Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US: 'We're not just going away on this'
news This whole thing is becoming a much bigger deal than anyone expected.
Ubisoft lays off 40 people at its Toronto studio, reassures everyone who remembers the Splinter Cell remake that the Splinter Cell remake is still happening
news The Ubisoft restructuring continues to extract a brutal human toll.
Bluepoint Games, Sony's famed remaster studio, is being closed as the fallout from PlayStation's disastrous pivot to live service continues
news The unexpected shutdown follows the cancellation of a live service God of War game Bluepoint was working on.
Highguard website woes are just an administrative thing, developer says, and the studio is in no rush to fix it because 'reputational damage' is already done
news The Highguard website has been unavailable for almost a week.
As Destiny 2's player count continues to tank, Bungie announces that the next major update is delayed until June and getting a new name
news The delay comes as no surprise, but the length is unexpected.
Todd Howard says there's no Starfield 2.0 coming: The next big update is for people who already love Starfield, and if you don't, 'I don't think this is going to change that'
news Bethesda will start talking about the future of Starfield "really soon," but he warned that it may not be all that some fans are hoping for.
Black Ops 7 ad banned in the UK for 'trivializing sexual violence'
news The ad features Peter Stormare and Nicki Glaser as "Replacers" in an airport security line.
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Microsoft's ties with ICE come under fire amidst allegations that the company's cloud and AI technology are being used to support mass surveillance of US citizens
news No Azure for Apartheid statement comes the day after reports claiming that ICE has tripled the amount of data stored on Microsoft's Azure servers over the past six months.
Original Witcher story lead says the surprise twist at the end 'was a mistake,' because instead of focusing on Geralt the sequel was forced into 'a story about witchers who are killing kings for some reason'
news Artur Ganszyniec says The Witcher's flashy ending cutscene was created largely without input from the story team.
Unity boss who once called out the 'idiocy' of the metaverse now says his company's new AI tech 'will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only'
news Matthew Bromberg says the new Unity AI will be showcased at GDC in March.
Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: 'We both got a bit blindsided by this'
news The first patch is in the works, but co-creator Tyler Glaiel says we shouldn't expect any major changes.
'We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,' Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: 'Horrendous, horrendous mistakes'
news The Masters of Albion team knows about making games, but things like marketing, PR, and community management? Not so much.
How often do we see game sequels totally shift genres?
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.
EVE Online rolls out 'AI-powered assistance feature' for new players, promises it 'does not produce game content, create art, or replace creative work'
news Aura Guidance sounds like it might be an effective implementation of AI—but CCP knows how people feel about AI.
Three years after its last update, the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets a new patch that includes a new caparison for your horse
news Don't worry if you don't know what a caparison is: I looked it up so you don't have to.
Sandfall Interactive continues its Larian-like ways as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year and four other trophies at the DICE Awards
news Other big winners at this year's event include Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, and Blue Prince.
Tumbler Ridge mass murderer once created a mass shooting game in Roblox
news Roblox says it has terminated the account belonging to Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar, and deleted the game.
Den of Wolves studio 10 Chambers announces 'significant restructuring' and layoffs, 'including several of the studio’s co-founders'
news 10 Chambers says the remaining team is "fully committed" to Den of Wolves.
Control: Resonant serves up our first good look at its weird new outdoors world at Sony's State of Play showcase
news Remedy's upcoming Control sequel really is a big departure from the original.
Krafton finally reveals The Bird That Drinks Tears, and he's a massive 7-foot-tall chicken warlord with dual swords who butchers his enemies without mercy or remorse
news Project Windless, as the new action RPG is properly named, has finally been full revealed—and boy, this is not the bird I was expecting.
Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: 'We were turned into a joke from minute one'
news Former lead technical artist Josh Sobel says false assumptions and ragebait were major contributors to Highguard's failure to connect with players.
Geoff Keighley shouldn't be blamed for Highguard's failure, Larian publishing boss says: 'There are genuine villains in this industry but I just don't see them here'
news Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment laid off most of its staff yesterday, just 16 days after the game's launch.
16 days after Highguard's launch, the studio has laid off 'most of the staff'
News Just before launch, Highguard devs told PC Gamer it wouldn't need huge player numbers to succeed.
I played the new demo for the upcoming Starship Troopers boomer shooter and accidentally wiped out 6 of my own guys when I bounced a grenade off someone's head
news Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, from the makers of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, made a very good first impression.
Mewgenics DLC is coming, but Edmund McMillen says he and co-creator Tyler Glaiel want to take a few months to 'fully understand what people really like about the game' before they start on it
news McMillen figures it might take a year after work begins to make the DLC, but based on everything that's happened up to now, it might take a whole lot longer too.
