Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Eric Barone goes mad with power: He's revealing a single Stardew Valley update patch note every day
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news Lord Acton was right.
Valve is improving how Steam Family Sharing works—but if your brother gets banned for cheating, so do you
By Andy Chalk published
news The good news is, Steam Families will finally let users on the account play games simultaneously.
Easy Anti-Cheat washes its hands of the Apex Legends hacking disaster that saw streamer accounts hijacked live: 'There is no RCE vulnerability within EAC'
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news The North American finals of the Apex Legends Global Series was postponed after two matches suffered hacks.
Eric Barone drops the biggest Stardew Valley 1.6 update patch note yet: A new Meadowlands farm type with 'chewy blue grass that animals love' and some bonus chickens too
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news One day before the release of the Stardew Valley 1.6 update, Eric Barone has dropped the biggest patch note yet.
A year after being removed from Steam, Dark and Darker is coming to the Epic Games Store
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news The extraction-dungeon crawler still isn't back on Steam, but the Epic Store page is live now.
Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will add a 1-week honeymoon period for newly-married players that will keep their spouses 'from laying in bed all day due to being upset'
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news The slow drip of 1.6 patch notes continues.
Baldur's Gate 3 wins again: It was the most-played game on Steam Deck over the past 12 months
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news The list of the top 100 most-played games on Steam Deck contains some genuine surprises (but Baldur's Gate 3 isn't one of them).
Along with fixing a glitch that's been bugging players for 8 years, Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will also fix a glitch that's been bugging Eric Barone for 8 years
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news This one is about combat.
Nightingale devs are 'not happy' with the current state of the game, fixes for disconnections are coming—but the offline mode still doesn't have a timeline
By Andy Chalk published
news Inflexion Games boss Aaryn Flynn says developers are "building our plans for the next phase of the game."
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Spring Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
Deals We've combed the first big Steam sale of the year for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
Destiny 2: Into the Light, the two-month series of updates leading into The Final Shape, begins on April 9
By Andy Chalk published
news Three livestreams in March and April will reveal more about what's coming.
Epic is having a spring sale too, and to get things started it's giving away Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for the first time
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news Epic Rewards have been boosted to 10% for the duration of the sale.
The next big D&D videogame is a survival-life sim from the makers of Disney Dreamlight Valley
By Andy Chalk published
news Smoochable Karlach probably isn't going to happen, but even so I kind of like this idea.
The Steam Spring Sale is live
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news One of Steam's big seasonal blowouts is now underway.
Embracer Group sells off Space Marine maker Saber Interactive and most of its studios for $247M, but the price could go a lot higher
By Andy Chalk published
news Most of the studios operating under the Saber brand are included in the sale, but some big names are staying behind.
Summer Game Fest returns to fill the E3-shaped hole in our hearts on June 7
By Andy Chalk published
news The 2024 event will be a two-hour showcase of "what's next in videogames."
42 games from legendary British indie Jeff Minter's psychedelic back catalogue are now bundled with an 'interactive documentary' on Steam
By Andy Chalk published
news Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story tells the tale of one of gaming's most legendary figures.
Palworld is looking for beta testers for future updates, but warns that tests are 'not intended for free play or experiencing new content early'
By Andy Chalk published
news Serious inquiries only, please.
Star Wars Jedi director who left Respawn in 2023 to 'pursue other adventures' reveals that his other adventure is a new game studio called Giant Skull
By Andy Chalk published
news Stig Asmussen's Giant Skull is working on a "AAA single-player focused action adventure."
Stardew Valley players finally learn the truth: Eric Barone confirms that for the past 8 years, left-to-right harvesting has been 100ms faster than right-to-left harvesting
By Andy Chalk published
news No, you weren't imagining it—there's a difference in the animation speeds, and it'll be fixed in the 1.6 update.
Six months after the disastrous launch of Payday 3, Starbreeze CEO is out as the company says it needs 'different leadership' for the future
By Andy Chalk published
news Tobias Sjögren had been at the head of Starbreeze since 2020.
Ghostbusters cosmetics are coming to Destiny 2 next week because Sony owns 'em both and that's how these things work
By Andy Chalk published
news Who ya gonna call? Za-va-la!
Stardew Valley creator teases a change coming in the 1.6 update, excited conversation about fruit trees immediately ensues
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news We still don't have patch notes, but we do have a patch note.