Latest articles by Fraser Brown
Europa Universalis 5's unusual, year-long reveal was a lesson Paradox learned from Imperator's mixed reception: 'I wanted to do it a little bit earlier, but marketing people tend to get panicky when you start talking'
News Paradox Tinto released a whopping 62 dev diaries before officially revealing EU5.
Europa Universalis 5 feels like the ultimate grand strategy game, drawing on Paradox's entire history—and it makes me feel like an idiot
Back to school This beast is going to take hundreds of hours to unpack, and I can't wait.
Mafia: The Old Country gets an August release date, and don't worry, I won't be cracking a joke about making an offer you can't refuse
News Spend summer in Sicily.
I've got some great news for Malkavian fans: Bloodlines 2 is going to put one right in your brain
News Ride share.
Crusader Kings 3 has hit 4 million sales, but all that tells me is that not enough of you have played the best game
News It's probably time to rectify that.
Fallout 3 Remastered seems almost inevitable now, but still a long way off
Atom Bomb Baby And like the big sucker that I am, I'd lap it up.
The Forever Winter's April update introduces a 'devastating' railgun you'll need to build with buds, DLC skins and more to my favourite extraction shooter
News Despite the huge March update, it's not slowing down this month.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1 in the fight for Steam's top selling games list
News Dragons vs drugs.
Endless Legend 2, one of my most anticipated strategy games of 2025, is hitting early access this summer
News In the meantime, here's a pretty trailer.
Neglecting the mod scene is just 'silly', says dev whose team went from making mods to officially working on Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein: 'It's so short-sighted not to support it'
News Devs and publishers can only benefit from it.
Endless Legend 2 continues the faction reveals with some cyborgs who use coral to make people chill
News Reef madness.
Last year's best RTS gets its first piece of DLC alongside a meaty free update
News Together they add 10 new scenario maps, new mechanics, new units and new planets to Sins of a Solar Empire 2.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 won't have typical RPG romantic relationships, but it will feature 'romantic feeding'
News Even old undead monsters need some warmth.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again, but I'm not too worried—I've played it, and it's looking great
News Phyre's still sleeping.
Playing a few hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has put a lot of my worries to rest
Deathless in Seattle The fangs are out.
Atomfall review: A muddled sci-fi misadventure in need of a stronger identity
Ununited Kingdom A trip through the British countryside takes a nasty turn.
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is heading to the ocean with a Viking-themed naval expansion this summer
News Grab your swimwear.
Assassin's Creed Shadows has convinced me that Ubisoft will never make a good RPG
Cosplaying an RPG I've reached the acceptance stage.
It's turtle time: Endless Legend 2's first faction is the fortification-loving Kin of Sheredyn
News All you need is walls.
'People like to hate EA, I don't know why': Split Fiction's Josef Fares says he has a good relationship with his publisher, but 'nobody believes' him
News "Every publisher f**ks up now and then."
A dead MMO that launched with a now-cancelled TV show in 2013 is coming back 4 years after servers were shut down
News Defiance, indeed.
The Forever Winter, my favourite extraction shooter, just overhauled its most contentious feature for the second time: 'It was a hell of a rollercoaster to make the adjustment'
News Waterworld.
