Latest articles by Andy Chalk
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.
Statistically, your PC probably doesn't come close to the recommended RAM requirement for this third-person shooter's upcoming playtest
news The 64GB RAM recommendation turned out be a mistake, but the overall system requirements are still pretty messy.
Rockstar's great Midnight Club racing series was killed off for one simple reason, and you can probably guess what it was
news I'll give you a hint: It rhymes with three pee yay.
Get more than 100 games for just $10 in a new bundle supporting laid-off game devs
news The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle is live now on Itch.io.
Sony exec says killing discs won't make the PlayStation 6 too much like a PC: 'Going forward, we can coexist peacefully with PC games'
news Despite pushback, Sony isn't changing its mind about dropping physical discs in 2028.
Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company
news McFarlane says he's lived his dream, but it's time to start tending to other parts of his life.
Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of Electronic Arts will happen next week
news EA says all regulatory hurdles are cleared, so all that's left to do is to do it.
Xbox revenues dipped $1.7 billion last year, but Asha Sharma predicts a 'return to growth' by mid-2027
news The numbers are big and impressive, but the main message appears to be that Xbox isn't going anywhere.
'A new version of Amnesia: The Dark Descent' may be coming later this year
news Frictional's latest annual report spilled the beans, although it's not clear what the new version will entail.
'We are not looking to just maintain' Elder Scrolls Online, new ZeniMax boss says, but a bunch of updates have been delayed into 2027 and possibly beyond
news New studio co-chief Nick Giacomini says teams will have "the runway they need to do things right."
Thimbleweed Park 2 is 'not really a sequel, not really a prequel,' but it is finally happening
news Ron Gilbert says the next game in the now-a-series is set to come out in early 2028.
An innocent man spent 18 months in prison because police misread his Skyrim user name
news The error came to light while lawyers were working on his appeal.
Steam Machine reservation queue should be caught up by the end of 2026, Valve says
news Whether this is good news or bad news is a matter of individual perspective.
After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well
news That's an $8 million raise over 2025.
