Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Question time: How long have you been playing MMOs?
TALLY UP A new age. Or an old one, depending.
The best co-op games to drag your pals into
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.
EA vice president of advertising says game ads are a 'huge opportunity', but it 'has to make sense for the game'
News "It is a bit nuanced title-by-title to make sure that you’re getting it right"
Report paints a picture of brutal cord-cutting inside Xbox layoffs: 'Many of us did not know what was happening for weeks'
News "It was left to all of us to speculate and spiral and worry."
Report contradicts Microsoft's statements that id Software hasn't been shoved onto Unreal from id Tech: 'It's most likely going to end up in the trash can'
News "Success is detached from your ability to keep a job."
Pathfinder 2e creators Paizo end partnership with Archives of Nethys, which offers most of the D&D alternative's ruleset for free, over legal confusion and paperwork
News "We offered a marketing agreement to [Archives of Nethys to] make the change less impactful, but those conversations were not concluded before they chose to publish their notice."
Poll finds 100% of Japanese online game developers are using AI, though mostly for 'user preference analysis' and 'user behavior prediction'
News The report comes courtesy of Japan's Online Game Association.
That annoying day one DLC in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was less than 3% of its initial Steam sales, but hey, $1 million is $1 million
News Still a decent haul of dubloons.
WoW devs hotfix annoying grappling hook that takes a spot on your action bar, despite only being used in one zone
News Grappling with feedback.
Despite adding an eternal fast travel stone, Dragon's Dogma 2 director maintains you don't have to use it: 'It's just you now have a third option'
News I somewhat disagree, even if ox carts were a pain in the rear.
id Software producer says 'you'll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate' in the wake of Xbox layoffs
News "These large publishers and monopolies have proven themselves terrible stewards."
Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.4 million for charity, cancels sponsored stream with SNK over Saudi Arabia ties
News "We will review and strengthen our process for evaluating future sponsors and partners."
Warframe creative director says Destiny 2's end is tragic, because even with hard work 'the business side of this industry always gets the last remark'
News "The idea that we aren't in charge of our own goodbye is something I wake up thinking about every single day."
The Elder Scrolls Online's developer deserved better than to get sucker-punched by Microsoft twice in two years
SHOT, CHASER $2 billion over 10 years can't save you from Xbox.
Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'
News "We need to show management right now that we mean business."
Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game
News It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.
WoW's game director thinks its UI overhaul has been 'successful so far,' even if it's 'not perfect'
News "Things will only continue to get better from here."
Arkheron, a competitive PvP action game, will open its closed beta next week—and I'm getting that Battlerite nostalgia just looking at this thing
News Closed beta's coming soon.
Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim's khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years
News A staggering loss of institutional talent.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's most interesting mechanic took a bite out of my inner RPG completionist, who would've otherwise played hooky with a witch
DE-QUEST Ignoring a quest becomes a roleplay option when the clock's ticking.
WoW Classic player hits 60 on hardcore self-found with every class, decides that isn't enough, does a naked run for good measure
News "Naked fire mage was a damn cat with 9 lives."
It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
News I'm sure this is great for morale.
25 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry
Protips Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!
