Latest articles by Rick Lane
After a forgettable launch, Ubisoft's Avatar game is getting a huge new update later this year, introducing new game plus and a third-person mode
News But you'll have to wait until December.
'The age of gameplay mechanics has already passed' says Shadow of The Colossus director as he praises Katamari Damacy creator's new game for not being systems-driven
News "Even if there’s nothing novel about the mechanics, you can push the game further with a certain vibe or artwork."
Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking is a game about medieval monks catapulting meals into the mouths of giant monsters, and it's out later this month
News But you can get in early via an ongoing playtest.
Ubisoft CEO responds to the Stop Killing Games petition, stating the publisher is 'working on' improving its approach to end-of-life support, but that 'nothing is eternal'
News "Obviously support for all games cannot last forever."
Soulframe dev says launching in 2025 is now an 'aspirational goal', but you can play the fantasy RPG's pre-alpha right now if you're quick
News "We have ambitions to release it as soon as we can."
Peak's latest beta patch ensures the cooperative climbing sim actually checks players are alive when they reach the summit of its mountain: 'You no longer win if you die'
News Patch 0.8.d also adds two new items and the option to reduce camera bob.
Destiny 2 dev denies accusations that The Edge of Fate introduced 'stealth nerfs' after players identify missing changes in the expansion's massive changelog: 'We would be completely out of our minds if we thought we could slip something under the rug'
News "We're looking to get details out ASAP on the missed notes."
The Sims 4's rampant pregnancy bug was apparently caused by 'performance optimizations' and has now been fixed
News "Any Sim pregnancy related mods should return to their pre-update functionality."
Fanatical's latest build your own bundle lets you grab 23 shooters for under $2 apiece
Get Dusk, Amid Evil and, er, Pathologic 2 for less than a cup of coffee each.
Ubisoft confirms it is working on a new Ghost Recon game, and it sure looks like it'll be a live service affair
Possibly first-person too.
The Expanse RPG's developers are 'humbled' by comparisons to BioWare's heyday, but don't expect it to be a straight Mass Effect clone: 'We make our story a little bit differently'
News "We’re making more choices and consequences."
Total War: Warhammer 3's Tides of Torment DLC is delayed: 'We asked ourselves if this next DLC met the standards that we’ve set in recent releases, and the short answer was no'
News A new release date will be revealed later this year.
This wildly ambitious Yakuza 5 co-op mod lets you play together as Kiryu and Ichiban, even folding Like a Dragon's protagonist into the game's cutscenes
News Explore, fight, and dance together in RGG's massive fifth adventure.
You can now play both campaigns of the original Command & Conquer in 2-player co-op, thanks to one of its best mods
News Joint Operations.
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader just received another 'massive' update, this time directed at its expansion
News Update 1.4.1 makes a new party character appear earlier in the game, among many other changes.
Norland's 'big summer update' is even larger than March's 'damn big update', introducing a politics system, a new economy and more authentically medieval buildings to the Crusader Kings-inspired colony sim
News Developer Long Jaunt plans to focus on roadmap features going forward.
Two Point Museum's latest update lets you manage a museum atop a massive mountain, and allows all players a taste of its upcoming fantasy-themed DLC
News Starter dungeon.
Witchfire's massive next update is inspired by games like Syndicate and Bloodborne, and it's the biggest one yet: 'We really mean it'
News The Webgrave update arrives July 28.
Ken Levine wanted System Shock 2's final level to be set in outer space, but the idea was shot down by its senior designers: 'They're like dude, we have 14 months to make this game'
News "I still went and made a level that looked entirely different and played entirely different."
Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: 'I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!'
News PC gaming history could have been very different.
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September
News Gear of Dwarves.
Preservationists discover a 'nearly complete' build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now
News Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics hasn't been seen since 2003.
Rust's developer is overhauling the survival sim's mission system so it can create in-game quests faster and more easily: 'The process to create new missions internally is quite cumbersome and error prone'
News Latest update also adds a party system and "improved erosion".
