Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Man found guilty of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer testified that his radicalisation began with Gamergate
news David DePape said an interest in videogames led to him to conspiracy theories.
They're back: Doritos code thieves awaken from their long slumber to pilfer the codes off Xbox chip bags
news Bite me.
Remnant 2 dev tells players moaning about Apocalypse difficulty OK, fine, you can have your 3 orange slices and medal for participation
news "I may have been too harsh."
Payday 3 hasn't had updates because of a 'critical error in our backend', Starbreeze says the launch has been 'frustrating'
news "We have no reason to want to delay updates for this long."
Roblox faces class-action suit from parents about sexual content and grooming: 'Parents who would never let their kids use TikTok don’t think twice about letting them on Roblox'
news "We dispute the allegations and will respond in court," says Roblox.
Amazon Games lays off 180 workers, says all people really want from Prime is free games
news "We've listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most."
DayZ's just hit its highest-ever player count a decade after its standalone release
news Unlike its players, this game's in rude health.
Ken Levine hails cancelled Irrational project as 'the best game we never got to make'
news The studio's monster-focused spinoff of SWAT was greenlit, before Bioshock became its sole focus.
Call of Duty goes Final Destination on cheaters by pancaking them straight into the map
news And the new system is called Splat.
IO got the 007 license because it wants to make 'multiple Bond games' in the same way it handled Hitman
news Says it's not doing a Bond game just 'to score some money'
Nightdive thought it was 'going to get grilled' about the lack of hand-holding in System Shock remake, but players loved it
news "People described it as an atrophied part of their brain starting to wake up again."
Warren Spector says his major contribution to System Shock was to stop 'it many times from getting killed'
news "I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that System Shock introduced the idea of environmental storytelling to the world."
Adele made her kid a Rust costume for Halloween, though 'can't say he really loved it'
news "You can’t even buy party decorations from Rust."
This hyper-detailed recreation of Disco Elysium's opening scene makes a terrible hangover look like a terrific idea
news Who knew a terrible hangover could look this good.
Scarlett Johansson launches legal action in a case of AI imitating life imitating art
news "I think you shouldn’t miss it."
After Nickmercs reveals gambling is part of his new contract, xQc admits ‘everybody knows I am’ paid to gamble on-stream
news "I’ve never lied once about it before."
Elon Musk's newest scheme is an AI chatbot that is 'based and loves sarcasm'
news "In some important respects, it is the best that currently exists."
'The king of crypto' found guilty of fraud, now faces decades in prison
news Former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried will be sentenced next year.
This cult open world bugfest from 2005 is making a comeback
news A game with a hundred ideas but no ability to execute.
Atari acquires retro specialists Digital Eclipse in deal worth up to $20 million
news "Digital Eclipse is the best in the world at what they do," said Atari's chairman and CEO.
Tim Schafer and Double Fine celebrate 25 years of Grim Fandango and thank fans for their memories: 'I'll keep them next to where my heart used to be!'
news "Grim was a bright flash in the adventure game pan right before the genre went into an extended hibernation."
Ubisoft is taking another bunch of old games out behind the woodshed
news Don't worry, R.U.S.E. won't feel a thing.
War MMO players battle against impossible odds for 48 real hours, build a religion around a corpse pile, then crash the server
news "As the gremlin scooped the corpse off my barge, I didn’t even tell my crew to return fire: I was just in awe."
