Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Original Witcher story lead says the surprise twist at the end 'was a mistake,' because instead of focusing on Geralt the sequel was forced into 'a story about witchers who are killing kings for some reason'
news Artur Ganszyniec says The Witcher's flashy ending cutscene was created largely without input from the story team.
Unity boss who once called out the 'idiocy' of the metaverse now says his company's new AI tech 'will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only'
news Matthew Bromberg says the new Unity AI will be showcased at GDC in March.
Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: 'We both got a bit blindsided by this'
news The first patch is in the works, but co-creator Tyler Glaiel says we shouldn't expect any major changes.
'We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,' Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: 'Horrendous, horrendous mistakes'
news The Masters of Albion team knows about making games, but things like marketing, PR, and community management? Not so much.
How often do we see game sequels totally shift genres?
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.
EVE Online rolls out 'AI-powered assistance feature' for new players, promises it 'does not produce game content, create art, or replace creative work'
news Aura Guidance sounds like it might be an effective implementation of AI—but CCP knows how people feel about AI.
Three years after its last update, the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets a new patch that includes a new caparison for your horse
news Don't worry if you don't know what a caparison is: I looked it up so you don't have to.
Sandfall Interactive continues its Larian-like ways as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year and four other trophies at the DICE Awards
news Other big winners at this year's event include Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, and Blue Prince.
Tumbler Ridge mass murderer once created a mass shooting game in Roblox
news Roblox says it has terminated the account belonging to Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar, and deleted the game.
Den of Wolves studio 10 Chambers announces 'significant restructuring' and layoffs, 'including several of the studio’s co-founders'
news 10 Chambers says the remaining team is "fully committed" to Den of Wolves.
Control: Resonant serves up our first good look at its weird new outdoors world at Sony's State of Play showcase
news Remedy's upcoming Control sequel really is a big departure from the original.
Krafton finally reveals The Bird That Drinks Tears, and he's a massive 7-foot-tall chicken warlord with dual swords who butchers his enemies without mercy or remorse
news Project Windless, as the new action RPG is properly named, has finally been full revealed—and boy, this is not the bird I was expecting.
Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: 'We were turned into a joke from minute one'
news Former lead technical artist Josh Sobel says false assumptions and ragebait were major contributors to Highguard's failure to connect with players.
Geoff Keighley shouldn't be blamed for Highguard's failure, Larian publishing boss says: 'There are genuine villains in this industry but I just don't see them here'
news Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment laid off most of its staff yesterday, just 16 days after the game's launch.
16 days after Highguard's launch, the studio has laid off 'most of the staff'
News Just before launch, Highguard devs told PC Gamer it wouldn't need huge player numbers to succeed.
I played the new demo for the upcoming Starship Troopers boomer shooter and accidentally wiped out 6 of my own guys when I bounced a grenade off someone's head
news Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, from the makers of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, made a very good first impression.
Mewgenics DLC is coming, but Edmund McMillen says he and co-creator Tyler Glaiel want to take a few months to 'fully understand what people really like about the game' before they start on it
news McMillen figures it might take a year after work begins to make the DLC, but based on everything that's happened up to now, it might take a whole lot longer too.
Fallout showrunner sees Season 2's best cameo 'as a big role,' hints they might be back in future episodes
news No spoilers! But yeah, it's probably who you think it is.
'I told you so!': As Mewgenics roars past 250,000 copies sold in less than a day, Edmund McMillen says 'I knew this game would eventually see the light of day, and I knew it would be my best work'
news Looks like that 14-year wait was worth it.
Fallout 76 devs were surprised the community turned out to be so friendly: 'It’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another ... it's the complete opposite'
news Maybe war does change sometimes?
Genshin Impact fan wiki operator may be having second thoughts about datamining after Cognosphere unleashes the lawyers, says it 'will only update live game data in the future'
news Cognosphere, better known as MiHoYo, sued the operator of the HomDGCat wiki after multiple requests to take it down were rebuffed.
Hideo Kojima posts a cryptic message about 'editing' something and an awful lot of people are convinced it means Death Stranding 2 for PC will be announced later this week
news There's a State of Play coming up, you know.
Discord's new age verification rules got you down? Allow me to suggest an alternative: Internet Relay Chat
IRC Launched in 1988, IRC was created by and for computer nerds, and it won't hold your hand but it also doesn't want to see your face.
