Latest articles by Rick Lane
Ray Chase, the voice of Cyclops in X-Men '97, has '1,000 freaking hours' in Slay the Spire and is running a 'smell build' in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: ' I wear perfumes and walk into battle with my fancy boy outfit'
Ray the Spire The voice of Noctis in Final Fantasy 15 takes us on a road-trip through his Steam library.
If you're desperate for more Baldur's Gate 3, here's a 6-hour mini-campaign all about Astarion with 4 different endings and 6 new companions
News Help or hinder BG3's vampire elf as he tangles with a Bastellus in A Dream of Silence.
This newly announced soulslike has a main character inspired by Dark Souls' most heartbreaking boss fight
News Stray Dog: Nobody Cares asks the question: "What if you were Great Grey Wolf Sif?"
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's first beta patch adds a new map and mode, as Infinity Ward responds to complaints about footstep noise and weapon lethality
News Cachette and Inflation join the fray as Infinity Ward adjusts footsteps and gun damage.
This mod transforms Doom into a terrifying tactical shooter, and it's partly inspired by another PC gaming classic
Blackout makes Doom slower, deadlier, and throws in a Crysis-style energy suit for good measure.
Dishonored was a last-ditch effort by Arkane Studios after years of fruitless contract work, according to the game's co-creator: 'I think we had four months of money left'
News "We were farming out people left and right."
The latest cooperative craze is a physics-based fishing simulator where you can launch your catch into the air and no-scope it with a sniper rifle
News How to Fish sounds ridiculous.
David Brevik, creator of Diablo, reveals the 'worst ending' to any game he's played: 'But I really love the game. It's amazing'
El Diablo The legendary game designer guides us through the games on his PC.
The Quake community simply cannot stop delivering, having just released a 22-map 'Deathmatch Jam' to celebrate the shooter's 30th birthday
News Frag your friends to mark three decades of Quake.
You could win a slice of €30,000 by building the best mod for Mount & Blade 2's controversial seafaring expansion
News War Sails finally gets modding tools of its own.
Kingdom Hearts 4 finally has a release window, and it's sooner than I expected
News A firm release date remains elusive, however.
I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better
Age appropriate Time, Dr Freeman?
This Solitaire game is so tiny it can load from a QR code, which is just what I need in the age of massive games and expensive storage
News TinySol is a mini marvel.
You can now play the secret best immersive sim in coop thanks to this mod
News Prey Coop lets you play Arkane's System Shock successor with up to 16 other players.
Stalker 2's imminent free update aims to make the sequel more atmospheric and less relentlessly hostile: 'The Zone isn't one constant gunfight'
News The patch releases next week alongside the sequel's first story expansion.
'I am a big roguelike guy, but also a fan of minimalism and elegance': Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story, guides us through the games in his Steam Library
Telling truths The founder of Half Mermaid on classic adventure games, modern hacking sims, and his favourite screenwriting software.
Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially saved my life'
News Quake 4: Awakening was in development at Ritual Entertainment before being scrapped.
Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI
News The company's earnings outlook for the remaining year has "changed considerably."
Blocky zombie survival sim Unturned releases its source code so players can build a 'lasting legacy' for the game 'regardless of the changes we make'
News The source files are freely available for non-commercial use.
God of War TV series sees further recasts as Amazon seeks older actors for Atreus and Thrud
News The series will have different actors in these roles for Season 2.
Tencent's cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
News Lightspeed LA says it will "shift the creative and development direction" of Last Sentinel.
One of Kerbal Space Program's biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: 'That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then'
Rocket science The creator of KSP talks us through what's on his PC, from Full Throttle to Old School Runescape.
