Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
Prolific D&D novelist R.A. Salvatore says writing around 4th Edition rules 'almost broke' him and he knew its setting changes were a mistake: 'In about 5 years they're going to come to us and say, Bob, we got to fix this'
news Changes made in the popular 5th Edition seem to have vindicated him.
EA doles out free Battlefield 6 battle passes and XP boosts to players locked out on launch day by the EA App: 'We wanted to offer an apology… with perks'
news That should help ease the sting a bit.
After 5 years of stunning trailers, Skate Story is finally releasing in December, and its demo is so good it's immediately a GOTY contender
news Videogames are back, baby.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond
Kensai/Mage There are so many ways to play this game.
It's literally impossible to pick the 'real' murderer in Pentiment because Obsidian never considered having one: 'You're not a detective, you're a f***ing artist'
News But it was obviously Ferenc.
First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis
news Heineman's uphill battle to save an infamous early port of Doom has gotten renewed attention in recent years.
Valve yoinked a new Counter-Strike 2 map out of the game after just 2 days, either for potential Disney copyright infringement, a 'gamer word' hidden in its data, or both
news We hardly knew ye, de_transit.
Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5
news Is that good?
Call of Duty may have finally blinked on SBMM as the Black Ops 7 beta adds a playlist with 'drastically reduced' skill consideration
news "We’re engaging with the community discussion about matchmaking and will be making some updates to our playlist plans."
The solo dev behind RPG Sword Hero is promising a 'seamless open world' with amazing combat, intricate simulation, and systemic dismemberment—the demo on Steam makes me think they can pull it off
news Sword Hero: An almost parodically unspecific name for an incredible-looking game
One of my most anticipated shooters, which looks like Demon's Souls in the Doom engine, finally has a release date right around the corner
news You can try Mohrta's huge demo now, and the full game on October 14.
Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM unionizes in the UK: 'We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings'
news The Workers' Alliance at ZA/UM was organized through the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain.
With Xbox hiking prices and a newly private, $20-billion-in-the-hole EA looking ready to gut Baldur's Gate series creator BioWare, Larian boss Swen Vincke points out that 'making games faster and cheaper while charging more has never worked before'
news But by god, we're gonna try.
Summer Eternal, one of the most exciting studios to come out of the Disco Elysium fallout, will announce its first game exclusively through 'the analog medium' of a vinyl record and a book of art, essays, and dev diaries
news It looks sick.
Writer Andrew Dice, whose work helped popularize Japanese indies like Recettear in the West, has died
news The news was shared by Dice's friend and business partner, Robin Light-Williams.
Ryu Ga Gotoku boss credits PC gamers' love of Yakuza 0 with taking the series worldwide: 'I truly believe we are where we are today because of them'
news Stop, please, you're making us blush.
It's possible to get Silksong's double jump in Act 1 well before you're supposed to, you just have to be enough of a platforming god to prove you don't need it
The route looks like a controller-snapping good time.
After stumbling out of the gate with poor sales as a PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director says it's 'doing very well on both PS5 and PC,' while 'a lot of the content is already playable' in the upcoming third game
news Maybe the next one will sell better if it's on PC from the jump.
There's a Silksong mod to double every boss in the game, in case it was getting too easy
news The way it was meant to be played?
Hyper Light studio Heart Machine's next singleplayer game is launching in November, no early access, just a year and a half after it was announced
News Possessor(s) is a great-looking metroidvania with Smash Bros.-inspired combat.
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 gets Tokyo Game Show sign of life: 'Since we called the first instalment Vol. 1, it’s only natural to expect a second one'
news It remains unclear if it will tackle the notoriously difficult to emulate MGS4.
Supergiant director says the studio is fully focused on Hades 2, doesn't 'secretly know' what it'll do next and Hades 3 is 'not preordained'
news Forget Hades 3, I want to know when Hades 4 will come out.
EA is reportedly about to be sold in a record-setting $50 billion buyout to an investor group that includes private equity and Saudi Arabia
news The deal could go through as early as next week.
