Latest articles by Harvey Randall
WoW will let some WeakAura-style mods function in its next major patch, as the war on combat AddOns turns into more of a truce
News Meeting them halfway.
Dragon's Dogma 2 will be getting an endgame hard mode difficulty in the future 'for seasoned players'
News Dragon scale-ing difficulty.
FF7 Remake director had to tell his team to 'be reasonable' because they got too excited about the FF14 crossover: 'That would be putting the cart before the horse'
News Worlds collide.
Question time: What makes a 'good' grind in an MMO?
GRINDSET Hear me out, then hear me out 1,000 more times.
Nexus Mods finally tightens the screws on AI, though it's still playing softball with the tide of slop
News "Failure to correctly tag mods, including undisclosed generative AI usage, may be subject to moderation action."
Star Wars will also be coming to D&D, and I'm worried Hasbro's trying to turn a TTRPG into Magic: The Gathering again
News Secret draconic lair.
Old School RuneScape players are getting their boats stuck Suez Canal-style thanks to a narrow river in its new island: 'Helmp mee'
News Helmp, I need somebody, helmp, not just anybody.
Final Fantasy 7 remake director says he hopes Revelation will get 'some kind of physical edition' despite the industry and Sony's 'shift away' from discs
News A difficult disc-ussion.
FF14's new zone has a creepy backrooms void tucked just underneath it, filled with horrible milky ruins and what I deem to be far too many arms
News Ah, void-made horrors beyond my comprehension!
Clair Obscur developers see Sony's no-disk announcement as 'a sad decision', because they 'like to go outside, buy a game, and come back home with it'
News "I think it's part of the beauty of art too—that it's something tangible that you can touch."
I'm pretty sure we know Final Fantasy 14 Evercold's second job, unless Soken's playing a big trick on us
News Haven't you heard, about the bird?
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."
