Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Final Fantasy 14's latest variant dungeon is so good, it deserves better—the MMO needs to figure out its rewards so all this great work isn't wasted
NO CARROT Just let me get gear, please.
There's just no good reason why WoW's story mode raids aren't available right away—and I'm saying that as someone who cleared normal just fine last month
STORY SKIP Being forced into a get-along t-shirt with randos didn't improve my experience of the story, like, at all.
It turns out Crimson Desert has even more mechanics under the hood—like this 'fully-designed food consequence system' that modders have unlocked
News A rare moment of restraint.
WoW's latest raid cinematic could be the start of a massive story retcon for its worst expansion
News Death is not the end.
No, there isn't going to be a new lovecraftian Nier game with a caked-up tentacle robot, despite cope to the contrary
News "We received a tremendous response and caused quite a stir."
MindsEye's first major update, 'Blacklist', really will be used to 'share some of the evidence of the sabotage’ that apparently made it bad
News Build a Rocket Boy CEO Mark Gerhard believes "the natural course of justice" will prevail.
WoW players are beating Mythic+ dungeons at a rapid pace, and it's raising fears about difficulty
News Dungeons, no drag-ons.
Crimson Desert voice actor says he had to keep pushing to get a cohesive story for Kliff
News "I kept just saying 'yes, but what is happening?!'"
WoW to get an official pride event, based on a community run that's raised money for 12 years
News We be runnin', mon.
Discussion: Is it okay for an MMO expansion's launch to be buggy?
LAUNCH DAY How many bugs is too many?
Astarion's actor from Baldur's Gate 3 has dodged similar roles: 'Repetition breeds stagnation'
News "They kinda want the Astarion thing."
'There are no leaks', says Stardew Valley creator, taking a hammer to the rumour mill
News Also, you don't have to worry about marriage candidates getting hitched.
Final Fantasy 14's Japanese age rating gets a bump, and it's all because of screenshots
News Square Enix has adjusted the rating "to maintain the freedom of Group Pose."
World of Warcraft: Midnight review: A brilliantly strong start with a few dents to buff out.
MORE THAN MID Gorgeous, ambitious, and messy—but far from a dark night of the soul.
WoW player finds out it costs 25 gold more for them per dungeon to use their mitigation
News Pay to play.
Tekken 8 devs promise better after latest patch, but fans are in full doom mode
News "It might genuinely be over."
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director defends DLSS 5: 'No way haters will stop this'
News "This is just a little uncanny beginning."
'Golden goose' indie games get Gabe Newell's attention, says Steam expert: 'You're like a little goblin that has a magical power to turn straw into gold'
News "He will say to you, 'oh god, please spin these wishlists into gold.'"
The new Crimson Desert patch adds private storage at base camp and nerfs a few bosses—also, Pearl Abyss knows the control scheme isn't great
News "We are currently preparing a patch to address this."
World of Warcraft: Midnight's class balancing is steering the MMO headfirst into a mistake that's been haunting FF14 for years
TWO MINUTES Two minute terror.
Crimson Desert launches to 239,000 players on Steam but 'Mixed' reviews, and it's mostly because of how dense and cryptic the whole thing is
News To read this article, press LB + RB, then release LB, then push in the left stick and tap A.
Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'
News Too right.
As a Pathfinder 2e sicko, I'm excited for Starfinder: Afterlight after playing an hour of its playtest—but Epictellers has a lot of work to do before demo time this summer
PATH FINDING Burdened with glorious knowledge.
