Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he's been an avid fan since childhood. He's been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you'll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he's not writing or gaming, there's a good chance he's either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once. Follow him on X (Twitter).
Latest articles by Brendan Lowry

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will come out before 2030, says director
By Brendan Lowry published
News Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson of KOTOR and Mass Effect fame says the game will come out before 2030.

Expedition 33 robbed this The Game Awards nominee of an award it deserved far more
By Brendan Lowry published
Feature To nobody's surprise, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. But it also won Best RPG — and it shouldn't have, against Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was "robbed" by Expedition 33 at The Game Awards, says devs
By Brendan Lowry published
News The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 have reacted to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beating the RPG in three categories at The Game Awards.

Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian says its next game won't be Divinity: Original Sin 3 (UPDATE: It's Divinity)
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Gaming Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian says its next game won't be Divinity: Original Sin 3, but a leak reveals that the second game may be getting a new Definitive Edition soon.

The Game Awards 2025: Everything announced for Xbox, PC, and more
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News The Game Awards 2025 featured tons of new game announcements, reveals, world premieres, and more for Xbox, PC, and handhelds. Here's an overview of everything announced.

Battlefield 6 promises fixes for its borked Winter Offensive update are "on the way"
By Brendan Lowry published
News Battlefield 6's new Winter Offensive update brought several nasty bugs and issues to the game, but the devs say fixes are coming soon.

Helldivers 2's Killzone crossover is back for more with a new Legendary Warbond
By Brendan Lowry published
News The Helldivers 2 x Killzone crossover from last year is returning with a new Legendary Warbond and fresh content, and some will get it for free.

Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead says it's got a roguelite mode prototyped
By Brendan Lowry published
News A roguelite mode for Helldivers 2 would be incredibly interesting to see, and as it turns out, developer Arrowhead has one in the prototype phase.

This legendary boomer shooter FPS is selling for literal pennies right now
By Brendan Lowry published
Deals Retro FPS "boomer shooters" have taken off in recent years, and it's arguably thanks to DUSK — a legendary shooter that's currently selling for dirt cheap.

Battlefield 6's new Winter Offensive 'Ice Lock' mode is a stroke of genius
By Brendan Lowry published
Feature New in Battlefield 6 Season 1's Winter Offensive update is the Ice Lock mode, a fresh and creative twist on the game's Empire State map that I'm a huge fan of.

It turns out Nightreign's Scholar is insanely powerful if used correctly
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Feature One of Elden Ring Nightreign's new DLC characters, Scholar, is very complex and tricky to learn. But once you do, you'll realize just how powerful he truly is.

You’ve got less than a week to buy this Xbox classic before it vanishes
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Next week, both The Outer Worlds and Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey are being delisted from the popular DRM-free PC gaming store GOG.

Heads of canceled Xbox game are making a new studio at 2K
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News Xbox infamously canceled the Perfect Dark reboot and closed down The Initiative, but two of its lead devs have joined Take-Two to make a new 2K studio.

This deal on one of 2025's best games is even better than Black Friday's
By Brendan Lowry published
Deals Elden Ring Nightreign is one of this year's best new games, and right now, you can pick it up for even lower prices than you could during Black Friday.

Xbox kicks off new 'Beyond Black Friday' sale in time for the holidays, with a catch
By Brendan Lowry published
News Microsoft and Xbox have launched a limited-time "Beyond Black Friday" sale that features an ocean of big Xbox and PC game deals, but only for DLCs and expansions.

Lead of Xbox's Clockwork Revolution calls it "the most complex game I've ever worked on"
By Brendan Lowry published
News One of the biggest upcoming Xbox RPGs is inXile's Clockwork Revolution, and its devs recently went onto the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase to tease its depth and "visual reactivity."

Does Fallout Season 2 make a New Vegas ending canon? Creators took a "fog of war" approach
By Brendan Lowry published
News The creators of Season 2 of the Fallout TV show say they took a "fog of war approach" to making a canon story after Fallout: New Vegas' ending.

A new Banjo Kazooie game is here ... sort of, and it's not on Xbox
By Brendan Lowry published
News A small team of fans has created an unofficial, yet amazing new Banjo-Kazooie game — but it's only playable on PlayStation, through Dreams.

From Hawkins to Xbox: Stranger Things lands in the least likely game
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming One of the biggest TV shows right now is Netflix's Stranger Things, and it's about to crossover with, of all games, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on Xbox and PC.

Micron is killing Crucial RAM and SSDs to support the AI market instead
By Brendan Lowry published
News As the AI market's demand for RAM continues to swell, manufacturer Micron is axing its consumer brand Crucial in order to supply it.

This indie horror game is now a best seller after Steam and Epic banned it
By Brendan Lowry published
News HORSES is now a top seller on GOG and itch.io after it was controversially banned on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and now Humble.

This massive game mod project is now a one-click install on GOG
By Brendan Lowry published
News STALKER GAMMA, a huge modpack for STALKER Anomaly and one of the most popular mods of all time, is now available to play through GOG.

New Helldivers 2 update shaves 85% of the game's file size off
By Brendan Lowry published
News The bloated file size of Helldivers 2 on PC has been a pain point for many players for a long time, but it's finally been reduced to a wildly low number in a new update.
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