Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher is holding an investors call at a very unusual time this week
news What could it mean?
Assassin's Creed Valhalla director comes back to Ubisoft to be game director for the entire brand
news Eric Baptizat is back.
The deal is done: Electronic Arts is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia
news Right on schedule.
'I was this close': Teenage dev's $200 joke game made nearly $1.4 million on Steam before the refunds came flooding in
news Game dev Michael Major ultimately ended up with a little over $2,000 for his efforts, which still isn't bad for a teenager's gag.
Statistically, your PC probably doesn't come close to the recommended RAM requirement for this third-person shooter's upcoming playtest
news The 64GB RAM recommendation turned out be a mistake, but the overall system requirements are still pretty messy.
Rockstar's great Midnight Club racing series was killed off for one simple reason, and you can probably guess what it was
news I'll give you a hint: It rhymes with three pee yay.
Get more than 100 games for just $10 in a new bundle supporting laid-off game devs
news The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle is live now on Itch.io.
Sony exec says killing discs won't make the PlayStation 6 too much like a PC: 'Going forward, we can coexist peacefully with PC games'
news Despite pushback, Sony isn't changing its mind about dropping physical discs in 2028.
Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company
news McFarlane says he's lived his dream, but it's time to start tending to other parts of his life.
Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of Electronic Arts will happen next week
news EA says all regulatory hurdles are cleared, so all that's left to do is to do it.
Xbox revenues dipped $1.7 billion last year, but Asha Sharma predicts a 'return to growth' by mid-2027
news The numbers are big and impressive, but the main message appears to be that Xbox isn't going anywhere.
'A new version of Amnesia: The Dark Descent' may be coming later this year
news Frictional's latest annual report spilled the beans, although it's not clear what the new version will entail.
'We are not looking to just maintain' Elder Scrolls Online, new ZeniMax boss says, but a bunch of updates have been delayed into 2027 and possibly beyond
news New studio co-chief Nick Giacomini says teams will have "the runway they need to do things right."
Thimbleweed Park 2 is 'not really a sequel, not really a prequel,' but it is finally happening
news Ron Gilbert says the next game in the now-a-series is set to come out in early 2028.
An innocent man spent 18 months in prison because police misread his Skyrim user name
news The error came to light while lawyers were working on his appeal.
Steam Machine reservation queue should be caught up by the end of 2026, Valve says
news Whether this is good news or bad news is a matter of individual perspective.
After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well
news That's an $8 million raise over 2025.
As Destiny 2 is laid to rest, Warframe is experiencing 'massive growth,' studio boss says
news Digital Extremes president Sheldon Carter says the studio was worried that Warframe had peaked, but these days it's doing better than ever.
'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose
news A total of 23 people have been put out of work.
Wizards of the Coast president is stepping down after just 2 years on the job
news John Hight's looming departure was revealed just a week after Hasbro took a $56 million impairment arising from cancelled videogame projects.
13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox
news Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Skull and Bones, Rainbow Six Siege, and others are now part of Xbox's 'Console to PC' program.
EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried
news Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.
Cyan releases teaser for the first new Myst game in 20 years, then breaks the news that it's not actually being made
news Project Anglerfish looks great, but publishers apparently aren't interested.
