Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Immortality creator Sam Barlow reveals his next game: A 'sci-fi horror' collaboration with Brandon Cronenberg
news Precognition promises to "follow in the footsteps of Immorality" with a tale of visions of the future, and why they're not always great.
CD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development'
news 18 people have been taken off the still-unrevealed Witcher spinoff Project Sirius, which isn't a huge number but does represent a significant percentage.
Amazon drops Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty
news Both MMOs will continue to operate, but new publishers are taking over in the West.
Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT on its new driving game, but says it will use AI for dialog 'as the number of passengers in the game is infinite'
news Despite the admission, there's currently no AI disclosure on the Rideshare Stimulator Steam page.
A long-lost Lord of the Rings action RPG makes a surprise return to Steam
news The Lord of the Rings: War in the North was removed from Steam in early 2019.
Saber CEO hides jab at Randy Pitchford in game trailer as payback for Pitchford dumping on Embracer: 'Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living'
news I love low-stakes drama.
3 months after the release of Directive 8020, Supermassive Games is laying off even more people
news This will be the third round of layoffs in less than three years.
50 Cent is producing a Payday project for 'the screen'
news Whether that's a TV or movie screen isn't clear at this point, but I'm pretty sure it's one or the other.
'Thank you so much for the best weekend ever': The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time
news I love a happy ending.
Payday has come to Fortnite, because today's cool gamers are 'discovering legendary IPs in entirely new ways'
news The new game is called, literally and in totality, Heist Escape Roguelike: Payday Experience.
BioWare veteran says Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel because it didn't try to be too much like Baldur's Gate 2
news Mark Darrah thinks Larian succeeded because it wasn't afraid to do its own thing.
Even with an $80 price tag, 'Grand Theft Auto 6 will be an incredible bargain,' Take-Two boss says
news Strauss Zelnick reckons that the quality of the experience will more than justify the price.
Japan has reportedly asked the US to stop using Mario, Pokemon, and others in social media posts
news It's not just about the sanctity of copyright law anymore—Japan's foreign ministry is apparently worried that the US government is damaging the brands.
Take-Two boss dismisses hand-wringing over the end of disc-based games: 'Our business is well over 90% digitally distributed as it is'
news Strauss Zelnick says Take-Two will still put out physical editions "now and then," but for the most part, the era of games on discs is already over.
Devolver Digital wants to get off the stock market, because 'the ongoing challenge of delivering growth in line with market expectations' just isn't worth the headaches
news Devolver went public in 2021 and it's not working out.
John Romero says id Software once sold empty Doom boxes to Taiwanese pirates so fans there could have legit copies: 'For us, it was distribution'
news The id Software co-founder told the story during an opening panel at QuakeCon.
Ghost Recon marks 25 years with a major update and free new missions for Wildlands, and a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier giveaway
news We're going back to a "darker, more oppressive Bolivia."
Kingdom Come: Deliverance star is opening a real 'medieval-inspired bar' in Prague
news Nobleman—proprietor Hans Capon, aka Luke Dale—will open to the public in October.
The guy in charge of EA Sports is now in charge of EA everything
news With EA's acquisition by Saudi Arabia now complete, there have been a couple changes at the top.
Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher is holding an investors call at a very unusual time this week
news What could it mean?
Assassin's Creed Valhalla director comes back to Ubisoft to be game director for the entire brand
news Eric Baptizat is back.
The deal is done: Electronic Arts is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia
news Right on schedule.
'I was this close': Teenage dev's $200 joke game made nearly $1.4 million on Steam before the refunds came flooding in
news Game dev Michael Major ultimately ended up with a little over $2,000 for his efforts, which still isn't bad for a teenager's gag.
