Latest articles by Rick Lane
Just Cause 5 would be a 'no go' according to the series' creator, as 'extremely few from the original team' remain at Avalanche Studios
News Though he caveats this is a "qualified guess".
Lethal Company developer says the freedom afforded by text adventure design is why his latest game took 10 years to make: 'That made it very easy for this project to spiral out of control'
News Welcome to the Dark Place is inspired by Zork and Kentucky Route Zero.
Schedule 1's Halloween update arrived two days late because the developer thought he should 'probably play it safe' and test it first
News Adds a sewer beneath Hyland Point you can use to avoid the cops.
As players debate whether to purchase Possessor(s) after Heart Machine lays off staff a week before launch, its creators and publisher respond: 'As a developer who is slated for lay off—please buy this game!'
News "IF no one does this…I really just wasted 3 damn years of my life."
Game developers have suddenly become obsessed with eggs for some reason, and you can play two ovoid games for free right now
News Can I offer you several eggs in this trying time?
That VR Thief game will slip from the shadows in December, and I'm beginning to think it might be good, actually
News Don't say it too loudly.
Remedy is 'not satisfied' with its Q3 results after FBC: Firebreak's flop, and has 'moved development resources' to other games in production
News The Finnish studio is running at an operating loss of €16.4 million.
The Dwarf Fortress of survival gaming has been in continual development for 33 years, and its creator doesn't think he'll ever stop updating it: 'When I accomplish one feature, I always have two more waiting'
All Finnish, no finish UnReal World has been in development since 1992.
Beaver-themed city builder Timberborn will leave early access soon, and while there's no specific date yet, you can try out some of its new features right now
News The full version will add new maps, extra map objects, and, er, beaver death animations.
GOG's preservation program now includes Splinter Cell, Resident Evil HD and, er, Spore, while you can also get 95% off XCOM 2 in its Autumn Sale
News The Witcher 3 is also going cheap, as ever.
This wildly ambitious Bully mod adds online multiplayer, racing minigames and even a rat-based deathmatch, but the modders' demand for lunch money has fans worried about Rockstar's response
News Available to the mod's Ko-Fi subscribers from December.
Brendan Greene's open-world survival roguelike hikes into early access later this month, and it'll actually let you save your run through its brutal wilderness
News The launch version also brings extra game modes and a map editor.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun's free typing spinoff doubles its wordcount with 3 new levels and over 400 extra phrases
News Space(bar) Marine.
Surviving Mars: Relaunched arrives in orbit next month, bringing a whole new political system and every DLC from the get-go
News Reviving Mars.
After 6 years, fantasy survive 'em up Necesse leaves early access with 'infinite seamless biomes', an end to its endgame, and a half-price discount
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Techland reveals an 11-week roadmap for Dying Light: The Beast, the gaming equivalent of a hastily-drawn sketch showing the way to the nearest post office
News Expect ray tracing, new game plus and nightmare difficulty before the end of the year.
This wild mod for Metal Gear Solid 5 massively expands its Subsistence system and makes enemies learn new tactics within missions rather than across them
News The mod's goal is to "make you feel like you're playing MGSV for the first time".
'GZDoom is basically dead' modders proclaim as contributors split from Doom's most popular sourceport, with tensions boiling over after its creator adds AI-generated code to the project
News "The project is now completely bricked and everyone is abandoning ship."
Drive a truck filled with explosives across horrible terrain in this gnarly mix of Snowrunner and Baby Steps—inspired by one of Hollywood's most misunderstood films
News Nitroglycerine! is a dream come true: playable Sorcerer.
Doom: The Dark Ages gets Steam Deck verification and a bunch of portable optimisations, just in time for the launch of Microsoft's new handheld
News Update 2.2 also brings further tweaks to combat fundamentals and enemy encounters.
Promising RTS Dinolords, which is basically Age of Empires with dinosaurs, is getting a closed alpha playtest that you can join later this month
News Ever wanted to play as a Viking riding a velociraptor? Now's your chance.
Kick ass and chew brains in Duke Nukem: Horror Castle, a spooky mod where you blast skeletons and chow down on the gooey insides of their skulls
News The latest version gives the mod a Hallowe'en makeover.
Strategy roguelike 9 Kings finally has 9 kings, though a new perk lets you revert it to 8 kings if nine kings proves too many
Crowning achievement.
