Ted Litchfield
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
![A goblin from Baldur's Gate 3 is about to meet his imminent doom, thanks to the adventurer Shrek, who is looming over his shoulder.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JwRvC6V976ZnqCrAbCkWfK-320-80.png)
The mastermind behind Baldur's Gate 3's popular TikTok account spills his secrets: The sooner you can 'make a character look like Shrek and kick somebody off a cliff' unsupervised, 'the better'
By Harvey Randall published
News Somebody once told me to roll a d20, they used their Acrobatics instead.
![Swen Vincke](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NCHqKsgM3CPm3EhF2iwrAB-320-80.jpg)
Larian CEO Swen Vincke extols the 'incredible achievement' of Baldur's Gate 3 influence Ultima 7, but confesses he hasn't played since the '90s 'because I don't want to spoil the memory'
By Joshua Wolens published
News You know what, Swen? I get it.
![Wild Bastards crew in cockpit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4Ue4sbtdtzvCtEyDEwSrJ5-320-80.jpg)
Void Bastards' space cowboy sequel has 13 different 'outlaws' you equip and swap like weapons, but if you play poorly they'll refuse to work together
By Ted Litchfield published
Aces Wild I was playing so bad my desperados would have had an HR incident, but thankfully they all perished on an alien moon instead.
![Desert Sorceress standing before mountain temple](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xsJVMCa4bKuKLwS3vfvVqE-320-80.jpg)
There's finally a demo for the Dark Souls 3 mod that transforms the whole game into a bizarro fan sequel to the series
By Ted Litchfield published
news Archthrones is a love letter to Dark Souls from series fans.
![Fallen Aces goon getting held up making surprised face](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LWJqcFFvfrZySZj5CgRwGL-320-80.jpg)
'You will not enjoy videogames anymore if you work in a big game studio:' New Blood's boss weighs in on what sets it apart amid an industry crisis
By Ted Litchfield published
news "The games we make, we make for ourselves. It just so happens other people also want these types of games."
![siege amaru](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4THDpFfoiyiZVzXjVE3uqZ-320-80.jpg)
Not only is Rainbow Six Siege free to play for the next week, it's also just $4 to keep if you like it
By Ted Litchfield published
news That's a pretty sick deal for the long running tactical shooter.
![Dusk hero art showing various enemies arranged movie poster style](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6fKfsEeA4uiW24JwNCzxAR-320-80.jpg)
'10 years ago, we were just a couple of friends in my apartment trying to figure out what we wanted to do': the studio at the heart of the boomer shooter boom reflects on its first decade
By Ted Litchfield published
news "One thing I can say is work with your friends and treat them like they're your friends."
![Dark Souls 2 art](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xE6DG35sZvSVNyCzEDCVzG-320-80.jpg)
Dark Souls 2 modders have finally managed to crank its framerate past 60 without borking the entire game
By Ted Litchfield published
news Even a modest 60fps was once too much for the little Souls sequel that could.
![Normal Human holding gun on front row standing in front of zombie dudes rising behind her on bright blue sunburst](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ncgiStCKntPVqVpHx96QDQ-320-80.jpg)
The perfect, simple, microtransaction-free throwback to CoD Zombies has finally launched in early access, and it's $9
By Ted Litchfield published
news Hellbreach: Vegas is a perfect "catch up with your buds" game.
![Vince McMahon attends a press conference to announce that WWE Wrestlemania 29 will be held at MetLife Stadium in 2013 at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eSxcQwMwCXv4RymPdCTFWF-320-80.jpg)
Disgraced former WWE boss Vince McMahon has been largely scrubbed from WWE 2K24
By Ted Litchfield published
news McMahon and Brock Lesnar, a wrestler implicated in the sexual abuse and trafficking suit that precipitated McMahon's departure, have had their roles in the game minimized.
