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
Diablo 4 Aspects will be organised within the Codex of Power… eventually
By Katie Wickens published
News It'll be a massive improvement when it comes to inventory management
Diablo 4 Uniques were "generally not exciting enough", so the devs updated almost every single one
By Katie Wickens published
News "This is how we're going to be looking at making Uniques, uh, unique going forward"
Against all odds, The Super Mario RPG remake retains the original's dirtiest joke
By Katie Wickens published
news But will we ever find out what Princess Peach has hiding in her bedroom?
Dragon's Dogma 2 designers "holed up for three days and two nights" with a pledge to figure the game out
By Katie Wickens published
News "It was by combining these little ideas together that the overall concept and shape began to emerge"
Baldur's Gate 3 players are sharing the game's rarest and best-hidden magical items
By Katie Wickens published
news "Though this rotting chair leg doesn't look like much, every splinter vibrates with barely-contained power"
Nobody likes Baldur's Gate 3's Githyanki, but they should
By Katie Wickens published
news These folks are one of D&D's best kept secrets
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 fan crafts Into the Spider-Verse recreation so good that even the game director is impressed
By Katie Wickens published
news What's up danger?
The actor behind Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion finally met the writer behind Astarion, and it was unbelievably wholesome
By Katie Wickens published
news The meta cuddle to beat all meta cuddles
Assassin’s Creed Red logo and female protagonist appears to leak via Ubisoft writer
By Katie Wickens published
news The katana-wielding samurai is looking more and more likely to be one of the game's main protagonists
Baldur's Gate 3 player spends hours trying to save the RPG's least death-fearing NPCs, only for them to turn on the player right at the end
By Katie Wickens published
news "I'm doing this for Barcus," they repeat, while getting their butt handed to them by the prisoners they just saved
The voice of Baldur's Gate 3's most unhinged romance option didn't know they were romanceable: "The most awkward thing was recording the sounds"
By Katie Wickens published
news The Emperor's voice actor talks about his experience playing a sexy tentacle monster
Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft collide in the cosmic horror roguelike storming Steam, and the trailer alone is about to give me nightmares
By Katie Wickens published
news Prepare for the unholy union of two impeccably horrific influences
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 lead says Miles and Peter succeed because they're relatable: "It's hard to identify with a billionaire"
By Katie Wickens published
news Making relatable characters is a matter of helping the masses connect with them on a basic human level
Baldur's Gate 3 player discovers way to cheese one of Act 2's most notorious bosses with a bit of RPG housekeeping
By Katie Wickens published
news There's power in a little tidying up
"Where did that hand just go?": Lae'zel's actor sleeps with Lae'zel while playing as Pink Lae'zel in one of the funniest Baldur's Gate 3 streams ever
By Katie Wickens published
news The Baldurs Gate 3 stream that takes self masochism to a whole other level
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless launches with some questionable JRPG character traits
By Katie Wickens last updated
News Including the main character's propensity for vomiting blood.
Possess your D&D miniature in VR with this upcoming TTRPG game
By Katie Wickens published
NEWS Dungeon Full Dive brings D&D to life in virtual reality.
Another Jackbox party pack is on the way
By Katie Wickens published
news The new game marks ten years of Jackbox party packs, and brings home the chaos.
Starfield players are pining for the iconic bosses of Skyrim and Fallout
By Katie Wickens published
News Checkov is rolling in his grave right about now.
This Ghost of Tsushima dev is making a samurai dinosaur game
By Katie Wickens published
News As if this animator's legacy wasn't metal enough already.
My obsession with wind turbines might finally make me a millionaire in Cities: Skylines 2
By Katie Wickens published
Opinion Opinion | My Cities: Skylines 2 save is a case of so much wind power, so few citizens to consume it.
I've found the perfect Barbie movie follow-up TTRPG
By Katie Wickens published
Preview Your princess is NOT in another castle
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