Latest articles by Andy Chalk
McDonald's achieves AI apotheosis with a generative AI Christmas ad so miserable the production company responsible pulled a statement defending it after the ad was removed: This was 'an important learning,' McDonald's exec says, but what did we learn?
news I don't know either, but I doubt very much they learned not to do it again.
Not even the UK government knows why Rockstar fired more than 30 employees in October: MP says that after meeting with the studio, 'I did not leave informed on exactly what these 31 people had done to warrant their immediate dismissal'
news The pressure on Rockstar is growing as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer weighs in on the matter.
King of Meat studio was reportedly expecting 100,000 concurrent players, but it peaked at 320 on Steam—and that was during a free weekend
news Glowmade is now reportedly making layoffs.
'We actually didn't attribute any value' to Warner's game studios, Netflix boss says about the acquisition deal: 'They're relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things'
news Ouch, that hurts.
The mystery of The Game Awards statue in the desert may be solved, and I have to admit I did not see this one coming
news No, I'm not going to spoil it in the headline. If you want to know, click the link.
After accumulating more than 200,000 wishlists, a NSFW gacha game cancels its planned Steam release over a 'policy requirements' problem 'that cannot be reasonably resolved'
news After four years on mobile devices, BrownDust 2 was set to come to Steam on December 16, but less than two weeks ahead of time the whole thing has been stopped.
Somehow the Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake continues to leak, thanks to a PEGI rating for something called Black Flag Resynced
news And yet Ubisoft still won't just come out and say it.
Shenmue studio threatens legal action over an apparently faked Shenmue 4 trailer, which it says 'has absolutely no connection to Ys Net'
news The purported work-in-progress trailer popped up on YouTube last week.
The Game Awards reveals fan-voted Players' Voice nominees, and I'm sorry to say that Megabonk is once again out of the show
news It's been a ride, but the ride is over.
Humble Bundle is closing out 2025 by bringing back some of its most popular bundles of the year, including one with every Borderlands game ever made for just $70
news A new mix of game, book, and software bundles is going up for grabs every day, but they'll only be around for a very short time.
Paramount, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after US president Donald Trump says the Netflix deal 'could be a problem'
news The Paramount bid is also supported by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, so that's probably not great for Netflix's ambitions.
Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, known for his iconic depiction of Mortal Kombat villain Shang Tsung, has died
news Tagawa died of complications from a stroke at age 75.
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros, including its game studios, for nearly $83 billion-with-a-B, but the fight may not be over yet
news Paramount Skydance was also vying for WBD and it doesn't seem willing to take "no" for an answer.
Remember Postal? In the last 48 hours publisher Running With Scissors has announced a new game, insulted fans, apologized, canceled the game, the studio making it denied wrongdoing, shut down anyway, and we can thank the magic of AI for all of it
news We've finally found a game that's beneath the standards of Postal.
Oh no, all of Reddit's NFTs are disappearing in less than 30 days, someone do something
news Owners of Reddit Collectible Avatar NFTs have until the end of December to transfer their Vaults to a new wallet, or lose it forever.
Hytale won't be on Steam when it launches into early access: Developers want to focus on the game, not 'on negative reviews from players that aren't as well-informed yet about what we are doing'
news Hypixel Studios says Steam is a "great marketing tool" but not one it necessarily needs.
Eidos Montreal lays off more employees, internal projects reportedly cancelled as the studio shifts focus to support work
news This is the second round of layoffs at the Embracer-owned studio this year.
Tencent promises not to pull any shenanigans with its Horizon-like survival game while Sony's lawsuit works through the courts, unless and until a judge says it can
news Sony requested a preliminary injunction against the use of Horizon-like materials in Light of Motiram, and that's taking some time to figure out.
Skyblivion is 'in the best state it's ever been' but, you guessed it, it's also been delayed into 2026, and the dev team is once again asking for help to get it finished
news A lot's been done, but there's still a lot left to do.
Horses is back on the Humble Store: 'After a full review they determined that while the content is heavy, nothing in the game warrants removal'
news It turns out that all the press about Horses being banned on Steam and Epic made the Humble folks nervous, and they freaked out a bit. And didn't tell anyone.
Russia bans Roblox over extremist content and 'LGBT propaganda'
news Roblox is the latest videogame to fall afoul of Russian anti-LGBT laws.
CD Projekt winds up Cyberpunk 2077 fans with fifth anniversary post, then cruelly breaks their hearts: 'We’re not teasing anything'
news Not everyone believes it, though.
Epic bans indie horror game Horses just one day before launch due to 'inappropriate content', despite having approved that content weeks ago
news Horses is out today, but you won't find it on the two biggest PC gaming storefronts.
