Latest articles by Harvey Randall
200 Bandai Namco employees reportedly moved into 'expulsion rooms' designed to bore them into quitting, though the company maintains its innocence
News Japan's strict laws surrounding dismissal make "layoffs" look a little different.
Microsoft has finally managed to settle against 10 gamers in court
News It's over, and I'm not exactly confident the gamers won.
Flashy MOBA battle royale Supervive is opening its doors during Steam Next Fest—and it's already got that Blizzard/Riot polish from its expat devs in spades
News Complex, frenetic MOBA brawling for the MLG hounds.
The culmination of Helldivers 2's 60-day patch plan canonises John Helldiver—less importantly, there's been major buffs to grenades, sentries, and the long-avoided anti tank mines
News In John we trust.
The 8 most heartbreaking cuts from this year's PC Gamer Top 100
Top 100 We only have 100 spots to list. Not every game is going to make it.
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.
We have Final Fantasy 11 to thank for everything being on Discord, now—the app's co-creator made its prototype to talk strategy with his MMO buds
News "I was obsessed with FF11, and I made something like a prototype of Discord as software that could be used while playing the game."
Games that 'look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom' aren't exciting or interesting to Metaphor: ReFantazio's director
News Katsura Hashino wants a game "to give me a glimpse of the humanity behind it".
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director heaves a big sigh as scalpers predictably ruin it for everyone: 'All you’re doing is making someone sad'
News Collector's conniption.
AI in games might've just proven itself useful for a change—Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in 'disruptive voice chat' since the start of the year thanks to its robo-snitch
News Ghost reporting in the machine.
Helldivers 2's 60-day patch, which was due this weekend, is now a 63-day patch because oops, turns out there's a Saturday in the way
News "We don't wanna break the game while you're playing the game."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs talk redesigning the game after BioWare bailed on the whole live service thing in 2021: 'I never personally saw it as a reboot'
News Hitting the reset button.
WoTC forced to take over popular Magic: The Gathering competitive format after community tantrum over card bans involves 'credible threats of physical assault'
News Plus "dissemination of personal information, wishes for death, and blatant toxicity."
Key Blizzard developers apparently tried for years to get a new Starcraft or Warcraft RTS off the ground, but execs had 'no appetite' for them
News "[Tim] Morten and his team tried for years to kick off a new RTS."
Nintendo is filing for the patents it's suing Palworld with in the US as well, though some (non-final) rejections could complicate matters
News One-two punch.
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's first major patch comes mid-November: Alliance and 'Chaotic' raids, allied society quests, and a scant few details on the MSQ
News 24-player suffering.
Valve will see you in court! No, really, Steam's just updated its subscriber agreement so that 'all disputes and claims proceed in court'
News The move might have something to do with something called "arbitration overload".
The idea for a Pillars of Eternity: Tactics game has been floated at Obsidian, but it's still up in the air because 'the audience for them is not huge, typically, but very passionate'
News "It's a hard one to make a case for."
Blizzard is reportedly 'incubating' a StarCraft shooter again, which would be the developer's 3rd attempt at the accursed concept
News "Perhaps after Ghost and Ares, the third time would be the charm."
Final Fantasy 14's developer band confirms one of Endwalker's most emotional songs, Close in the Distance, is from one specific character to your Warrior of Light
News I am emotionally compromised by this information.
D&D 2024's Player Handbook first impressions: A great upgrade, but a mere echo of the brave step forward it could've been
KEEP ROLLIN', ROLLIN' 10 more years, 10 more years, 10 more years.
Metaphor: ReFantazio releases a meaty prologue demo that spans the game's 'first 4 dungeons'—plus, your save data will carry over to the full game
News 24 gigabytes of confidence.
Fallout Tactics' lead designer tips his hat to Bethesda for succeeding where they failed: 'It can be done. You just need to be a multinational with more than 18 months'
News "Our approach was just terrible."
