Elie Gould
Elie is a news writer with an unhealthy love of horror games—even though their greatest fear is being chased. When they're not screaming or hiding, there's a good chance you'll find them testing their metal in metroidvanias or just admiring their Pokemon TCG collection. Elie has previously worked at TechRadar Gaming as a staff writer and studied at JOMEC in International Journalism and Documentaries – spending their free time filming short docs about Smash Bros. or any indie game that crossed their path.
Latest articles by Elie Gould
![Houses in Manor Lords](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zTfigSsdKzzyrx5XiQjhYG-320-80.jpg)
One Manor Lords player is managing a city with over 3,000 residents and just 1 market to 'push the game to the limit'
By Elie Gould published
News Sitting on a knife's edge.
![Three knights fighting on a misty battlefield](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ERsdMrhvdUhho9tKRsu7Wb-320-80.png)
Manor Lords' new massive patch stops your villagers from partying too hard and introduces players to the woeful world of the King's Tax
By Elie Gould published
News Party-rocked too close to the sun.
![Akuma model in resi 2 running through a hallway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yMVoFB6wm2UUQ5qoCwSkS4-320-80.png)
Resident Evil modders and the biggest fighting game channel on YouTube join forces to remedy a 26-year-old April Fools' joke
By Elie Gould published
News An urban legend no more.
![Lamb looking shocked](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TyUPMFEn3Yh8bJeyn6BHZj-320-80.png)
Large-scale game development is 'crushing under its own weight' according to Devolver co-founder
By Elie Gould published
News Devolver's co-founder Nigel Lowrie talks about managing competition.
![Warzone 2 crossplay - two soldiers fighting in gulag](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xHmDWKJ5d6y857pKUqQUmD-320-80.jpg)
Warzone hackers give overkill a new meaning by stuffing rockets into assault rifles, leaving victims clueless as to how it's even possible
By Elie Gould published
News Talk about pack(ing) a punch.
![Phil Spencer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YS3h2KQv4aPMCETS8LdMvB-320-80.jpg)
Someone's nuked Phil Spencer in Fallout 76
By Elie Gould published
News I do want to set the world on fire.
![Prey](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LMLj32TXGonQ3aPznZ9jk-320-80.jpg)
One prospective Prey 2 fan has broken a 2,556-day streak of posting daily updates after the recent studio closure
By Elie Gould published
News It's over. (Day 2,559).
![a painting of Peely standing next to some loot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pYLbYwrwzWsVqpaS6DHqFb-320-80.png)
One artist is adding Fortnite into thrift shop paintings, and his latest masterpiece involves the Battle Bus and Peely
By Elie Gould published
News The Loot Llama has never looked so good.
![Knight holding a sword and standing in front of a red flag](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a6xK989wWEbPDqPdD2C6wZ-320-80.png)
Manor Lords' upcoming patch plans involve fine-tuning archers and fixing one problem that robbed my town
By Elie Gould published
News The first patch will fix archer damage, the homeless bug, and more.
![Golden character crouched down](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BjtEFDZxrw8YqpSftoMNCf-320-80.jpg)
A 10-foot-tall statue of Messmer the Impaler could be yours, but first, you need to edit a killer Elden Ring trailer
By Elie Gould published
News Where would you even put it?
![Miku flying through the air with a golden sword and armour](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9YAaQbzD3cT4cnnFJtxi5f-320-80.png)
After years of avoiding Magic: The Gathering, the new Hatsune Miku set looks like the final nail in the coffin for me
By Elie Gould published
News Time to invest.
![Woman walking through a field](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kLixzrf5PMcfrLqeQGX9mk-320-80.png)
There's a Manor Lords VR mod already, which is so impressive even the game's solo dev is crying witchcraft: 'I have no idea how it's done, but I'm impressed it works'
By Elie Gould published
News Time to step into the action.
![Three soldiers in camo holding guns and walking through long grass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S6fDgGwx4KMtE4RqZnBCzE-320-80.png)
Bamboozled Gray Zone Warfare players are protesting after realising their faction choices are stopping them from teaming up with friends
By Elie Gould published
News Split up from the group.
![A medieval city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W8hhQZ5Ym7yGN2wNuRvfGB-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords dev has 'grand plans' for castle siege warfare but still thinks non-combat is 'a viable way to play'
By Elie Gould published
News This calls for a trebuchet.
![A bird, a cat, and a dog all sitting on a shelf in Walmart in Roblox](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fKw6NKjVDhfKRwPL4Qj69Q-320-80.png)
Roblox and Walmart are now selling real-world items in-game to anyone over the age of 13: 'It's very safe'
By Elie Gould published
News Capitalism knows no bounds.
![Three soldiers in camo holding guns and walking through long grass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BJQpJeHXgAXdq6hJjvqe28-320-80.png)
Gray Zone Warfare tops Steam's best sellers partly thanks to disgruntled Tarkov players: 'at least it doesn't cost 250 dollars'
By Elie Gould published
News Murky waters.
![Woman selling meat at a market](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zuEjQSpuhQ9UYvthnohzUg-320-80.png)
Manor Lords is at its best when 'players craft their own stories' and don't rely on a dev-made tale, which 'quickly became repetitive'
By Elie Gould published
News Take the reigns.
![A pitched battle happening in a field](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hg3X9h6ELYpCGh4U2i45z3-320-80.jpg)
Manor Lords dev concedes that archers aren't strong enough but promises changes: 'This will surely take a while to get right'
By Elie Gould published
News In need of some strength training.
![A medieval city](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W8hhQZ5Ym7yGN2wNuRvfGB-320-80.jpg)
One Manor Lords player survived a battle so epic he decided to create a fake Wikipedia article about it
By Elie Gould published
News A worthy fight.
![Two soldiers standing on a train](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/deLgvxhEPyBdtKNk6evT9m-320-80.jpg)
Metro Exodus is the perfect post apocalyptic game to play if you're tired of Fallout's wasteland
By Elie Gould published
All aboard What a splendid world we ruined.
![Avatar Aang in the Avatar state floating in the sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5DdNeEF6sSGibeL4Zd4VjT-320-80.jpg)
Fortnite fans are losing love for the airbending mythic as it continues to dominate the endgame
By Elie Gould published
News I thought air nomads were meant to be peaceful.
![Three knights fighting on a misty battlefield](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ERsdMrhvdUhho9tKRsu7Wb-320-80.png)
Manor Lords surpassed 100,000 concurrent players within hours of release, and now it's the global top seller on Steam
By Elie Gould published
News What goes up, keeps going up.
![Character holding a bone next to a trash can](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xkfYxMCqNgoWWFXUD22nu3-320-80.jpg)
My quest to find one of Stardew Valley's rarest items left me as a social outcast, but that won't stop my early-morning rummages
By Elie Gould published
Finders keepers A trash man wannabe.