Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Holy cow, the Epic Games Store supports preloading now
news A bold new future is upon us.
Amnesia creator Frictional Games teases its next game, and it may be something new but it sure feels like SOMA
news Welcome to Hotel Samsara.
Starbreeze lays off a bunch more people as it cancels its co-op D&D game and shifts focus to building Payday 3 into a 'modern live-engagement game'
news The videogame industry strikes again.
Henry Cavill bares rippling chest, powerful triceps, and deep-cut Planescape: Torment knowledge in new photo that inspires one PC Gamer editor to declare, 'He just like me fr'
news None of that headline is untrue.
Game Pass gets major price hike 'to offer more flexibility, choice, and value,' Microsoft says with a completely straight face
news The once unbeatable deal is starting to look a little iffy.
Dune Awakening was 'the biggest release' in Funcom's 32-year history, so you can probably guess what comes next in this rotten world: layoffs
news Yet more proof that making a hit game offers no protection.
Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six
news Vantage Studios is the first of multiple new studios Ubisoft and Tencent plan to launch in the future.
Team Fortress 2 Classic, the throwback version of Valve's famed team-based shooter, is having an open beta on Steam in October
news A Steam version of the outstanding TF2 mod was announced earlier this year, and very soon we'll all be able to play it.
The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski says one of CD Projekt's big story points is actually based on a mistake, but 'videogame people have clung to the idea with remarkable tenacity'
news The idea of different witcher schools is based on an errant sentence that Sapkowski said is "unworthy of development and narratively incorrect."
2 months after halting work on its latest project, Just Cause developer Avalanche is closing its Liverpool studio and laying off employees in Malmö and Stockholm
news Avalanche, which halted work on Contraband following Microsoft's massive layoffs in July, says the closure and cuts are necessary "in light of current challenges to our business and the industry."
'Survival-climber' Cairn is delayed into 2026, but the demo on Steam is getting a cool new feature in October
news The Game Bakers want a little more time to ensure Cairn is truly memorable.
EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm
news In an email to employees, Andrew Wilson thanked them for making EA's "historic" deal possible.
Terminator 2D: No Fate is delayed because of 'global trade and tariff changes'
news It's taking longer than expected to get all the stuff meant for the Collector's Edition of the game, and that means everyone has to wait.
Two months earlier than usual, the Steam Autumn Sale is here
news 2025 gives us a much bigger break between the Autumn and Winter Sales.
The surprise Witcher 3 patch adding cross-platform mod support is delayed until 2026
news Announced in May, the patch was originally expected to be out later this year, but that's not enough time to get things done.
9 months after cancelling Transformers: Reactivate, Splash Damage splits from Tencent and is now owned by private equity investors
news I'm not sure this is better.
Borderlands 4's latest patch triggers a flurry of performance complaints, but Gearbox says new stuttering problems 'should resolve over time as the shaders continue to compile'
news You can also try clearing your shader cache.
Microsoft blocks Israeli military from some services after investigation finds 'evidence that supports' allegations of mass surveillance in Gaza
news A report by The Guardian in August alleged close ties between Microsoft and Israeli military intelligence.
Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: 'We definitely didn't handle this right'
news The price of the Infamous Collection took a big jump just a few weeks ahead of the rollout of a new DLC subscription service.
Mod maker brings Skibidi Toilet to Borderlands 4 for one simple reason: To spite the narrative director who said he'd 'cry real tears' if the game shipped with it
news Once again, mod makers are doing the lord's work.
'Unauthorized' AI-generated voices in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered have been removed
news Aspyr said the voices were added in an August patch by an "external development partner."
Pokémon Company says Homeland Security's use of its property in disturbing promotional video was unauthorized, but DHS doesn't seem to care: 'To arrest them is our real test, to deport them is our cause'
news All very normal, in a very normal country.
Payday 2 gets a new DLC subscription service, and it's a pretty good deal but a lot of players are mad anyway
news Starbreeze says Payday 2's new DLC subscription offering "has no direct impact on ongoing work on Payday 3."
