
Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk

More than 19,000 NFT images briefly disappeared last week thanks to a server problem
By Andy Chalk published
news The Clone X collection was only gone for a few hours, but the disappearance raised some rather pointed questions.

Splitgate 2 open beta test kicks off in May with a 'massive amount of new content'
By Andy Chalk published
news Developer 1047 Games also teased "infinite maps," but we won't get to know more about that for a while yet.

Electronic Arts lays off hundreds of employees and cancels 2 'incubation projects' including a new Titanfall game
By Andy Chalk published
news It's all about "driving future growth," you see.

After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game: 'I'm committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier'
By Andy Chalk, Wes Fenlon published
news Eric Barone's got a plan for getting Haunted Chocolatier across the finish line—or at least an idea.

Russia accuses World of Tanks executives of 'extremist activities,' moves to seize assets of Russian publisher
By Andy Chalk published
news Russia apparently takes issue with Wargaming's opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, but a different company is paying the price.

Elden Ring Nightreign system requirements are good news if you haven't upgraded your PC since you played Elden Ring
By Andy Chalk published
news Aside from a bump in CPU requirement, Nightreign's minimum and recommended specs are virtually identical to those of the original Elden Ring.

EA's Skate reboot is always online, and you know what that means
By Andy Chalk published
news The promised "living, breathing massively multiplayer skateboarding sandbox" sounds great, but what happens when the servers go offline?

Nexus Mods decides to allow an Oblivion Remastered mod that changes 'body type' options to male/female, declares it's not 'a battleground for broader cultural or political debates'
By Andy Chalk published
news The mod was deleted multiple times before Nexus Mods threw in the towel.

The new shooter from the former 4A Ukraine studio was supposed to launch today, but instead it got a last-second delay and nobody knows for how long
By Andy Chalk published
news A closed beta test earlier this month was also delayed, and apparently did not go very well.

Hugo Martin isn't messing around as he unveils Doom: The Dark Age's new Cosmic Realm: 'Bear witness to the cyclopean architecture of this Lovecraftian dimension!'
By Andy Chalk published
news Easy on there, Hugo.

In the most delicious irony imaginable, the notorious early 2000s 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used an 'illegal' font
By Andy Chalk published
news And no one noticed for 21 years.

Ubisoft is keeping its promise to add an offline mode to The Crew 2, and testing begins next week
By Andy Chalk published
news Ubisoft hopes to have the offline mode released by the end of 2025, but warned that The Crew Motorfest will take longer.

All System Dance developer announces layoffs 'due to financial challenges'
By Andy Chalk published
news Indie studio Mighty Yell says "the difficult state of funding in games" has forced it to cut an unspecified number of employees.

The new Frostpunk game that's coming in 2027 is a 'reimagining' of the original in Unreal Engine 5 with new content, mechanics, laws, and—finally—mod support
By Andy Chalk published
news Frostpunk 1886 "revisits and expands" upon 2018's Frostpunk and promises a "fresh experience," even for veterans of the original.

Nintendo is trying to force Discord to give up the identity of the person behind last year's massive Pokémon leak
By Andy Chalk published
news The 2024 'teraleak' saw a huge trove of previously unreleased Pokémon material released to the public, and Nintendo wants to know who's responsible.

The company behind the Wheel of Time series on Amazon is now working on a Wheel of Time open-world RPG
By Andy Chalk published
news The new game aims to "cover the entire world" of Robert Jordan's book series.

Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO
By Andy Chalk published
news Co-founder Jason Citron is stepping down, but will remain with the company as a member of the board of directors.

Bethesda gave Oblivion Remastered game keys to the entire Skyblivion development team and 'made it clear that they have no intention of shutting down our project'
By Andy Chalk published
news It's a good day for everyone.

Oblivion Remastered doesn't officially support mods, but the mods are rolling in anyway
By Andy Chalk published
news The modding community is still hammering out the details but the short version is, yeah, they work.

Oblivion Remastered sails past 120,000 concurrent players on Steam just a few hours after launch
By Andy Chalk published
news The people have spoken,

It's happening again: Oblivion Remastered is selling new horse armor like it's 2006
By Andy Chalk published
news The old horse armor is included in the $50 version, but if you want the new horse armor, that's extra.

How excited are we to replay a shinier version of Oblivion 19 years later?
By Andy Chalk published
TESIV Oblivion is a safe pick for the remaster treatment, sandwiched between the more flavorful Morrowind and more popular Skyrim.

A week after a major hack brought down 4chan and doxxed all its users, it seems like it may be dead for good
By Andy Chalk published
news Could this really be the end of one of the internet's most notorious websites?
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