Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Diablo boss Rod Fergusson is leaving Blizzard for a 'new adventure'
news Fergusson joined Blizzard in 2020 after a long career as head of Gears of War studio The Coalition.
Less than 2 months after releasing Tron: Catalyst, developer Bithell Games lays off the majority of full-time staff
news Studio boss Mike Bithell said the team was unable to land a "new larger scale project" to work on.
Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'
news It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.
'Consumers are not okay with okay': Take-Two boss says BioShock 4 is taking so long because the company's goal is 'to make the best entertainment, not necessarily the most entertainment'
news Despite its troubles, Strauss Zelnick promises BioShock 4 is not at risk of being cancelled.
Id Software kicks off QuakeCon with a surprise release of Heretic + Hexen, an 'enhanced' bundle with cross-platform multiplayer, mod support, and more
news One year after the Doom + Doom 2 bundle, id Software and Nightdive Studios has done it again.
It looks like Microsoft's cuts got another one: Avalanche has stopped work on its 1970s smuggling sim Contraband to 'evaluate the project's future'
news Contraband was announced in 2021 as a partnership between Avalanche Studios and Xbox.
Embracer brings original Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane back from the dead for 'the next evolution in rhythm gaming'
news RedOctane Games is being headed up by Guitar Hero veteran Simon Ebejer, and includes original founders Kai and Charles Huang as "advisors."
Sony has seen enough: 3 years after acquiring Bungie, Sony says the days of independence are 'getting lighter' and its future 'is to become part of PlayStation Studios'
news Bungie was intended to operate as an "independent subsidiary" when it was acquired in 2022, but that hasn't worked out.
I hate boss fights and you'll never convince me they're good (because they're not)
Gripes Week Boss fights are a tedious holdover from a long-ago era, and we'd all be better off without them.
Battlefield 6 producer insists the game's 'cool' and 'relatable' PMC villain and its quest to destroy the US has no deeper meaning: 'We needed two factions'
news Here we go again.
Humble Bundle's new Warner Bros. collection has 15 really good games, plus Suicide Squad, for just $12
news Arkham, Mortal Kombat, Injustice, Fear, and more—it's a really good deal from a time when Warner didn't suck.
My speakers automatically go into standby mode and it's driving me mad
Gripes Week These are very nice speakers, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to smash them into pieces with a hammer.
Indie horror game rejected by Steam releases for free instead: 'This is our response to being censored, and our rejection of the idea that horror can be defined as acceptable or not'
News Despite containing no uncensored nudity or sex acts, Vile: Exhumed was banned on Steam just ahead of its planned release in July.
'We didn't vote for ChatGPT': Prime Minister of Sweden admits he uses AI chatbots for 'second opinions' and an awful lot of people are not happy about it
news Ulf Kristersson caused a stir with his admission that he uses chatbots to help with decisions "quite often."
Kingmakers, the medieval combat sim with tanks and M16s, warns that guns don't always win knife fights: 'Not all of your bullets will have an easy time taking down all enemy types'
news The very first Kingmakers dev blog lays out Redemption Road's approach to the game's strategic elements.
It's a bad day for BioShock fans: BioShock 4 studio heads have been removed as development struggles, while a BioShock remake in development has been cancelled
news 2K executives are reportedly not happy with the state of the next BioShock.
The Elder Scrolls Online 'isn't going anywhere,' new ZeniMax boss says: 'The studio is continuing to work hard on new features, adventures, and improvements'
news It's been a month since Microsoft cancelled a new MMO in development at ZeniMax, a move that coincided with the departure of former studio president and TESO director Matt Firor.
Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
news Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.
GOG wracked by massive electoral fraud as Digimon World fans flood Dreamlist voting with fake ballots
news Scandal at the ballot box!
If the Mafia: The Old Country system requirements weren't too demanding for you already, a whopping new 'Epic' spec has been added for 'the absolute best visual fidelity'
news Mafia: The Old Country's detailed PC system requirements and feature set are here.
Zombies are on the lawn again: Plants vs. Zombies is coming back with a 'Replanted' remaster featuring the original campaign plus new game modes, co-op and PvP support, and more
news I've been waiting so long for this.
'Brazen infringement': Epic's being sued over a Fortnite dance again, and the odds do not appear to be in its favor this time
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Bloober Team's psychological horror hit The Medium is being made into a movie by the guy who helped head up the Until Dawn film
news Screenwriter and director Gary Dauberman says The Medium "is a natural for a feature film adaptation."
