets nerfed
By Katie Wickens published
News No more bums for you, love from Blizzard.
Former BioWare lead says his new survival game is only $30 because "there's only so many dollars to go around" in a competitive genre
By Katie Wickens published
News But make your shiny AAA-looking game cheap, and they will come
I've been a DM for 10 years, so here are my 5 tips on starting your campaign right
By Katie Wickens published
Guide Advice from almost a decade of GMing experience
DnD Artificer class guide: How to use and master these versatile magic-infusers
By Katie Wickens published
Guide Tinker to your heart's content, or die trying
DnD Rogue class guide - how to play these artful tricksters
By Katie Wickens published
Guide Strike hard and fast from the cover of darkness
AI game coding tools instantly result in Angry Birds clone, and opens some potentially dangerous floodgates for mobile storefronts
By Katie Wickens published
news Copying Angry Birds with nothing but AI… and all that sweet, unchecked IP
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