![Felvidek enemy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cXJ2GzF2tPtypUv8ZJTKeH-320-80.jpg)
I found everything I love—and none of what annoys me—about classic JRPGs in this upcoming game about a heartbroken knight combatting uncanny terrors
By Ted Litchfield published
news Felvidek is shaping up to be something special.
![the wretch looks on](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ugZcTa66iXo8ZNknx9uJiM-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring once had a different starting location, and while it makes more sense than the one we got, I'm glad they changed it
By Ted Litchfield published
news How did I get from the cliffside island fighting a waifish hand monster to an underground passage?
![Activision Games office.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nC6XCfkwokifZfwXZH94yN-320-80.png)
600 Activision QA workers just formed the biggest videogame union in the US
By Ted Litchfield published
news Quality assured.
![Dusk Wendigo approaching player](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aGkJnuRGtJPhzGkpqMG7fX-320-80.jpg)
New Blood boss wanted Dusk to be as moddable as Doom and Skyrim: 'If there's not anime big tiddy waifus in Dusk by the time we're done with the SDK, then we haven't done it right'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "Dusk Very HD"
![Dusk hero art showing various enemies arranged movie poster style](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6fKfsEeA4uiW24JwNCzxAR-320-80.jpg)
How did beloved boomer shooter Dusk end up with a full art remaster just 5 years after its launch? 'We all kind of agreed: F*** it, let's go all the way with this'
By Ted Litchfield published
news One dedicated fan saw their mod work turn into a full gamedev job at New Blood.
![A mimic, a creature in Baldur's Gate 3, lurches in ambush at the player - a box with razor teeth and a putrid tongue.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SMn4E3WafhRhniCFfa9dzG-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3 is so meaty, our Xbox cousins will need to play the Digital Deluxe on 4 disks wrapped in 'little slips' and stuffed into a single-disk box
By Harvey Randall published
News "Suboptimal", says director of publishing.
![helldivers 2](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NfjGZiKZMvR8ukD9ZRNGHA-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2 director explains how its freedom and wacky guns were inspired by tabletop: 'Let the player do the action, and you'll see what happens'
By Ted Litchfield published
news You gotta let people have fun with their lightning cannons and railguns.
![Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rFkoxeTaFo76SFkR3w3wdV-320-80.jpg)
Skyrim remake of 24-year-old Vampire RPG shows off its modern London level, and the guns are way less janky than I expected
By Ted Litchfield published
news The third-person animations are still rough, but in a charming, Skyrimmy sort of way.
![Stardew Valley: Festival of Seasons concert tour promotional art (detail)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tMApbfpRczFE3pTVUPFpug-320-80.jpg)
Speaking at Stardew Valley soundtrack concert, creator Eric Barone quips about finding an audience for his music: 'All I had to do was develop an entire videogame from scratch'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Surely there's an easier way.
![Leon from Resident Evil 4 demade in PS1](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pu6BQy3xTTA4b49QjYQBV-320-80.jpg)
I wish I could actually play these PS1-style demakes of the latest Resident Evil games
By Ted Litchfield published
news The one thing the Garrador needed: fixed camera angles.
![Key art stormtroopers getting blasted](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/grLAENmzhosrMvnhqZFrdT-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars: Dark Forces' box art showed a level that wasn't in the game: nearly 30 years later, we can finally play it thanks to the remaster
By Ted Litchfield published
news Welcome to the ISD Avenger.
![Vampire Survivors getting couch co-op mode](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ecGPxMnhEZinVXesUre9J8-320-80.jpg)
It is once again time to boot up Vampire Survivors thanks to a space-themed free update and a Final Fantasy parody trailer teasing more to come
By Ted Litchfield published
news Somehow even better value than its recent $2 DLC.
![valorant outlaw sniper rifle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UdQi8ZktCLFNP4G5M7MUHE-320-80.jpg)
According to experts on kernel level anticheat, two things are abundantly clear: 1) It's not perfect and 2) It's not going anywhere
By Ted Litchfield published
news Get me off the grid.