Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur's Gate 3's record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: 'What the f**k is happening'
news Sandfall Interactive's J'RPG took home seven awards, matching the record set by Larian in 2023.
GameStop's 'Trade Anything Day' has some employees bracing for the worst: 'We're probably going to have to reject some of the things because they're a biological hazard'
news GameStop's latest promotion is a catastrophe in waiting, but some employees are encouraging customers to do something good with it instead.
Marathon cinematic director Alberto Mielgo says the 8-minute reveal video was not made with AI and frankly he can't believe he even has to say that
news I don't know if anyone actually accused the Marathon cinematic from earlier this year of being made with AI, but Mielgo seems pretty wound up about it anyway.
After Krafton denied its CEO consulted with ChatGPT on the Subnautica 2 mess, Krafton CEO says he consulted with ChatGPT on the Subnautica 2 mess
news Changhan Kim said during testimony that he used ChatGPT "like Google Search."
Geoff Keighley denies he's hiding Half-Life 3 in his Steam wishlist, posts a screenshot to prove it, nobody believes him, and I'm starting to wonder if he's just messing with us
news Whatever's going on, one thing is for sure: Nobody knows what's going on.
Megabonk developer withdraws from 'Best Debut Indie Game' nomination at The Game Awards for a pretty good reason: 'It's not my debut game'
news Vedinad says they've previously released games under other studio names.
Valve accidentally steps on the make-up deal it offered to the indie game whose 2024 release was ruined by a Steam bug: 'I really get the feeling that Planet Centauri is cursed'
news Permadeath's sci-fi sandbox game was showcased as a Steam Daily Deal on November 12—the same day Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller.
Larian Studios responds to 2025 Game Awards nomination for Baldur's Gate 3, which came out more than 2 years ago: 'honestly, what the f**k'
news It's a fair question.
Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover'
news A pre-trial brief filed by former Unknown Worlds bosses says Krafton CEO Changham Kim was worried about losing his job for overpaying for the studio.
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick says gaming is 'moving towards PC' as the industry shifts away from closed systems, but we still don't have a GTA 6 announcement
news Console gaming isn't going anywhere, but consoles? That's a different matter.
'Hytale is saved': Riot sells cancelled game back to original co-founder, who promises to take it 'back to the original vision for Hytale'
news Simon Collins-Laflamme says he's already rehired more than 30 Hytale developers, and more are coming.
Concord, one of the most infamous videogame flops of all time, may already be flopping again as Sony brings the hammer down on revival mod
news At this stage, it's buggy—but it works.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blows his top and hits da bricks 45 seconds into an interview, shouting 'It's a stupid question!' as he walks offstage
news It was the first question.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 under fire for using what sure looks like AI-generated Studio Ghibli-style calling card art
news I can't swear if this is generative AI in action, but I'm pretty sure it is.
'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.
