Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Union claims Bethesda developers were terminated the day Xbox announced new Fallouts—after being told they would still have jobs until September
news The OneBGS union says it's filed new legal action over the dismissal.
Faker becomes an honorary Korean police officer to help discourage online gambling
news A year after Riot embraced "betting sponsorships" for League of Legends, the famous esports pro is now an "ambassador for cyber-gambling prevention."
Microsoft is bringing original Xbox exclusives to PC for the first time, starting with four 'classic games'
news Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, as it's known, is now live.
Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job
news Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.
Hasbro takes $56 million hit over multiple game cancellations, but it's still talking about how Baldur's Gate 3 is key to its future success
news Just a few years after going big on videogames, Hasbro is pulling an Xbox by narrowing its focus on its biggest brands and franchises.
Splitgate studio 1047 Games is laying off more people just a month after releasing its latest game
news Multiple employees say they've been let go in a new round of cuts.
Darkest Dungeon—the original—is getting surprise DLC in August
news The Fire's Edge will be the first new DLC for Darkest Dungeon since 2020.
Ubisoft promises Ghost Recon news in August, and if you're hoping that means an update on the Splinter Cell remake then I admire your optimism but sorry, no
news A week after cautioning fans about a "quieter year" in new game releases, Ubisoft is teasing an update to mark the series' 25th anniversary.
Jennifer English, star of Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, leaves Tides of Annihilation lead role
news English, who won a BAFTA award for her work on Clair Obscur in 2026, says the decision was difficult but "personally necessary."
15 years before Dishonored, Thief devs considered letting Garrett shrink himself rat-sized so he could scurry through drains and mouse holes
news The idea was ultimately dropped, for good reasons.
2 months after releasing Zero Parades, Studio ZA/UM is laying off employees: 'Its commercial performance has not enabled us to sustain a studio of our current size'
news Up to 32 people will be put out of work.
Todd Howard checks his calendar, sighs quietly, and tells us all again that he doesn't have a grudge against Obsidian or Fallout: New Vegas
news Say the line, Todd!
Doom director Hugo Martin says id Software is fine, and anyway, 'what matters the most is that the games are good'
news I'm not so sure about that one, man.
Marathon game director leaves Bungie just 4 months after launch: 'I'll be heading to something new, somewhere else'
news This is not good news for Bungie, or its only remaining active game.
Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, makes Obsidian collaboration official, and says Fallout 5 is in 'pre-production'
news In the wake of massive Xbox layoffs, Bethesda's decided it's time to sock a few dingers.
Marathon's 'experimental' PvE mode will only be playable for 2 weeks when it goes live in July, full rollout expected to happen sometime in Season 3
news A new update from Bungie provides a closer look at what's coming in the new Vault Breaker mode.
Saber's new business boss says the KOTOR remake will 'hopefully' be out in 2028
news I'll hopefully win a big lottery in 2028, too.
Grand Theft Auto 6 leaker who was given an indefinite sentence in 2023 because he wouldn't stop hacking is now out of hospital and awaiting retrial
news Arion Kurtaj, a member of the Lapsus$ hacking group, was behind a 2022 hack of Rockstar that revealed GTA 6 to the world more than a year before it was announced.
The Washington Post selects Doom as one of the 25 'most influential works of American culture'
news id Software's seminal 1993 shooter takes its place alongside The Federalist Papers, Moby Dick, Robert Johnson's deal with the devil, and Lemonade.
Steam reveals all the sale dates and themed events for the first half of 2027
news Grab your wallet, there's spending to be done.
Original Witcher dev says remaking it as an open world won't be easy: 'As a player, I might be happy about that, but as a designer, I'm starting to get gray'
news There might be a good reason The Witcher 1 remake announced in 2022 is taking so long.
As Sony prepares to end game disc production, GOG jumps up to remind PC gamers that you can just make your own
news GOG never misses a shot.
Another Spiderweb RPG that looks like it was made in 1993 drops on Kickstarter and immediately crushes its goal
news There may not be a lot of Geneforge fans out there but those who like it, like it a lot.
