Latest articles by Fraser Brown
Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade
News Save the world on a tight budget.
Facepunch is 'talking to people' about a Rust movie: 'We definitely had interest'
News The Adventures of John Rust.
Slay the Spire 2 dev hates microtransactions, even though players would definitely pay for them: 'A lot of our players threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release'
News Mega Crit's got a lot of willpower.
Tabletop gaming saved videogame RPGs
Dungeon Master RPGs have evolved by embracing their history, and we're incredibly lucky that they did.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't a roguelike, says Konami, despite it being made by the 2 studios behind Dead Cells
News Back to basics.
It's only March, but I'm calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026's best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium
Clerical error It's more than D&D Disco Elysium, but it's also absolutely D&D Disco Elysium.
Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director says Ubisoft 'became very allergic' to new games, which contributed to a 'talent drain'
News Alex Hutchinson diagnoses the downward trajectory of his former employer.
The director of the first Assassin's Creed with naval battles found it 'bizarre' to watch Skull and Bones' agonisingly long development, because it was 'essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it'
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Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now
News Beyond Words is part of Steam Next Fest.
Krafton's new chief AI officer says the company 'uses AI as a tool to amplify human imagination and creativity, not replace it' 3 months after it announced a hiring freeze and launched a voluntary resignation programme
News Sure, buddy.
Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'
News We had to wait another year for a proper high seas adventure.
This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns
Lollapunlooza I'm easily entertained.
The best Geralt, Doug Cockle, completed The Witcher 3, got the best ending, and was driven 'bonkers' by the Bloody Baron quest
News And now we know he's got a thing for red heads.
Understandable AI paranoia has inspired a developer to change the handcrafted character art in its upcoming sim: 'They look a bit AI'
News Transport Fever 3's characters look pretty uncanny, and that's a bigger problem than it used to be.
Obsidian was 'surprised' that Avowed players bounced off one of the RPG's most important systems: 'That frustration came through loud and clear'
News Who's got time to upgrade their gear when there are adventures to be had?
Avowed's massive anniversary update adds new playable races, but they don't get any unique dialogue because there were 'no dedicated narrative people available'
News The new races are just a "mechanical distinction".
I didn't expect to kidnap alligators, save Woodstock or give people dysentery in a game called Transport Fever 3—but here we are
On the road again It's OK, I released the alligators.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG
Future crimes Owlcat's found my wishlist.
Age of Wonders 4's next expansion introduces nomadic, post-apocalyptic bunnies
news A new species, magical post-apocalyptic maps and a trio of new tomes are coming with Rise from Ruin in March.
Medieval physics romp Besiege has spent a decade letting us conquer the land and sea, so naturally its next expansion is heading to the final frontier
News Flit off into space to conquer alien worlds.
Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'
News I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.
I'm the biggest Baldur's Gate 3 fan, but the HBO TV show is filling me with dread
Baldur's irate A linear follow-up to my favourite non-linear RPG? Get outta here.
