Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
ConcernedApe finds out not everyone will be hot for the blacksmith in Stardew Valley's upcoming 1.7 update: 'You've all been dying to marry Clint... right? ...guys?'
News He's not my first choice either, but some of you are just being mean.
Marathon has dropped another banger character trailer, making me fall even more in love with its vibes-based marketing
Advertising as art, Don Draper eat your heart out.
One of my favourite sci-fi B-movie baddies has just been cast as Baldur in Amazon's God of War TV series
News Ed Skrein has even played a similar role before.
Renewed hopes of a Nier: Automata sequel as the cult action RPG's 9th-anniversary livestream ends with a teasing message
News 2B or not 2B?
Kick off the year of the horse with a stableful of discounted horse games in Steam Horse Fest
News Start horsing around.
13-year-old Decima engine allows Death Stranding team to 'accomplish many things that would be difficult to achieve elsewhere'
news No wonder Aloy is in Death Stranding.
PC sales of High On Life were just behind PlayStation, the 'lead platform,' but Xbox trailed behind despite its 7-month console exclusivity deal
News Silver medal for PC.
Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen says 'people need to get more creative with their hate' in response to disappointment over controversial cameo meows
News "I understand we live in a time where a meow from someone who has different beliefs as you is scary and frustrating, confusing and controversial."
The Outer Worlds deliberately doesn't do racial or gender discrimination in order to zero in on class, but 'that made the tone of the game feel off,' says director Tim Cain
News Even people in the same social class have their differences.
If this new battery breakthrough goes mainstream, you may be allowed to use your external charger on flights again
News Sodium-ion batteries may be about to have their moment.
The Legend of Khiimori's new gameplay shows Death Stranding with a horse is an idea that has legs
News Prepare for wolves, bad weather, and even spirits.
After 3 years of negotiations with Microsoft, Blizzard QA workers win a new contract guaranteeing 'better working environment with increased pay, benefits, and layoff protections'
News A huge step forward for videogame workers.
It's been 7 years since the last Fallout game, so one gamer took matters into their own hands and made an entire Vault in the Sims
News Building a better future underground.
The PC Gaming Show returns to heat up your summer once again
News Better upgrade your computer's cooling fan.
France is banning government officials from using Microsoft Teams and Zoom 'amid rising geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service disruptions'
news Civil servants will instead have to use the French Visio videoconferencing software.
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says 'remote work isn't all sunshine and lollipops' and explains why he's happy to be back in the Obsidian office after 5 years of semi-retirement
"Uncle Tim likes a bagel once a week."
It turns out, GOG players get more achievements than Steam users do
GOG's new Year 2025 feature lays all the data bare.
Social sandbox MMO Pax Dei is free to play this weekend, which is perfect for solo survival game enjoyers like me who are curious about all the community features
It's also 40% off if you do want to buy it.
Inkle co-founder says WW2 puzzler TR-49 is 'our best launch, ever, in 14 years,' and they made it in just 9 months
"I'm surprised!"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its awards sweep, getting 8 out of 9 nominations at the GDCA
As Britney said, "gimme more."
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain boils RPGs down into 9 different types of quests, but warns "more of one thing means less of another"
News Developers only have a finite amount of time to code, so more quests can often mean more bugs.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 surpasses Steam wishlist milestone, with over 1 million people ready to fight for their dessicated corpse of an Emperor
News The galaxy-spanning strategy game has already amassed a huge following.
Mysterious missile defense game PVKK named one of our most anticipated games in this year's PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
news Just press the buttons and don't think too much.
