Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Critical Role's blockbuster animated series The Legend of Vox Machina announces Season 4—which means the return of D&D's biggest bad to streaming TV
News On a roll.
Final Fantasy 14's next big challenge: Making players feel like they're getting their monthly sub's worth—not just funding Square's flops while WoW stacks value
NEW MOUNTAINS I want to believe.
WoW stays true to form by dropping a $90 dinosaur mount during a controversial balance patch—and of course players are buying enough of them to gather in herds
News "This is what we've chosen."
Baldur's Gate 3 holds up shockingly well in first person—so well, in fact, that Larian head Swen Vincke's been gobsmacked by his own game: 'Just look at it'
News Eyes-sometric view.
SAG-AFTRA flexes its metaphorical K/D ratio 3 months into voice acting strike over AI: 'More than 120 games from 49 companies have now signed'
News "Humane protections for actors against AI exploitation are not an unreasonable ask."
D&D's upcoming 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide looks to actually guide dungeon masters, including a 4-step plan to making a story with a satisfying climax
News Halfway decent homebrew.
The Day Before developer cancels second Kickstarter after it whimpers out with $2,200 of funding, immediately goes all-in on a third game in the same announcement
News Third time's the charm?
Telltale heaves a long, dog-tired sigh at 'unsubstantiated Reddit threads', reassures fans that The Wolf Among Us 2 is still being made, honest
News The (tell)tales of my death are greatly over-exaggerated.
Gorgeous deck-building shop sim Potionomics just got a patch that fixes all my problems with it—plus voice acting, and an option to smooch everyone in a single playthrough
News Endless hubble and bubble.
This gaudy Ghost Face cosmetic isn't exactly helping Hunt: Showdown 1896 players escape the feeling of corporate crossover creep
News "They are f*cking with the vibes."
Pal-dora's Box yawns open as Sega sues MementoMori developers over mechanic patents, seeking 1 billion yen in damages
News Smaller Japanese studios are getting put through the wringer, recently.
Amazon's Secret Level confirms its previously-leaked cast—which includes former governor of California and killer android Arnold Schwarzenegger
News Get to da controllah.
Asmongold's self-improvement kick sees him clean biohazard kitchen, evict a wolf spider, then declare himself an 'expert' on racism
News "I've been on the Internet over 20 years."
The curse of horde shooter balance: Fans take to Steam in protest as Space Marine 2 gets unpopular patch—devs promise course correction within the week
News "I do not want another Helldivers catastrophe because the balance team feels that we are having fun in the wrong way."
Former Bethesda lead is sceptical of The Elder Scrolls' return to 'fiddly stat sheets', even in the face of Baldur's Gate 3's success
News No fuss with your roh-dah.
D&D campaign-turned-animated series The Legend of Vox Machina uppercuts fans with some brutal departures from the source material, and I'm here for it
News I am the sicko shouting "yes!"
PlayStation loses fight in EU courts to stop sale of 'parasite' mods because, among other reasons, a book author can't stop 'the reader from skipping to the end'
News RAM's fair game.
Metaphor: ReFantazio's director does the smart thing, avoids reading comments as much as possible: 'Constantly looking at reactions isn’t good for your mental health'
News Everything in moderation.
Square Enix lawyers elbow in to shut down Yoko Taro fan archive, bafflingly, 6 months after he'd thanked its creators for all the love
News While Yoko Taro says 'thank you', Square Enix says 'any last words?'
Metaphor: ReFantazio lets you snag thousands in fantasy dosh pretty early on, all you have to do is smack some dogs and worms around with an abacus
Cash out Makin' that Merchant moolah.
Galaxy-brained NPCs thinking too much were the source of Dragon Dogma 2's performance woes in towns, say devs
News Big brain.
After DMing a bunch of D&D 5e, swapping over to Pathfinder 2e has felt like hanging out with a cool TTRPG uncle that lets you smoke weed
PATH FINDING You wanna have laser eyes at level one? Sure, buddy.
Fair play, Exodus—having ex-Bioware devs and Matthew McConaughey on board is neat, but your freaky flesh spaceships have my attention
News It's giving All Tomorrows.
