Latest articles by Andy Chalk
'We're so back': After withdrawing from The Game Awards in November, Megabonk is back in the fight in the Players' Voice category
news Unfortunately for Megabonk, the fan-voted category is seriously stacked.
The best Cyber Monday gifts for the gamers in your life
Live It's almost the most wonderful time of the year, and now is a great chance to bag some stocking fillers for the PC gamers you love. Including yourself, obvs.
The new game about the loathsome ancient goblin who kills people for fun and profit is delayed into 2026
news The new Styx game (and yes, they're making a new Styx game) was supposed to be out before the end of 2025, but here it is December and it's just not quite ready.
The Splinter Cell remake gets a new director, and he's the same as the Splinter Cell remake's old director
news David Grivel, who left Ubisoft in 2022 for a "new adventure," is back on the job.
The best Black Friday stocking filler deals to flesh out your Christmas shopping for the PC gamer in your life. And yes, that can include you, too
Live It's a great time to get your Christmas shopping done, so here's our pick of the best low-cost PC gaming deals.
A new Control trademark filing has Remedy fans hoping for a big reveal at The Game Awards
news We don't know what Control Resonant is, but we know what we want it to be.
Clair Obscur creative director says he knew the game was going to be 'cool,' but he really didn't expect it to be so 'big'
news Nobody on the team saw this coming.
Fortnite's Kill Bill collaboration censors the Pussy Wagon, because I guess you can't say 'Pussy Wagon' in Fortnite
news The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge teaser is here, and it's very strange.
It took a full 10 years but one of Ubisoft's most popular games finally has achievements on Steam
news Ubisoft continues to catch up with overdue business on Steam.
Sorry folks, but CD Projekt says it's not going to surprise us with any breathtaking Witcher 4 moments at The Game Awards
news The Witcher 4 is vying for the Most Anticipated Game award, and CD Projekt is grateful but it's got nothing else to talk about just yet.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-harm'
news The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
2 months after being acquired by private equity, Splash Damage is making major layoffs so it can 'remain agile,' even though it hasn't released a game since 2020
news Splash Damage split from Tencent following the cancellation of Transformers Reactivate, and was acquired by an unnamed private equity investor in September.
Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production'
news Don't need a notice if everyone's doing it.
Cyberpunk 2077 is now CD Projekt's 'main source of income,' and sales are outpacing The Witcher 3: Its latest milestone is 'a better result than The Witcher 3 was able to achieve in the same post-release time frame'
news CD Projekt's once-troubled cyber-RPG has now sold more than 35 million copies
The circle is closed as Clair Obscur mocap actor Maxence Cazorla thanks Charlie Cox for his kind words: 'Bringing Gustave to life was a team effort, and I’m honored to have played my part in it'
news Cox said actor Maxence Cazorla deserves credit for the job, and the internet agrees.
The Battlefield 6 free trial is live, and if you're new to the scene EA has a detailed guide to get you started
news The BF6 freebie includes "three playlists, including a casual multiplayer experience, across three maps."
After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1'
news Splitgate 2 is also coming back sooner than expected: Instead of early 2026, the relaunch is now slated for December.
Former Ghost of Yotei artist says she wasn't fired because of a Charlie Kirk joke, but 'because of a harassment campaign' that nobody at Sony or Sucker Punch bothered investigating
news Gamergate is alive and well in 2025.
2025 Steam Awards nominations are open, and I wonder if Valve's wonky personalized suggestions will affect the results—you'll know they did if Bongo Cat gets nominated in the 'story-rich' category
news Some of these "eligible game" recommendations make sense, but some seem a bit off.
Steam's first-ever Black Friday sale makes a surprise appearance to fill the gap left by the Steam Autumn Sale
news Valve has surrendered to the darkest of Fridays.
Ghost of Yotei star Erika Ishii wants the world to know their pick for Game of the Year is not Ghost of Yotei: 'Blue Prince, all day, every day!'
news I think they mean it.
Interview with Roblox CEO kicks off with an unbelievable answer about its predator problem being 'not just a problem, but an opportunity,' and somehow just gets crazier from there
news Whose idea was this? Oh, it was Baszucki's.
The UK turns to videogames to recruit future drone pilots with the International Defense Esports Games, as the plot of Ender's Game inches ever closer to reality
news We're not even pretending anymore.
The PUBG extraction shooter spinoff springs back to life with a closed alpha test set for December, and its focus on exploration over pure combat sounds a lot like my favorite part of Arc Raiders
news PUBG: Black Budget was announced in 2023, and that was the last we heard of it until now.
Reviews be damned, The Witcher voice actor Doug Cockle thinks Liam Hemsworth 'holds up pretty well' as Geralt in Netflix's television series: 'I think he's done a fantastic job'
news Cockle, who brought Geralt to life in CD Projekt's videogame trilogy, says Hemsworth "made it his own character, and that's what he should have done."
