Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2
news McGee was fired from id Software in 1998, but it all worked out pretty well for him.
Behaviour Interactive lays off more people as 'demand for mobile and casual external development projects has declined'
news BI is best known for Dead by Daylight, but it does a lot of other work too, and that's apparently drying up.
Google executive responsible for AI has a solution for the game industry's problems, and you're not going to believe this but it's AI
news Gosh. Wow. Holy Cow.
Kiki Wolfkill, longtime Halo veteran and head of Xbox Film and TV, has left Microsoft after nearly 30 years
news Wolfkill called the decision to leave Microsoft "difficult but exhilarating."
After 2 years of silence, an extraction shooter we liked back in 2022 for its 'impeccable vibes' suddenly springs back to life on Steam
news Remember Marauders?
12 years after the original and with its themes more relevant than ever, anti-war game This War of Mine is getting a full remake
news 11 Bit Studios is also working on a new Frostpunk game, and two unannounced projects.
Xbox Game Pass prices are going down, but future Call of Duty games won't be added until 'about a year' after they launch
news The new prices are still higher than they were before last year's price hike.
MindsEye studio faces new legal action over employee surveillance software that workers' union alleges was 'recording individuals in their homes and without their consent'
news The IWGB union says the software was removed in March, but BARB is refusing to disclose what data it collected.
RuneScape initiates emergency patch rollback for the most ironic reason possible: Giving players so many runes it would cause 'irreparable economic damage'
news A bug introduced in the latest update showed players with literally trillions of runes.
Mass Effect TV show writer denies being told to rewrite it for 'non-gamers'
news NDAs mean Daniel Casey can't say much, but the reported rewrites are news to him.
Ubisoft announces that 'gaming's worst-kept secret' will finally be revealed later this week
news That's right, it's finally time to learn all there is to know about Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.
Game developer that railed against 'haters' faces even more allegations of unpaid work, including a bill of over $100K
news Gunzilla, the game studio behind extraction shooter Off The Grid, faces new complaints about delayed payments.
The Elden Ring movie is coming in March 2028, and Nick Offerman and Peter Serafinowicz are in it so you know it's (probably) going to be good
news It's got Jonathan Pryce, too.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BAFTAs, but this time some other games got to win awards, too
news Dispatch matched Clair Obscur's haul at this year's event, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 snatched one away, too.
Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively'
news "The momentum is real."
Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts
news The cuts include former Destiny community manager David "Deej" Dague, who left Bungie to join Iron Galaxy in 2020.
Alexander Morton, the voice of Geralt's pal Zoltan in The Witcher games, has died
news Morton was a celebrated television actor, particularly in his native UK, but to gamers he was best known as Geralt's stout dwarven pal.
Shameless Palworld imitator Pickmos removed from Steam after publisher 'officially intervenes' in development: 'We will be supervising the Pickmos team'
news Apparently changing a letter in the title wasn't enough to cool things down.
Lana Del Rey surprise-drops the 007 First Light theme song, and I regret to inform you that it is not great
news First Light is definitely a James Bond theme song, and that's part of the problem.
The Street Fighter movie trailer is here, and it looks like fun but good luck spotting Jason Momoa in it
news The gang's all here, but some are more here than others.
Yes, Take-Two's share price rose after the stolen Rockstar data was released, but don't read too much into it
news This week's bump in share price isn't nearly enough to make up for the loss it's taken since January.
Tiny MMO Book of Travels is ending development after 5 troubled years
news Developer Might and Delight has added an offline mode so the game will remain playable, and has also dropped the price.
