Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Marathon's murderous audio change was an 'overcorrection,' Bungie admits, promises to pull it back in an upcoming update
news Nobody liked that.
Disco Elysium writers marvel at how a game made 'in a f**king squalid flat' in Estonia had such a huge impact, and welcomes successors like Esoteric Ebb: 'We make games, but we also like them'
news Disco Elysium was one-of-a-kind when it came out in 2019, but that won't be the case for ZA/UM's upcoming Zero Parades.
As rumors about new a Witcher 3 expansion continue to swirl, CD Projekt pointedly says it has 'no plans for additional DLCs or expansions'—for Cyberpunk 2077
news My dad used to pull this kind of thing on me, too.
Notorious UK rights group launches legal action against Valve for distributing music in games on Steam without a license
news The Performing Right Society says a license to use music in a game does not constitute the right to distribute that music, via the game, to the public.
Shadowstone, the new game from Secret Door and Dreamhaven, kicks off a surprise public playtest at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase
news The playtest is scheduled to run until Shadowstone launches into early access.
Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster, a hi-def update of the 2012 Silicon Studio classic, shadow-drops on Steam
news A Switch 2 exclusive no more.
Subnautica 2 developer video reveals a 'brand new' base building system with some pretty fabulous windows
news If you like building bases, you're probably going to like this.
Europe's game rating agency takes aim at in-app purchases, loot boxes, and 'unrestricted communication' with new 'interactive risk categories'
news New PEGI categories coming in June could see the age ratings for some games take a jump up.
Valve says New York Attorney General's violent videogame fearmongering is 'a distraction and a mischaracterization we’ve all heard before'
news The New York AG seems to be trying to stir up fears about violent videogames as the state pursues legal action against Valve, but Valve isn't having it.
Valve comes out swinging against New York lawsuit with rare public statement: 'The type of deal that would satisfy the NYAG would have been bad for users and other game developers'
news The state of New York sued Valve in February over allegations of illegal gambling.
Former Highguard dev who called out grave-dancing over the reveal trailer says the discourse 'had some very dark corners that may have accelerated the timeline of our failure,' but adds, 'it wasn't the primary cause'
news Highguard closes for good tomorrow, less than two months after it launched.
More than 15 years after it was revealed to the world, the game once envisioned as Crytek's big move into the online military shooter scene is finally closing
news My.Games is pulling the plug on two online shooters with two very different histories.
Former EA chief Peter Moore says his game industry style of PR irritated his bosses at Liverpool FC, and that's partly why he's not the CEO of Liverpool FC anymore
news "I felt that not being cold and distant, which the football club was with absentee American owners, was the way to go. My American owners did not agree."
Mega Man 11 actor won't return for the next game in the series because Capcom refuses to work under a union contract
news The SAG-AFTRA union has issued a "do not work" order against the upcoming Mega Man: Dual Override.
Tim Cain says he got hired at Interplay because he knew THAC0 better than the other guy, and went out of his way to prove it
news You never know where things will lead.
Fortnite's V-Bucks are about to get more expensive because 'the cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot'
news Epic says running a game like Fortnite costs a lot of money, and somebody's gotta cover it.
Valve facing second, class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
news The consumer lawsuit comes just over a week after a similar suit filed by the state of New York.
3 months after revealing his debut project at The Game Awards, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi loses NetEase funding for his studio
news Nagoshi Studio is trying to find someone to step into the breach, but so far it's had no luck.
One of my favorite Daedalic point-and-click adventures is free on Steam, and a pile of others have been marked way down
news If you like adventure games, you're going to like this.
Battlefield 6 was 'the biggest launch in franchise history.' 6 months later, EA is laying off people who made it
news "Battlefield remains one of our biggest priorities."
Counter-Strike's 'X-ray scanner' for loot containers is coming to Germany later this month
news CS2 players in Germany will soon be able to see what's inside containers before purchasing them—but it's not really the boon it sounds like.
It's a happy ending for the artist whose work was stolen by Bungie and used in Marathon: She's credited in the game as 'visual design consultant'
news The important in-game credit hopefully comes on top of a substantial amount of money from Bungie.
Valve nixes less confident Steam Machine language, recommits to 2026 release
news Valve has edited the blog post that kicked off speculation.
