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
'Disgruntled' engineer gets fired for porn on work laptop, claims he was watching the Matrix, revenge-hacks employer's IT network, lies to the secret service, goes directly to jail
By Rich Stanton published
news Neo way.
Creator behind hugely popular Skyrim co-op mod gives up on the Starfield version of it because, drum roll please, 'this game is f***ing trash'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I didn't realize this until after I actually started playing the damn game a week after launch."
Cyberpunk 2077 comes full circle with Sad Keanu meme
By Rich Stanton published
news The 2.1 update quietly added a moment of internet history.
YouTuber who deliberately crashed plane for content then lied about it is jailed for six months, even he admits it's the 'right decision'
By Rich Stanton published
news Also thanks the judge for "giving me a second chance at life."
GTA 6's first trailer has recreations of a load of real viral video moments in it, and it looks like Rockstar's version of TikTok will play a big part
By Rich Stanton published
news Please don't call it DickTok.
The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer has smashed through 60 million YouTube views in 12 hours
By Rich Stanton published
news Y'all got any more of that once-in-a-lifetime reveal trailer?
Elden Ring's producer says development of its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is 'going well', compares it to Bloodborne with 'new battles and new characters'
By Rich Stanton published
news "It's still a little ways off."
Footballer Ronaldo faces $1bn+ class action lawsuit for promoting Binance to unwary customers, and he's still doing it
By Rich Stanton published
news The forward says he and Binance are currently "cooking something up".
Activision felt 'now was the time' to put Call of Duty's DMZ mode out to pasture, says play zombies instead
By Rich Stanton published
news Is this the end of the extraction shooter trend?
That new version of Ark has disabled crossplay for Windows 10 users because you're a big old bunch of cheaters
By Rich Stanton published
news Welcome to Jurassic lark.
Datajack 2020 is the lo-fi hacking fantasy of my dreams
By Rich Stanton published
News Something is making me want to say "Mister Anderson."
Lost Isle is an open-word survival game that just makes me want to plunder
By Rich Stanton published
news Loot, loot, and oh yes: more loot.
Triumphant OpenAI CEO spends a whole interview dodging questions about why he was fired like he's in The Matrix, but does suggest the nonprofit board is in for some big changes
By Rich Stanton published
news "Clearly, our governance structure had a problem. And the best way to fix that problem is going to take a while."
Fallout TV series first look: it's 'dramatic and dark' but with 'a little bit of a wink,' says Todd Howard
By Rich Stanton published
News Plus Walton Goggins with no nose.
Wannabe supervillain pulls AI 'heist' to steal competitor traffic, but really just shows how unchecked AI is going to ruin the internet
By Rich Stanton published
News Stealing from the collection plate, 2023 style.
With Sam Bankman-Fried in the slammer, now the fugitive crypto 'Lunatic' behind 2022's $40B crash is being extradited from his Montenegrin getaway
By Rich Stanton published
news The question is whether he goes to South Korea or the US.
Hideki Kamiya breaks out the tiny violin for the 9 Bayonetta games he once imagined: 'I may have to take the full saga to the grave'
By Rich Stanton published
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Take a break from deal-hunting with the most bamboozling Cyber Monday deals of 2023
By Katie Wickens published
The strangest and worst Cyber Monday deals out there.
The best thing I did this deals season was revive my old desktop with a cheap SSD
By Rich Stanton published
4TB might be nice, but 1TB gets the job done: and I don't have the money to burn anyway.
Self-described gay furry hackers breach one of the biggest nuclear labs in the US, and demand it begin researching 'IRL catgirls'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We are cats, intricacies such as 'why' do not concern us."
Another one bites the dust: Binance CEO quits as both he and the company plead guilty to money laundering charges and accept whopping $4.3 billion fine
By Rich Stanton published
news Changpeng Zao founded the company in 2017, and it's since become the world's largest crypto market.
Fortnite adding multiple career-spanning Eminem skins alongside a live event blowout that 'marks a new beginning'
By Rich Stanton published
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
By Rich Stanton published
news Don't mess with Microsoft.