Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Morrowind mega-mod Skywind looks so good, even if it's still not finished
news The effort to bring Morrowind into Skyrim continues, and—as always—the team could use some help.
Sony Interactive Entertainment chief says AI will enable 'gaming experiences like never before,' and I wonder: How long are these guys going to talk about it before we actually start seeing it?
opinion And do we really want that anyway? I'm not so sure I do.
2K Games confirms layoffs at Project Ethos shooter studio and hints at new design direction: 'It's become clear that changes need to be made'
news The free-to-play extraction/hero shooter was announced in 2024, but hasn't made much headway since.
GameStop-eBay saga gets weirder: CEO says he was suspended from eBay for selling stuff on eBay 'to pay for eBay'
news Maybe all of this really is just a very dumb, pointless stunt.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is coming this summer, now with more marines and a 'massive variety of new xenomorphs' to slice 'em up
news When three heavily armed Colonial Marines can't get the job done, there's only one thing to do: Send four.
Take-Two chief is 'deeply disappointed' that we still don't have a new BioShock game
news 13 years after BioShock Infinite, BioShock 4 remains a distant dream.
Far Cry 2 and Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director launches a new studio, a few months after surprise exit from Ubisoft
Ubisoft veteran Clint Hocking, who also had leading roles on Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs games, unexpectedly split with the company earlier this year.
More than 10 years after Ubisoft took it down, one of our favorite games of 2010 is back on Steam
news Eugen Systems has re-released the great RTS Ruse, with all DLC included plus "technical updates" and full Steam Deck support.
CCP Games is no more: EVE Online studio changes its name as it goes independent and enters an AI research partnership with Google DeepMind
news An offline version of EVE Online will serve as a testbed for new AI research.
Microsoft ends Copilot AI on Xbox to help 'get the business back on track,' as new CEO simultaneously welcomes AI executives into the fold
news Asha Sharma has appointed a number of her former fellows from Microsoft's CoreAI division to leadership positions at Xbox.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced combat will be 'more demanding' than the original
news Ubisoft has revealed modernized movement and combat systems that it says "honor the foundations of the original game while enhancing the experience for an action-adventure game."
Bank of America thinks Take-Two should charge more for Grand Theft Auto 6
news It's for the good of the games industry, you see.
Randy Pitchford says Gearbox has a firm no-AI policy after posting an AI-generated image of an AI working at Gearbox
news Randy just wanted to have a little fun, but it didn't work out so well.
Gabe Newell makes surprise appearance in an ad for the yacht company he bought last year, riding around in his $500 million boat
news Are you in the market for a superyacht? Maybe Gabe can help.
PC players aren't Grand Theft Auto 6's 'core' audience, Take-Two CEO says, and that's why we have to wait for it
news Zelnick said going to consoles first is a matter of "serving the core consumer," but he also said PC can account for half of a big game's sales these days, so I don't get it.
GameStop confirms $56 billion eBay acquisition bid, promises $2 billion in cuts at the company if the takeover is successful
news How GameStop will actually be able to pay for the much larger eBay is not entirely clear at this point.
Hit cowboy co-op shooter's servers are struggling, developer says its service provider 'is currently drinking mojitos instead of helping'
news Is it a serious complaint? Perhaps not. It is pretty funny, though.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era sold 250,000 copies and 'broke even on development costs' in 1 day
news Not a bad start for an old school strategy game.
The Oscars bans generative AI in acting and writing categories
news Only roles "demonstrably performed by humans with their consent" will be eligible for awards.
Indie dev apologizes for rough game launch, commits to turning it around: 'The critique is fair ... we got work to do'
news Industria 2 looks great, but the general consensus is that it wasn't ready for launch.
The new 'Xbox mode' for Windows 11 has arrived, but don't get your hopes up for performance improvements: it's just a new UI
news The "dedicated gaming experience" for WIndows 11 is now rolling out in "select markets."
I played the MindsEye mission about the alleged game saboteurs, and it sucks so bad
news The mission is dull and witless, and the promised "evidence" of sabotage against developer Build a Rocket Boy utterly fails to materialize.
