Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam
news The kids love Kenway.
Microsoft responds to racist Xbox layoff conspiracy theory, says CEO Asha Sharma is 'American born, raised, and educated'
news There are a lot of good reasons to criticize the people responsible for Xbox layoffs, but racism isn't one of them.
Indie dev defends criticism of Steam refund abuse amid review bombing of his game: 'It's wrong to refund a game after having fun with it and completing it'
news Mateo Covic said his 'rage game' is actually doing quite well on Steam, and its refund rate is normal—but that wasn't his point.
The Rolling Stones are in Roblox, because I guess that's what rock and roll is now
news I specifically asked for this to be painted black.
Palworld studio says delete your old mods before the 1.0 release: 'Disabling them is not enough'
news Old mod data could cause real trouble with all the changes made for the big launch.
Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director settles $200 million lawsuit against Sony and Bungie: 'The outcome is one I am very satisfied with'
news Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Christopher Barrett seems very happy.
MindsEye developers protest against a fan event their own studio is hosting
news Another bizarre twist in the Build a Rocket Boy saga.
Obsidian is reportedly making a new Fallout game headed by Josh Sawyer after Microsoft pulled the plug on an Avowed sequel
news 25% of the studio's workforce was let go in the sweeping Xbox layoffs, and multiple games in development were cancelled.
Less than 3 years after it launched on Steam, the Final Fantasy 7 gacha game is closing
news Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis will be gone in October.
Former Elder Scrolls Online designer laments the destruction of layoffs: 'There’s really no one left and no changing it now'
news ZeniMax Online Studios reportedly lost half its employees in yesterday's Xbox layoffs.
Bernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs
news The senator from Vermont is pretty chapped about the price hikes, too.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Xbox's previous strategy for yesterday's sweeping layoffs: 'We simply spread ourselves too thin'
news Sharma didn't mention former CEO Phil Spencer by name or assign individual blame, but said Xbox is struggling because it neglected its "core business."
A classic Daedalic adventure is free on GOG, and it's not one I particularly like but you can't beat the price
news Lots of other people like it, though, so maybe it's a me thing.
IO Interactive says Project Fantasy isn't dead, but confirms that layoffs are happening
news This isn't the sort of thing that should be happening a month after the release of a major, successful game like 007 First Light, but such is the way of the games industry.
The games industry reacts to Xbox layoffs: 'We are clearly at a turning point'
news 3,200 employees are being put out of work, and people have thoughts.
Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union
news ZeniMax Online Studios and id Software have survived the latest bloodbath at Microsoft, but it sounds like they've been cut deeply.
Xbox is laying off 3,200 people and dumping 4 studios in 'the most significant restructure in Xbox history'
news Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs are out, and the future doesn't sound very good for Arkane either.
Epic reaches lawsuit settlement with former contractor who was also a notorious Fortnite leaker
news No more leaking for you!
Sand publisher celebrates 300,000 copies sold: 'We getting a half hour of air conditioning tonight!'
news Yesterday's big update, which had to be rolled back after it caused connection problems, is also live again.
One of the best sci-fi strategy games of 2004 is free in GOG's Summer Sale
news Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is an oldie but a goodie.
Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold more than 40 million copies, 'a testament to what CD Projekt does best'
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The internet is agog at Captain America's hog
news NetEase went whole hog with Cap's new Marvel Rivals swimsuit skin.
