Latest articles by Andy Chalk
'No point making a high-spec Steam Machine,' Larian publishing boss says, because anyone who wants a powerful PC is going to look elsewhere anyway
news Valve's new living room box is not built for the hardcore, and that's kind of the point.
The life sim revolution may not be over but it will have to wait until 2026, because Paralives is delayed
news Just a few weeks before its planned release in December, the upcoming life sim has been pushed all the way back to May 2026.
For the third time this year, Crystal Dynamics is making layoffs: Nearly 30 people are being put out of work 'to optimize the continued development of our flagship Tomb Raider game'
news The Embracer-owned studio says it's restructuring "for our next generation," whatever that means.
Rockstar is now under pressure from UK Parliament as protests grow and 220 employees demand fired workers be reinstated
news If Rockstar thought this would blow over quietly, it was sorely mistaken.
Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading
We don't know what's going on, but something is definitely happening.
Bethesda is 'actively investigating' the Fallout 4 problems that Bethesda caused with its latest Fallout 4 update
news This sure sounds familiar.
Looks like it's Tencent's turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming
news The Sharkmob cuts come less than two months after layoffs and studio closures at Tencent-owned Funcom.
Rockstar faces legal action from UK union after firing more than 30 employees last week: 'We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting'
news The IWGB union says Rockstar has refused to meet with it to negotiate, so it's time to get the courts involved.
RuneScape fans have spoken: 'Treasure Hunter' microtransactions will be scrapped in January as 'part of a wider transformation across Jagex'
news More than 120,000 people voted to ditch RuneScape's widely-disliked MTX system.
Phil Spencer reminds everyone that Xbox is 'one of the largest publishers on Steam' as he congratulates Valve on its new hardware with all the enthusiasm of a man paying his taxes
news "Congrats on today's announce."
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI voice debate with an imaginary scenario predicting 'infinite, context-sensitive, personality-reflecting dialog based on and tuned by human voice actors'
news Sweeney says productivity increases driven by technology will lead to better games, not reduced employment.
Marvel Rivals is adding a 'non-combat map' where players can 'hang out, dance, watch videos, read books, and let your imagination run wild'
news Marvel Rivals season 5 is shaping up to be a big one.
Arc Raiders sells 4 million copies, making it 'the most successful global launch in Nexon's history'
news Nexon says Arc Raiders has serious long-term potential.
Game marketing company takes down blog post bragging about how good it is at astroturfing Reddit after Reddit finds the post
news Two posts explaining the campaign, both from earlier this year, were deleted after redditors took notice.
Arc Raiders surpassed 700,000 concurrent players across all platforms this weekend, and you better believe that most of them were on PC
news Arc's second weekend was even bigger than its first.
A Dispatch sequel is a whole lot more likely now that Dispatch season 1 is such a big hit: 'We're going to have to at least think about season 2 now'
news Ad Hoc Studio wasn't sure whether more Dispatch would be possible before it came out.
'Roblox must do more to protect kids from sick and twisted freaks,' Texas attorney general says as he sues Roblox 'for putting pixel pedophiles and profits' ahead of safety
news Kex Paxton smells blood in the water.
The Mass Effect TV series will 'explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline,' BioWare exec says: 'It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard's story'
news A year after the series was confirmed as being in development, Mike Gamble says writers have "got a lot figured out about how it fits within the Mass Effect canon."
Mass Effect boss Mike Gamble slips a hidden message into his N7 Day update, asks fans to stop yelling at him for not sharing more info about the new game
news Yes, BioWare is still working on it. No, there is nothing new to say or show.
There's a bug in Arc Raiders that's causing the sound to drop out for some players—here's how to fix it
news Until Embark Studios puts out a proper fix for the problem, this should smooth things out.
Take-Two boss says 'we've never regretted' delaying a game following the Grand Theft Auto 6 pushback, says other studios might have better luck if they did the same thing once in a while
news Strauss Zelnick says delays are "painful" but companies who don't postpone games that need more work do so "at their peril."
Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed to November 2026: 'These extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve'
news Take-Two announced the new release target in today's quarterly financial report.
Things are so bad for Payday 3 at this point, even Crime Boss: Rockay City is making fun of it
news A new Rockay City trailer pokes fun at a recent Payday 3 misstep, and it's actually kind of clever.
NetEase closes a fifth Western studio: Just two years after it was founded, Bad Brain Game Studios will shut down for good next week
news Bad Brain was founded in August 2023, but NetEase opted to end its partnership with the studio just two years later.
Battlefield 6 players says they got banned from Steam forums for sharing a config tweak that lets PC players disable crossplay, and yes, PC players can disable crossplay
news At least one other person who's posted about the config file change on Steam has not been banned yet, though, so who knows.
