Latest articles by Andy Chalk
The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical is a deeply committed April Fool's joke from Games Workshop, and I don't care if it's a day late because it's just that good
news "Just because there is only war, doesn't mean there can't also be music."
Warren Spector's multiplayer Thief successor changes direction: Instead of PvPvE, it's now focusing on 2-player co-op and singleplayer
news Otherside says that as development has progressed, it's become clear that singleplayer and co-op is just more fun.
MechWarrior studio Piranha Games lays off 30% of its employees
news Work on MechWarrior 5 DLC will continue, but the long-term future is less certain.
This new climbing game is a bit like Darkest Dungeon on a mountain: Sometimes you have to cut the rope, and not everyone on the team is going to take it well when you do
news Ascenders: Beyond the Peak is set to launch on Steam later this year.
Instead of making a joke, Valve celebrates April Fool's Day by rolling out a Steam storefront 'refresh' that makes it look much nicer
news They're not joking (and neither am I).
Garry's Mod successor s&box finally arrives on Steam on April 28
news Still waiting for a price, but at least we've got a date.
April Fool's Day is upon us, and you know what that means: Bubsy feet pics
news A round-up of best gaming-related April Fool's Day jokes we could find.
Stormgate, the StarCraft-like RTS that launched last summer, is losing online multiplayer support because its server partner was bought by an AI company
news Frost Giant Studios says it will patch Stormgate so it can be played offline, but its online modes will be gone at the end of April.
France's 'leading consumer association,' backed by Stop Killing Games, sues Ubisoft over The Crew shutdown
news More headaches for Ubisoft.
Zero Parades, the spy game from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, is coming in May
news The Steam Next Fest demo is still up too—ZA/UM says it'll be available to play until April 13.
Skyblivion dev team is once again putting out a call for 'experienced mod authors and developers' to help get it finished, and it sure sounds like there's a lot left to do for a mod that's supposed to be out this year
news The team still needs help with quest creation, navmesh, interior level design, 3D art, sound design, and more.
Inzoi Studio head says early access was unavoidable, but he feels kind of bad about it: 'The users are testing it on our behalf, so I always feel sorry for them'
news Yeah, that's pretty much how it works.
Remember when Mastercard pressured Steam to remove a bunch of NSFW games? The FTC says that's not cool—sort of
news The FTC warned Mastercard, PayPal, and others against denying consumers the right to buy what they want, saying that "access to such infrastructure and services is essential for Americans’ participation in everyday commerce."
Eidos Montreal studio head departs as it lays off another 124 employees 'across production and support teams'
news David Anfossi joined Eidos Montreal as the producer of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and became head of studio shortly after, a position he held for more than a decade.
Get every Frictional horror game ever made—Penumbra, Amnesia, and SOMA—for just $15 in this screamingly good bundle
news Screamingly good—get it? Because you're going to scream, see. They're horror games. Really, really good horror games.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution could've had a track from the original game's composer but it was rejected for not being the 'right fit,' and in hindsight he says they were right
news Eidos Montreal wanted to put its own stamp on Deus Ex after it took over the series, and that meant it wanted music from an entirely different composer.
PUBG: Blindspot is closing after less than 2 months of early access
news The top-down PUBG spinoff hit Steam on February 5, but failed to find a sustainable audience.
'The industry's in a really horrible place,' Brenda Romero says: 'We were there in the '80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier'
news Romero Games managed to scrape through an ugly 2025, but its founders remain unsure about where it's all headed.
V Rising studio is working on a new game, and it sounds like it's got teeth: 'The odyssey of the Vampire continues'
news Stunlock Studios says its ambitions have grown, and it needs a fresh start to fully realize them.
Alien Deathstorm is the very real title of the new 'action horror game' coming from Atomfall developer Rebellion
news It sounds like an ironic gag title from an early-aughts sitcom, but no, this is just how things are now.
That Hunter: The Reckoning game that was accidentally leaked on Steam is now officially revealed as a new FPS RPG
news Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish was announced, on purpose this time, in today's Xbox showcase.
Baldur's Gate 3 gets a new hotfix to fix the old hotfix that fixed corrupted saves but started causing crashes
news The patch released in February fixed some stuff, and also broke some different stuff.
Stalker 2's first major story expansion is coming this summer with two new regions and 'dozens of hours of gameplay'
news The "fragile peace" between two of the Zone's biggest factions may finally be over.
