Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Fortnite adding multiple career-spanning Eminem skins alongside a live event blowout that 'marks a new beginning'
news Will the real Slim Shady please stand up.
OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away
news Don't mess with Microsoft.
Pokimane called a viewer 'broke boy' for complaining about her overpriced snacks, and now the internet is mad about miniature cookies
news That's how the cookie crumbles.
Elon Musk claims he was once one of the best Quake players around, everyone laughs, but wait: The actual best Quake player ever says Musk 'wasn't very good, but he's still an OG'
news Nailgun-tinted memories.
WoW's telegraphs are so cluttered that even the best guild in the world is using darkening potions during raids so they can fight more effectively
news "It's damn near impossible to tell where the hitboxes start and end."
Microsoft immediately hires ousted OpenAI co-founder, as OpenAI staff begin publicly calling out the company's management
news CEO Satya Nadella wasted no time in ensuring Sam Altman would remain working for Microsoft.
8 things we want from GTA 6
wishlist Better NPCs, less sprawl, a well-written female character, official mod support, and more.
Rocket Arena sputters out, not with a bang but a whimper
news The studio behind the game also recently suffered big layoffs.
Man found guilty of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer testified that his radicalisation began with Gamergate
news David DePape said an interest in videogames led to him to conspiracy theories.
They're back: Doritos code thieves awaken from their long slumber to pilfer the codes off Xbox chip bags
news Bite me.
Remnant 2 dev tells players moaning about Apocalypse difficulty OK, fine, you can have your 3 orange slices and medal for participation
news "I may have been too harsh."
Payday 3 hasn't had updates because of a 'critical error in our backend', Starbreeze says the launch has been 'frustrating'
news "We have no reason to want to delay updates for this long."
Roblox faces class-action suit from parents about sexual content and grooming: 'Parents who would never let their kids use TikTok don’t think twice about letting them on Roblox'
news "We dispute the allegations and will respond in court," says Roblox.
Amazon Games lays off 180 workers, says all people really want from Prime is free games
news "We've listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most."
DayZ's just hit its highest-ever player count a decade after its standalone release
news Unlike its players, this game's in rude health.
Ken Levine hails cancelled Irrational project as 'the best game we never got to make'
news The studio's monster-focused spinoff of SWAT was greenlit, before Bioshock became its sole focus.
Call of Duty goes Final Destination on cheaters by pancaking them straight into the map
news And the new system is called Splat.
IO got the 007 license because it wants to make 'multiple Bond games' in the same way it handled Hitman
news Says it's not doing a Bond game just 'to score some money'
Nightdive thought it was 'going to get grilled' about the lack of hand-holding in System Shock remake, but players loved it
news "People described it as an atrophied part of their brain starting to wake up again."
Warren Spector says his major contribution to System Shock was to stop 'it many times from getting killed'
news "I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that System Shock introduced the idea of environmental storytelling to the world."
Adele made her kid a Rust costume for Halloween, though 'can't say he really loved it'
news "You can’t even buy party decorations from Rust."
This hyper-detailed recreation of Disco Elysium's opening scene makes a terrible hangover look like a terrific idea
news Who knew a terrible hangover could look this good.
Scarlett Johansson launches legal action in a case of AI imitating life imitating art
news "I think you shouldn’t miss it."
