Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Former Bethesda marketing VP says he fought against reusing the Prey name for Arkane's 2017 immersive sim: 'I definitely pissed some people off internally over that'
news Pete Hines was not happy about the choice because "we spend more time explaining why it's called Prey than we do talking about the game."
Starfield fans are pretty sure Bethesda just dropped the first teaser for the game's second expansion: 'We look forward to the adventures yet to come'
news What is "Terran Armada?"
Randy Pitchford shares thoughts on the Stop Killing Games campaign, gets very existential: 'It's so sobering to think about the fact that everything will end. Not just us, but literally everything, and I kind of hate that'
news "I hate the fact that someday, the people that I care about aren't going to be here, and someday I'm not going to be here."
Somehow, MindsEye is not dead: A new update promises to improve performance by removing 'ambient rubbish'
news A beefy new patch went live today, and Build a Rocket Boy says another one is in the works.
Midjourney's troubles get worse as Warner Bros Discovery sues the AI image generator for copyright infringement
news Three months after Disney and Universal sued Midjourney, Warner opens a new front.
Silksong is so popular, even people in the Piracy subreddit are encouraging others to just buy it: 'If we can afford to support them, we should'
news No one escapes Skongmania.
One of my favorite puzzle games ever is free for the week on the Epic Games Store
news Epic is giving away the magical Monument Valley for the first time ever to kick off its big End of Summer Sale.
Civilization 7 studio Firaxis confirms layoffs as it 'optimizes its development process for adaptability, collaboration, and creativity,' which is somehow even worse than just saying 'agility'
news 2K Games didn't say how many people have been put out of work, but the list includes well-known veterans of Civilization and Marvel's Midnight Suns.
Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime announces layoffs at his new company Dreamhaven
news The cuts come less than two weeks after Morhaime reportedly told Dreamhaven employees that the company's "monthly expenses are outpacing revenue."
Roblox to begin using 'facial age estimation technology' on its users, promises to 'limit communication between adults and minors unless they know each other in the real world'
news The new system, combined with verified IDs and parental consent, "will provide a more accurate measure of a user's age" than what's available now.
Amazon's live-action Tomb Raider series names Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner as its new Lara Croft
news The series, reported as "dead" in April, is apparently alive and well.
Yes, Stardew Valley's newly announced update will probably slow down work on Haunted Chocolatier, 'but not as much as you might think'
news Eric Barone says he's trying to be less hands-on with the Stardew Valley 1.7 update, so he can keep his focus on Haunted Chocolatier.
The Crew is set to spring back to life as fan-made server emulator project prepares to launch later this month
news More than a year after Ubisoft pulled the plug, The Crew Unlimited is just about ready to put it back in.
Randy Pitchford says the Borderlands film would've sucked a whole lot more if he'd directed it: 'It would have been way worse'
news How did this even come up in conversation, that's what I want to know.
Left 4 Dead lead Mike Booth is making a new 'four-player co-op shooter built on the foundations of what made L4D special'
news Booth founded original Left 4 Dead developer Turtle Rock Studios in 2002, but departed the studio in 2012.
Call of Duty movie confirmed: Activision and Paramount promise 'an authentic and exciting experience for longtime fans and newcomers alike'
news What if a war movie had a brand attached?
NetEase closes studio founded by Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies veteran before it can release a single game
news T-Minus Zero, founded by MMO veteran Rich Vogel, was just revealed in August 2023, but fell victim to NetEase's cuts.
The vibes are bad because 'vibe hacking' is real: AI company Anthropic says agentic AI has been 'weaponized' and is now being used to do major international crime
news Well that's great.
Steam users in the UK who want 'mature game content' must now register a credit card on their accounts to prove they're old enough
news Valve is taking a simple approach to the UK's Online Safety Act: You have a credit card, or you don't get in.
The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 development teams continue to grow as CD Projekt's headcount expands to nearly 800
news Two years after laying off 9% of its workforce, CD Projekt is bulking up again.
We're still feeling aftershocks from Microsoft's destructive July layoffs and cancellations
news Crystal Dynamics, which was co-developing the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot, imposed another round of layoffs today.
Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a new 'high difficulty mode' in September, including an 'endless battle for those seeking even greater thrills'
news Deep of Night is set to go live on September 11.
Herdling review: A deeply atmospheric and evocative adventure
Herd With Friends Save magical creatures from a dying world in Okomotive's wonderful new journey.
