Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Bungie continues to fire into its feet with both barrels: A new armor set in Destiny 2 has just been disabled because it makes the player who wears it completely invisible
NEWS Now you see me, now you don't.
YouTube will no longer demonetize videos with 'strong profanity' in the first 7 seconds, but you'll still need to 'choose your f**ks carefully'
news It's not a complete free-for-all, but the updated policy should make it easier for YouTubers to avoid accidentally breaking the rules.
Call of Duty is finally freeing some of the older games from the CoD HQ launcher nobody likes
news Be free, Modern Warfare 3! (You too, MW2.)
Game developers association decries 'financial censorship' amidst payment processor crackdown on NSFW games, calls for 'greater transparency and fairness in how adult games are moderated'
news The IGDA says the problem isn't the rules themselves, but their "vague" enforcement.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
'Maybe I've directed my last game,' Dead Space creator Glen Schofield says after being unable to secure funding for his new project: 'With the industry on pause, AAA feels like it's a long ways away'
news After working "quietly" on a new horror game for the past eight months, Schofield says he's walking away.
Itch.io denies hiding one of 2024's best games from search results amid the payment processor crackdown on NSFW games, says it's been de-indexed since October 2024 because 'it doesn't meet our indexing criteria'
news Mouthwashing no longer appears in search results on the indie-focused storefront.
Remedy promises a 'major update' for FBC: Firebreak but not until late September, which doesn't seem great
news Remedy has big plans for its struggling shooter, but turning things around at this point seems like a faint hope.
More than a year after its last update, this forgotten RTS from the makers of Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is being removed from Steam
news Crossfire: Legion had promise, but what it didn't have is players.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake will launch 'very soon,' Ubisoft exec says, but he also namedropped Splinter Cell for no apparent reason so maybe he's still just messing with us
news It's been five years since The Sands of Time Remake was announced, and four since Splinter Cell. We still haven't seen hide nor hair of either.
Rainbow Six Siege pro arrested for participating in alleged kidnap and torture of a man for three months in Japan
news Sho "BlackRay" Hasegawa has been released by CAG Osaka.
DayZ creator's monster-hunting survival game gets major new DLC offering brutal endgame challenges with lavish loot: 'Survival games should be challenging, after all'
news Icarus: Great Hunts Campaigns, the big DLC revealed in June at the PC Gaming Show, is out now.
Karl Urban has no powers in the first trailer for Mortal Kombat 2, he's 'just incredibly handsome'
news Mortal Kombat 2 hits screens in October.
Retro gaming YouTuber faces criminal charges and possible jail time for reviewing handheld consoles that shipped with pre-loaded ROMs
news Italian YouTuber Francesco Salicini, who streams as Once Were Nerd, says police confiscated more than 30 consoles back in April.
Civilization 6 Platinum Edition goes free to kick off Epic's 2025 Summer Sale
news The Platinum Edition includes the base game plus two expansions and six DLC packs—it's a big one.
It took 12 years, but Grand Theft Auto 5 is now legal in Saudi Arabia
news Saudi Arabia gets GTA 5 before we get GTA 6.
After leaving Ubisoft to launch an anime avatar AI/NFT startup, Yves Guillemot's son returns to take charge of its new Tencent-backed Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow 6 subsidiary
news Meet the new boss.
Unknown Worlds founders' lawsuit accuses Krafton of a 'months-long campaign to delay Subnautica 2' so it wouldn't have to pay $250M earnout
news Last week, Krafton accused the former heads of Unknown Worlds of abandoning Subnautica 2. This week, they're firing back.
Seven months after putting Johnny Silverhand in your car, Cyberpunk 2077's latest update will let you kick him out
news Cyberpunk 2077's next big update arrives on July 17 with more cars, photo mode improvements, AMD FSR 4 support, and more.
Bungie says it's 'actively re-recording' some voice lines for Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate after fans notice one of the game's best-known heroes suddenly sounds like one of its most notorious villains
news Actors for Ikora Rey and other characters weren't available prior to last week, so Bungie had to do some quick recasting.
Cyberpunk 2077's delayed 2.3 update will be revealed tomorrow and could go live later this week
news It sure sounds like more car stuff is coming.
Treasonous Helldivers 2 players are weaponizing the Super Earth flag to crash the game for everyone but them
news The One True Flag strategem recently got a fun update that didn't work out quite as intended.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer is trying to figure out who put the edgy Guitar Hero gag in the game it made, promises to remove it in the next update even though players want it to stay
news Iron Galaxy Studios has "the utmost respect for anyone who makes games," even Neversoft.
Less than 6 years after it launched, John Wick Hex is being removed from sale on all storefronts later this week
news If you want Bithell Games' excellent Keanu Reeves-starring tactics puzzler, you've got until July 17 to make it happen.
'A future has been stolen from many of us and our community will never experience an amazing game': Microsoft MMO devs respond to cancelation of project Phil Spencer reportedly loved
news The cancellation of ZeniMax Online Studios' new game happened earlier this month as part of Microsoft's latest round of mass layoffs.
