Staff

SegmentNext is a Video games news and review site. Every day we post tons of gaming news, put together guides for popular video games and franchises and write reviews and previews. Millions of people check out SegmentNext, but have you ever wondered, who is behind all this content? Well, obviously, it is our writers.

The team of writers here at SegmentNext do their best to bring you new content every single day. If you have ever read even a single thing (Maybe this description) on this website, then it can be attributed to one of our writers and editors hunting down news or writing a review or feature, for the pleasure of you: Our readers.

As writers, we do not often get to directly interact with our fans and readers (Hey, how are you?) and vice versa, you cannot really get to know us. It is not much, but we thought we should post these short bios so that our readers can know just a bit about us all here at SegmentNext.

So, let’s meet the Staff (Cue Team Fortress 2 jingle).

Zawad Iftikhar

Zawad Iftikhar

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief (PK)

Zawad is the founder and lead editor of SegmentNext. Apart from running SegmentNext, Zawad is a passionate gamer who loves the PC platform. He regards the Elder Scrolls series among his favorite, and prefers more traditional multiplayer games over MMOs.

Ali Asif

Ali Asif

Managing Editor (PK)

Being the managing editor, Ali manages a lot of the editorial duties as well as publishing stories for SegmentNext. A long-time gamer, his favorite game series is the Gears of War but when he's not gaming he likes to kick back with a few popular animes like Naruto.

Haider Khan

Haider Khan

Senior Editor (PK)

Being a senior editor at SegmentNext, Haider is an integral part of the team and you'll see his posts frequently throughout the site. Apart from writing for us, Haider is also a competitive FPS player and enjoys a bit of Diablo on the side.

Liam Stanway

Liam Stanway

News Editor/Podcast/Video Producer (UK)

You might know Liam as the host of the XPGrind podcast and video series. Liam is a freelance writer who posts news for SegmentNext as well as records, edits and publishes podcasts and video for us. When he's not doing that he's running around to press events around the UK, always looking for the latest scoop. During the rare time he gets to himself, Liam enjoys playing a variety of JRPGs and RTS games on his PC and consoles.

Will Benson

Will Benson

Reviews Editor (US)

Will is our resident review-master and it's he who writes most of the reviews you'll have read on our site. With his ancient knowledge of the secret review-fu arts, he makes sure that all the reviews you see on SegmentNext are thoroughly checked out.

Saqib Mansoor

Saqib Mansoor

News Writer (PK)

Saqib is one of our most prolific writers, his posts helping to make up the brunt of our daily news content. He's a PC gamer at heart and his favourite game is Diablo II.

Johnny Kilhefner

Johnny Kilhefner

News Writer (US)

Johnny's game system of choice is the Xbox 360. His favourite game is Arkham City, because who wouldn't want to be Batman? When he was 11, he wrote his first email ever using the Sega Saturn and addressed it to Ultra Game Player's Bill Donohue. Bill responded, calling him a twenty-something virgin who still lives with his mother. Now he's 26, not a virgin, and definitely not living with his mother. The day he's called a fat idiot by an 11 year-old is the day he'll know he's come full circle.

Salman Hamid

Salman Hamid

Associate Editor (PK)

Yet another one of our many staff and a long-time contributor (We need all the staff, how do you think we keep it so busy around here?), Salman is one of our many news writers. He's a fan of the Thief series of games and PC is his favourite platform for gaming.

Afnan Mir

Afnan Mir

Associate Editor/FAQs (PK)

We've got a lot of guides and FAQs here and you can thank Afnan for providing many of them. It's he who does the research and assembles our FAQs before we can publish them.

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