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).
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It turns out Nightreign's Scholar is insanely powerful if used correctly
By Brendan Lowry published
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.

Baldur's Gate 3 dev Larian says its next game won't be Divinity: Original Sin 3
By Brendan Lowry published
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 predecessor to this huge Xbox game is getting delisted from a PC gaming store
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
By Brendan Lowry published
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.

This must-play action RPG is still selling cheap after Cyber Monday
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Armored Core 6 proves FromSoftware can make incredible ARPGs that aren't Soulslikes, and lingering Cyber Monday deals have it incredibly affordable right now.

Even after Cyber Monday, this underrated new action game is still on sale
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Hell is Us is an underrated action RPG that's gone under the radar despite strong reviews. With this extended Cyber Monday deal, though, you can check it out for less.

Cyber Monday is over, but this Battlefield 6 deal is still going strong
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Cyber Monday is over, but its big Battlefield 6 deal is still going strong. If you don't have 2025's biggest new game yet, now's the time to snag it.

Pick up Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, and more for major Cyber Monday discounts
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Ahead of Cyber Monday, you can get Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, and more for all-time low prices thanks to a GameStop sale.

This Game of the Year winner is still dirt cheap for Cyber Monday
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Elden Ring is arguably the game of the decade or generation, and right now, it's on sale for one of it's lowest-ever prices on Xbox and PlayStation thanks to Cyber Monday.

Elden Ring Nightreign gets massive Cyber Monday deals ahead of new DLC
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals Cyber Monday has brought the best Elden Ring Nightreign deals I've ever seen, and just in time for the game's new DLC that's coming out next week.

Cyber Monday’s hottest game deal: ARC Raiders
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Deals One of 2025's biggest new games is ARC Raiders, and with this special deal, it's selling for its lowest-ever price for Cyber Monday.

Why hasn't Battlefield 6's free trial week boosted its player count?
By Brendan Lowry published
News So far, Battlefield 6's free trial week hasn't led to any noteworthy increases in player count. But why is that? These factors may give an answer.

Battlefield 6 says its kernel-level anticheat has been a huge success
By Brendan Lowry published
News The effectiveness of controversial kernel-level anticheat measures is hotly debated, but at least in Battlefield 6's case, it looks like their use is massively paying off.
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