Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
Latest articles by Rich Stanton
![A giant bile titan, a towering insect from Helldivers 2, lets out a vicious scream as it stomps over the landscape.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vb6F9TNWYBKyhsfxr58HJ6-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2's latest major order gives players the chance to make a sector permanently bug-free with a planet-sized pesticide system
By Rich Stanton published
news Quarantine those bugs to death.
![The TF2 voice cast performing Sandvich Blues.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JBGXJFgVMv3896R7kR9CaV-320-80.png)
TF2's voice cast is terrorising America's small jazz bars to croon about sandwiches
By Rich Stanton published
news "Woke up this mornin', the Sandvich was gone."
![Counter-Strike 2 header image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xz2HxeuCGUzmZKoWCdp8JV-320-80.jpg)
Astralis belatedly backs up its womens' Counter-Strike team's request for default female skins, says it can't understand the reaction to something 'that does not hurt others in any way or form'
By Rich Stanton published
news It was even giving out free female agents skins for a spell.
![Hogwarts Legacy trailer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xWR6mvVAsMYg2356HUUAuN-320-80.jpg)
Hogwarts Legacy dev tries to cool the community's excitement about the summer update, says it's just a 'small way of us showing appreciation'
By Rich Stanton published
news Wants to "set some expectations."
![An FBI agent using a comuter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/toD7dricW9DJqnsPdwk9XH-320-80.jpg)
US government report reveals how Discord, Roblox, Reddit and others co-operate with the FBI and Homeland Security over content like 'user-generated re-creations of mass shootings'
By Rich Stanton published
news The Biden administration describes domestic terrorism and "the most urgent terrorism threat facing the United States."
![A propaganda poster of a giant mech from Helldivers 2, stood powerfully among a stark orange-and-black background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vhhijT4R2rWsBHaAFrsZTk-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2's latest order sure looks like a setup for players to liberate their own mech suits… for democracy!
By Rich Stanton published
news Why do robots want exosuits? Stop asking questions and get down there!
![Elon Musk steepling his hands and looking sombre.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NktxGqCjm46mCH7yLaJi8R-320-80.jpg)
OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk lawsuit with 'facts' showing he 'told us we would fail, started a competitor, and then sued us when we started making meaningful progress'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims."
![Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of Fromsoftware.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xNdteGXNmaomL78qRJoe5Y-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring players may well have found Miyazaki's secret 'small element' and turns out it's had a clue to the DLC since launch
By Rich Stanton published
news The director spoke, and the Lands Between internet detective agency sprung into action.
![Two Helldivers share a tender moment in Helldivers 2, while Automatons ravage the landscape behind them with explosions.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iiMg5h9KsvQ3Wtv5xDqLJR-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 uses its game master to stop the live service side from being 'just a calendar with automated events tied to major holidays'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We knew it would be divisive!"
![Two players shooting at each other over a flag in Tribes: Rivals.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DDpyhmzhSPpzfzHsFJAq8c-320-80.jpg)
Tribes 3: Rivals hits early access next week promising 'rebirth' for the exquisite fusion of skiing fast with a flag and explosive frisbees
By Rich Stanton published
news Is this the one that can last?
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BM4yb32agWXEvZqxAFoorc-320-80.jpg)
Ex-Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell is running for Congress with 'Marty's army' and says he's voting Trump
By Rich Stanton published
news Everything but the MAGA hat.
![CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2022. - Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a "gigafactory" the size of 100 professional soccer fields.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tYybRrGQn2Dr5bkjWyqj74-320-80.jpg)
Elon Musk sues OpenAI for abandoning its principles and says taking Microsoft's billions has 'set the founding agreement aflame'
By Rich Stanton published
news Claims that AI in these hands is a "particularly acute and noxious danger" to humanity.
![Helldivers 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YdtQeGCsDNCe48eBzdseE3-320-80.jpg)
Helldivers 2's guns have 46 secret stats so just 'use the one you like the most'
By Rich Stanton published
news You're at liberty to do so.
![The RuneScape Kingdoms board game.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p4LjBVnTQ2s33989g3DDrc-320-80.png)
RuneScape gets not one but two tabletop adaptations on the same day
By Rich Stanton published
news I'm here for the "game-changing cakes."
![The CS2 key art.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qvWRYXQguGXtwW5tUR6Rw9-320-80.png)
Counter-Strike pros write open letter to Valve asking for default female skins, histrionic reaction shows why that's probably a good idea
By Rich Stanton published
news "In some way it supports the sexism that we unfortunately still encounter."
![Screenshot from 1993 Doom showing enemies being shot in a room with skulls](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/42GKdMnsTdi2LzNnuFUJyi-320-80.jpg)
'Doom runs on everything' goes corporate as pricey lawnmower company sets up its army of grass-guzzlers to mow down hell
By Rich Stanton published
news Get ready for a LAWN party.
![Nier art showing protagonist 2B lying on the ground.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5tyayVdNwTasFxBrb3zpQY-320-80.png)
Nier: Automata sells 8 million as Tencent cancels mobile game and Yoko Taro says you've already had the third one anyway
By Rich Stanton published
news So Nier and yet so far.
![Mickey Mouse looks at a kingdom on a table.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GByxoEhRxAJEqvRzcx9nZ9-320-80.png)
Warren Spector hails Epic Mickey as 'a real labor of love', says he's got an idea for the third entry but the day job makes that 'impossible'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We created something that—like just about everything Disney—is evergreen."
![Roblox Chief Brody fights off a shark.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o4HzKRVE6FVdUZEFNMysVE-320-80.png)
Didn't see this one coming: Roblox has an official Jaws game
By Rich Stanton published
news Seems to share a few ideas with the board game.
![Lady Gaga in Fortnite.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cKcDquchmFTBxoaPgjFzNS-320-80.jpg)
Epic's thrown a giant bag of money at Lady Gaga to do the next Fortnite festival, but the main thing is she no longer spells it 'Fortnight'
By Rich Stanton published
news You and me can ride a Battle Bus.
![Key art for the new Age of Empires 2 expansion showing an angry Viking and Japanese warlod.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UotcoFA4KaxCpHM4sDAHjV-320-80.jpg)
A quarter century after its release, Age of Empires 2 is still getting DLC
By Rich Stanton published
news Victors and Vanquished adds 19 new scenarios alongside figures like Charlemagne.
![The GTA6 trailer recreated in Minecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Szcf66DX5mUKfZHAKnTxLK-320-80.png)
Here's the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer perfectly recreated in Minecraft
By Rich Stanton published
news The team wanted to "bridge one of the best-selling video games ever with another future best-selling one."
![Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of Fromsoftware.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xNdteGXNmaomL78qRJoe5Y-320-80.jpg)
Two years after release Miyazaki says Elden Ring's world still has 'a small element that I feel has not yet been discovered'
By Rich Stanton published
news It's the pendant all over again.