
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

EVE: Vanguard is CCP's latest attempt at a shooter, but don't call it Dust 2
By Rich Stanton published
Grounded Existing "within EVE", players will get their first taste of the shooter in December.

Premier League superstar 'shocked' about how poorly EA Sports FC rates his abilities
By Rich Stanton published
news "I'm gonna have to have a word."

Dogs biting staff, obscene sums spent on rappers, and eye-popping losses: How FaZe Clan was 'building a mythology,' bro
By Rich Stanton published
news "We weren’t throwing money in the garbage."

Valve said Counter-Strike 2 would be out this summer, now says it 'launches soon'
By Rich Stanton published
news "The year isn't quite over…"

Garry of Garry's Mod says 'Unity can get f*cked' and in-passing mentions Rust 2
By Rich Stanton published
news "The trust is gone."

Starfield's space shanties are sung by the viral sea shanty man
By Rich Stanton published
news There once was a ship that put to space…

Todd Howard blames the pandemic for Starfield delays: Working from home was 'very, very slow'
By Rich Stanton published
news "As things moved on, we were off by a percentage, and a percentage when it comes to the scale of this game turns out to be a lot of time."

Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately'
By Rich Stanton published
news It's also been identifying accounts that notably group with cheaters, and has banned thousands of these.

Dying Light 2 adds a premium currency, cue the Steam review bomb
By Rich Stanton published
news DL Points seem mainly designed to let Techland keep more of the proceeds from cosmetics sales.

Atari acquires massive Atari archive after revealing a 'new' 2600 that takes cartridges
By Rich Stanton published
news Have you played Atari today?

Crypto baron behind $2.5B rug-pull declares 'I am smart enough to lead any institution on Earth' as court sentences him to 11,196 years in jail
By Rich Stanton published
news Prosecutors had sought an even longer sentence.

Men of War 2 will now deliver men and war too in 2024
By Rich Stanton published
news Developer wants to give fans "the bug-free experience they deserve."

E3 somehow gets even deader as event organiser departs by 'mutual consent', ESA says no no it's still alive we promise
By Rich Stanton published
news A big relaunch is apparently planned for 2025.

Starfield player uses laundry basket to pull off the casino heist of the century
By Rich Stanton published
news You'd be amazed what people throw out…

RuneScape developer firefights desperately as new battle pass leads to player revolt and review bombing: 'They've gone too far down the rabbit hole'
By Rich Stanton published
news Still, always a bit odd to see negative reviews from players with thousands of hours.

Japanese court throws the book at YouTuber who uploaded copyrighted game clips and spoilers: Two years in the slammer and ¥1m fine
By Rich Stanton published
news Japan's copyright protection agency really hates spoilers.

No one say the 'S' word: Google's trying out gaming again, this time with bite-sized games on YouTube
By Rich Stanton published
news Stadia? Never knew her.

Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn't optimise Starfield for PC: 'We did [...] you may need to upgrade your PC'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We really do push the technology."

Armored Core 6 PvP evolves into its true form as players drop their weapons and fistfight to the Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance soundtrack
By Rich Stanton published
news Violence breeds violence.

Runescape developer shutters sci-fi looter-shooter and issues refunds across the board
By Rich Stanton published
news Space Punks is also refunding players who've bought in-game items.

Classic Bethesda bug sees Starfield crew members riding on the outside of your ship in deep space
By Rich Stanton published
news Just chilling. Literally.

Legend has spent years making Portal for the N64 and by Gaben he's done it
By Rich Stanton published
news This guy is some sort of Nintendo Jedi.

True to FromSoftware's creative vision, Armored Core 6 now has a mech that's CJ riding Thomas the Tank Engine
By Rich Stanton published
news It's not an anthropomorphised fictional train. It's a meme.
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