Latest articles by Andy Chalk
'We’re not planning on making absolute statements in either direction,' GOG boss says about generative AI, leading supporters to make some absolute statements in one very specific direction: 'Absolutely terrible response'
news An AI generated banner turned up on GOG last week, and efforts to clean up the mess aren't going especially well.
One-third of consumers don't want AI on their devices, report finds, and it's not because they don't understand it: They just don't need it
news The problem with AI isn't that it's not been clearly explained. The problem is, it sucks.
7 years after it was pulled from Steam, Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and yes, so are the free Team Fortress 2 unlockables
news The surprise remaster is being made by Skunkape, the team behind the updated versions of Telltale's Sam and Max games.
Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven continues to look for a hit, this time with a 'run-based' spin-off of Sunderfolk without the phone controls
news Shadowstone is set to launch into early access later this year.
MindsEye was one of the most catastrophic game launches of 2025 but the studio refuses to quit: Its 'most significant post-launch update' is now live and an expansion is coming later this year
news None of this makes sense to me, but it's sure interesting to watch.
'We're actively embracing generative AI,' Take-Two boss says, after previously expressing skepticism: 'We have hundreds of pilots and implementations across our company'
news CEO Strauss Zelnick says generative AI remains a tool for enabling creators to do bigger and better things, but it sounds like a shift away from past comments.
Grand Theft Auto 6 'launch marketing' will begin this summer as the November release date remains on track
news For consoles, at least. For PC? Well, no.
Eric Barone says he'd 'love to' make Stardew Valley 2 someday: 'A whole new set of characters, a whole new world, maybe capture some of that original energy that I had back in 2012'
news Maybe someday?
MindsEye studio boss threatens legal action against YouTuber as co-CEO Leslie Benzies denies Epstein allegations: 'I have never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor have I ever visited his island'
news The "cease and desist" demand was posted to the MindsEye Discord just minutes after Cyber Boi's video went live.
The Epic Games Store had a record-breaking 2025, with gamers throwing $1.16 billion at the 6,000-plus games it now offers
news You also sent more than 100,000 gifts on the Epic store, which seems pretty good for a service that only rolled out in mid-November.
Will Take-Two announce another Grand Theft Auto 6 delay tomorrow?
news The company's first quarterly report of the calendar year drops on February 3, and some GTA fans are getting a little antsy.
Larian publishing chief wades into the fray, says Morrowind updated with a modern combat system 'would sell like f**king hotcakes'
news Cromwelp has entered the chat.
Roblox walks back some of its dramatic changes to avatar faces, but not enough to make everyone happy
A move to a "unified" system for Roblox avatars is not going over well with the community.
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: 'Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee'
news Sweeney says Valve's DLC purchase requirements are like "a car dealership demanding 30% of gas purchases."
Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies
news GDC's 2026 State of the Game Industry survey says that number jumps to nearly half among LGBTQ+ devs.
Square Enix says a 'new version' of Final Fantasy 7 is coming to Steam, but doesn't say what's actually new or when it's coming
news It's a bit odd, yeah?
Mighty No. 9 studio Comcept, which somehow still existed, is now officially dead and buried
news Keiji Inafune founded Comcept in 2010, and it was pretty much all downhill from there.
'I shouldn’t have announced the game so early,' Eric Barone admits about Haunted Chocolatier, says he had his reasons for doing so but then doesn't tell us what they were: 'The only thing that really matters is that I keep making progress on the game'
news Way to leave us hanging, Eric.
Bloober Team updated its strange countdown page, and fans of a controversial cult-classic horror game from 20 years ago are getting their hopes up for a big surprise
news Is Rule of Rose returning?
The call goes out for a 'massive international strike' at Ubisoft: 'We are treated like children who need to be supervised, while our management gets away with lies and breaking the law'
news Five separate unions in France are ratcheting up the pressure as Ubisoft looks to close studios and cut workers.
Bloodlines 2 2026 roadmap moves up expansion release windows slightly, and yes, Bloodlines 2 has a roadmap for 2026
news Paradox said it's not walking away from its underrated Vampire: The Masquerade action adventure, and it wasn't kidding.
Grounded 2's first major content update delivers a new biome, bugs, a sweet new mount, and a really big snake
news Toxic Tangle is live now.
Internet confused as Highguard studio says Dr Disrespect lied about attending a press preview and his photo of an access badge was fake: 'DDR was not invited to any Highguard event past or present'
news What was the point of all this? Why did he do it? Who's he trying to impress? What did he think would happen? Dear reader, I'll be honest: I have no idea.
$900 million lawsuit accusing Steam of overcharging gamers in the UK and 'abusing a dominant market position' will proceed after Valve loses appeal against it
news The suit, filed in 2024, is similar to one filed against Valve in the US in 2021.
The Darkest Dungeon board game fiasco is finally over, and as expected it's ended in tears: 'Mythic Games is no longer able to manufacture or deliver' it, Red Hook says, so it's giving away the game files to all backers
news More than five years after a Kickstarter campaign raised $5.7 million, some backers are being left with nothing.
