Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Helldivers 2's first big war isn't suffering because of tough evac missions or medal-hoarding farmers—it's the pass-or-fail reward structure that's spoiling the fun
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ROBOT STOP A case for positive reinforcement over punishment.
Helldivers 2 finally liberated from the bulk of its server issues as Arrowhead CEO celebrates having 'time to focus on improvements' like rad mechs and (probably) stealth gear
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News Helldiving. In my lane. Killing bugs. Moisturised. Thriving.
'Please stop that': In the run-up to Baldur's Gate 3 modding support, Larian's head of publishing speaks out against 'threats and toxicity against our devs and community teams'
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News "We need people to understand that these conversations take time."
Some Helldivers 2 players are inexplicably killing each other for resources, despite a dozen different UI elements telling you they're shared
By Harvey Randall published
News Super Earth hasn't been sending its best.
'We love you, we hate money': Ultrakill and Gloomwood developer New Blood is offering discounts on all its games (and some body pillows) for its 10 year anniversary
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News Deals so good they'll have you saying MORTIS.
Helldivers 2's community manager gets mistaken for an automaton by Discord, gets locked out of account for over 40 hours due to 'sending too many DMs too fast'
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News "I mean, I'm flattered Discord thinks I type fast enough to be a robot, but come on."
Helldivers 2's CEO deletes sleep-deprived tweet forged 'at 2 am' implying the login woes are over—clarifies 'we don't yet know if we can support everyone this weekend'
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News "I was less than crystal. I blame it being 2 am."
Karlach teams up with Baldur's Gate 3's sex noise man to raise money for a good cause: SpecialEffect, which helps create kit and software for physically disabled gamers
By Harvey Randall published
News Bringing the joy of video games to everyone.
Evil playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 3 aren't just weird and lonely—they're mechanically harder, too
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JUST WULBREN Keeping your enemies close, and your friends dead.
Amidst dire industry layoffs, FromSoftware's Miyazaki says his studio is 'very blessed' to have long-term hires now taking director roles: 'games can be directed by others, not only myself'
By Harvey Randall published
News "I'm aware of the situation in the games industry, [it's] quite harrowing."
Helldivers 2 finally adds a much-requested AFK kick timer, stopping undemocratic glory hounds from twiddling their thumbs in perpetuity
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News Managed Democracy just became that much more efficient.
6 reveals from the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer that had us shaking in our greaves with excitement
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SHADOWS LIFTED It's finally here, weary tarnished.
Sony engineers are being drafted into the Helldivers 2 server war effort, though Arrowhead's CEO says to 'get it later' if you're strapped for cash
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News "If you spent your last $ and got stuck in server queues I'd be [heartbroken]."
Patch 6 of Baldur's Gate 3 opens a Pandora's box of glitches for some players, while a hotfix leaves modders scratching their heads: 'the .exe got completely reorganised again'
By Harvey Randall published
News Ah, what the kisses hath wrought.
Game devs commiserate with the Helldivers 2 team by sharing their own server launch horror stories: 'You can only attempt to prepare for scale'
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News "I cannot think of a single piece of infrastructure that didn't have issues."
A jack of all trades in D&D, an absolute monster in Baldur's Gate 3: Why the College of Swords Bard is the best choice for Honour Mode
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FIRST FACE WINNER More like Master of Everything.
D&D Lego comes full circle by rendering the tabletop game's deadliest block in brick form: The dreaded gelatinous cube
By Harvey Randall published
News A trace of the true self exists within the false self.
Helldivers 2 lead says the game's farcical comedy was inspired by tabletop games like D&D—and he's nowhere near the first dev to worship at the altar of pen and paper
By Harvey Randall published
News Roll for initiative—also to dodge this incoming eagle airstrike.
Helldivers 2 players are staying logged in overnight to dodge queue times and clog servers, Arrowhead's CEO agrees that an AFK time-out is due
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News "I have already mentioned this to the team."
Helldivers 2's reinforcement system fixes my biggest issue with horde shooters—it makes dying fun
By Harvey Randall published
SWEET GIB-ERTY What kind of post-apocalyptic survivor gets themselves stuck in a closet, anyway?
Deep Rock Galactic studio head reveals he's been approached for a TV adaptation, says it's 'definitely viable', though he 'would want to be involved as well'
By Harvey Randall published
News Streamed rocks galactic.
The server tech that saved WoW 10 years ago is causing problems for Classic's Season of Discovery, dev reveals: 'a layer is actually just sharding with a lot of sticky tape'
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News Created 10 years ago, retooled 5 years ago, wreaking havoc today.
Palworld says public server problems are 'due to cheating and the influence of fraudulent activities', outlines plans to add anti-cheat software to nip it in the bud
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News Hackers are up to no good, again.