Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Dune: Awakening is changing its endgame in response to player complaints: 'Our goal is not to force PvE players to interact with a PvP system that they may have no interest in'
news Some areas of the deep desert will be changed to PvE zones, so players can explore them without worrying about being pulled into fights they don't want.
Rematch surpasses 1 million players in its first day of full release
Despite some bug issues and a lack of crossplay, Sloclap's 5v5 soccer game seems to be doing very well for itself.
FBC: Firebreak patch aims to improve the game's early hours, which 'do not provide a good experience,' Remedy admits
news The 1.2 patch released today makes a range of balance changes, makes Lost Assets harder to miss, and cuts back on the Clearance grind.
Oblivion is a very funny game but the Skyblivion remake may not be, and you can blame the quality of Skyrim's 'streamlined' engine for that
Much of the jank that gave Oblivion such great comedic potential was smoothed out in Skyrim, and Skyblivion lead dev Rebelzize says intentionally recreating it in the remake just isn't feasible.
A Duke Nukem TV series may be coming from the producer of the Devil May Cry and Castlevania animated shows on Netflix
news Adi Shankar says he's acquired the rights to Duke Nukem from Gearbox.
Stellaris updates are going to start coming more slowly, because new patches are causing new problems and QA testers can't keep up
news Stellaris 4.0 still needs work, but the current pace of fixes is apparently causing trouble.
Rematch launched without crossplay because of 'unforeseen technical complexities' and Sloclap is sorry, but it's a hit on Steam anyway
news Sloclap apologized for not admitting the game wouldn't have crossplay at launch until just before it went live.
Dune: Awakening AMA promises changes coming to PvP: 'We want the experience to be reliable, responsive, and clearly understood'
news Funcom is still nailing down the details, but developers in the AMA did commit to one thing: There's no plan to defang ornithopters in the deep desert.
GOG now accepts donations when you buy a game, like it's a charity or something
news Sure, some people think games cost too much these days. But what if you think they don't cost enough?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 goes offline for a day after its latest update caused so many problems Crytek had to remove it completely
news It took more than eight hours for Crytek to bring Hunt back to Steam, and it's still not playable on consoles.
Hideo Kojima says the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 development team is his 'ideal' size: 'They only have like 33 team members and a dog'
news Many more people worked on the popular RPG, as established after a recent dust up over who's counted in the word 'team,' but in terms of studio employees, Kojima prefers a quieter building.
Elon Musk's latest gaming take is ruthlessly mocked by Bioshock fans: 'Probably thinks Andrew Ryan was the hero'
news Musk is apparently a big Andrew Ryan fan, but also doesn't seem to actually know anything about him.
After 4 years of silence, one of the most disappointing games of 2020 gets a surprise expansion
news Empire of Sin: Hunt for Aurora introduces a new boss, guns, missions, and more.
Just 1 year after raising $340,000 on Kickstarter to make a 'vibrant' new JPRG, Studio Camelia abruptly closes
news The studio was taking "late pledges" as recently as February.
Dark and Darker will be purged from Epic Games Store libraries later this year, but it's still available on Steam for now
news Ironmace's dungeon crawler will be removed from Epic Store libraries on November 1.
Marathon is delayed, new release date will be announced in the fall: 'We need more time to craft Marathon into the game that truly reflects your passion'
news Bungie has a lot of work to do.
Honkai: Star Rail publisher sues player for streaming a new character on Discord before its official release
news Cognosphere says the pre-release gameplay wasn't just a Discord stream, it was a copyright violation.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio teases possible 'new content' and more language support: 'It's very much on our radar'
news Sandfall Interactive apparently isn't finished just yet.
Prince of Persia social media botch forces Ubisoft to promise once again that it's still working on The Sands of Time
news You can thank For Honor for this one.
After all the anger and noise, Borderlands 4 isn't $80 anyway but there's a whopping expensive deluxe edition if you want to spend even more money on it
news Borderlands 4 preorders are live now, and everything is fine.
Oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep is going underwater in a surprise story expansion that arrives next week
news Siren's Rest is set 10 years after the events of The Chinese Room's nautical horror game.
Sony removes regional restrictions on four of its biggest games on Steam
news Slowly but surely, Sony seems to be moving toward a more sensible policy on Steam.
PlayStation Studios boss admits Marathon response has been 'varied' but says Sony is taking steps to ensure it's 'not going to make the same mistakes' it did with Concord
news Herman Hulst says Sony is giving Bungie's extraction shooter "the optimal chance of success."
