Latest articles by Harvey Randall
20 years later, veteran WoW director says players outsmarted him completely in Ahn'Qiraj: 'All that work, and there was still an instant tell'
News You better Skeram, kiddo.
Turns out, a lot of Sega's biggest fans don't play its videogames: 'In some cases, their engagement is even higher than that of fans who actually play'
News Nah-kuza.
'No-one puts Double Fine out of business except me', says Tim Schafer on taking Double Fine independent: 'Asha's not going to shoot my dog'
News "The games industry is full of terrible things, and I can't change most of them."
Skyrim co-lead says Bethesda making Starfield instead of TES6 came out of nowhere: 'It was very much: Guess what, team? We're making this space game'
News "It wasn't like Starfield was this big internal like, 'Hey, we all want to make this space game, Todd.'"
Don't Nod might not have enough cash to make it through January 2027, and even if it does, pulling up could 'involve the reduction of up to 90 positions'
News "Amid systemic pressures in the video game industry."
Square Enix wants Final Fantasy 7 to be an 'IP with an ever-evolving future', which is strange to say about a franchise that's already ever-evolving
News But hey, everyone loves Cloud, so.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword proves the parry formula is far from stale, you just need to get freaky with it
STILL TIMELY Parry fatigue? Not me.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword starts off slow, but stick with it: You'll be rewarded with some of the best action combat of the decade
WORTH WAITING A slow gauntlet.
Confession time: Alright, come clean—how tidy are your bags in your MMOs?
GET THAT BAG Mine? Mine are an utter mess.
D&D is getting a Netflix series about Strahd, involving the director of The Prisoner of Azkaban, and I honestly think this could work great
News I've been hankering after a Curse of Strahd adaptation for a long time.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's mods immediately scrap the time pressure mechanic, which is apparently a dealbreaker for some people
News That didn't take much time.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation gets a release date and a proper look at its airship overworld, which is cool, if in danger of inducing open world fatigue
News The Remake trilogy's a long one.
New Final Fantasy 14 site update stabs the final pin into my conspiracy board, leaving me 99.9% sure I know what the new physical ranged job is
News The bird is the word.
CD Projekt Red isn't 'planning to rely on AI making complete games', and will still be 'predominantly using people' for The Witcher 4 and beyond
News "I think everybody has to make those judgments on their own."
SteamDB changes hands to Nexus Mods, which means it 'needs to make money' now—but there won't be ads or paywalls
News "Nothing you know and use today is getting taken away and sold back to you."
Was Geralt's voice actor inspired by Henry Cavill's take on him in The Witcher series? 'No, because we were first'
News "I still haven't got a call for a cameo," says Dandelion VA John Schwab.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we have a natural lean towards human-made stories, 'but we're all going to be very sorely tested in the coming years' by AI
News Lie, robot.
The Witcher 3 Remastered should run just fine on the Steam Deck, say devs
News "This is also the case for the Nintendo Switch 2."
Dwarf Fortress creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'
News "They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
Fable director says they aren't 'scared of other big games' except one—it's GTA 6, in case you were living under a rock
News "There's just one that I'm happy to avoid entirely."
id Software's former co-owner says they absolutely would've used gen AI back in the day: 'John Carmack would be like making Skynet or something'
News "I make this joke that someone needs to come up with the 'Half-Life 2 of AI'."
Netflix is likely pleased as punch with the GTA 6 extended look, which more than doubled its web traffic
News Done deal.
Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'
News "We grew up and got a little bit more mature about it."
