Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall
![Elphelt in Guilty Gear: Strive grins as she prepares to strike a pose.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bLwuR9UESjYEhqeaGJwLGJ-320-80.png)
Guilty Gear: Strive's anime gets a full trailer and a release window for April, and I'm just hyped to see my girl Elphelt having a good time
By Harvey Randall published
News Rub-a-dub.
![Aloy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dSUzZiHSQCfGBavVDh6hK8-320-80.png)
Sony gets people scratching their heads after region-locking purchases of Horizon Forbidden West, 10 entire months after its initial release
By Harvey Randall published
News Despite the unpopularity of Sony's PSN moves, the region-locking proceeds apace.
![Chai, the protagonist of Hi-Fi Rush, sits slumped against a console with his eyes dulled.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4G722r3U72n2oxARzsFDL-320-80.png)
It's still grim out there, even if you aren't AAA: Industry report claims that 1 in 10 respondents were laid off in 2024—with 'narrative' roles taking the biggest overall hit
By Harvey Randall published
News The unprecedented layoffs will continue until morale improves.
![Hollow Knight: Silksong — Hornet, the heroine of the Hollow Knight sequel, leaping into action.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/62srSqZfJbdeavBLazN3sn-320-80.jpg)
The cake was a lie, but Silksong 'is real, progressing and will release' say devs, after flurry of conspiracy theories revealed to be a 'nothingburger'
By Harvey Randall published
News Napoleon was not, in fact, dynamite.
![An image of Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong standing amidst a verdant landscape.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TVgHzPsDXJndNkLqKaaxiA-320-80.png)
1,465 consecutive days of (mostly) no Silksong news: I spoke to the Sisyphean internet hero that's kept folks informed, every 24 hours, for 4 whole years
By Harvey Randall published
News "Every new year I thought: 'This is the year.' It wasn't."
![Concord cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v57td23YYy8n3eYnnyZVBk-320-80.png)
'You can’t plan a success in this industry': Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says he would've 'tried to resist' the company's ill-fated march towards live service gambles
By Harvey Randall published
News "I'm sure they knew it's risky."
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Lace Harding looks inquisitive in a dark inn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6uxHRLn9s9HDNTwKiuX4J4-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director departs BioWare after 18 years at EA after an offer to build a new RPG she 'couldn't turn down'
By Harvey Randall published
News Corinne Busche joined EA in 2006, moving to Bioware in 2019.
![An image of Hornet from Silksong engulfed with rage.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ThYcoVdoxVUpSu6DUNwyQB-320-80.png)
The Silksong hive is buzzing over a dev tweet that sees a chocolate cake, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Imagine Dragons all pointing with red string to the April Switch 2 Nintendo Direct
By Harvey Randall published
News Ahem. SKONG!
![A pirate in World of Warcraft: Plunderstorm wears a joyous expression.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n6u4QqdMrBfYgKSjouZVmm-320-80.png)
WoW's Plunderstorm mode is back, and it just lets you buy what you want with your in-game dubloons instead of having to grind
By Harvey Randall published
News Yahar, matey.
![Skyrim intro cinematic skill - Hey, you. You're finally awake.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XwkaZ98ciNvyutniABhAhM-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian vet Josh Sawyer says that while 'it's not that important' if players never finish an RPG—after all, who finishes Skyrim—'we can kind of chill out' on size
By Harvey Randall published
News It is, after all, how you use it.
![Cullen from Dragon Age: Inquisition stares at the player amidst a snow-cloaked backdrop.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AfLpRUoeAkAEe2XmQATUJ7-320-80.png)
Dragon Age voice actor arrested on multiple charges over allegations, including revenge porn and harassment
By Harvey Randall published
News Jonathan Rees (Greg Ellis), who seemingly burned bridges with Bioware back in 2020, is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
![A Path of Exile 2 sorceress casting flaming skulls in a hellish landscape](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HMRK6xpxefVxP2MDgUaKmG-320-80.jpg)
'We are incredibly sorry': Path of Exile 2 devs apologise for data breach that saw 66 accounts snatched and personal info potentially stolen
By Harvey Randall published
News IP and shipping addresses, emails, and Steam IDs are among the details accessed.
![Shadowheart's eyes go white as she holds a glowing magic artifact](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/evgkd5RtjKjH5pEk9d97Ch-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 modder says the community's been making 'huge strides' towards custom campaigns: 'I think we'll see many of them refined, improved, and released this year'
By Harvey Randall published
News The gate: unlocked.
![Super Mario World](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J5tGnbE3LGFeo6th76MyxV-320-80.jpg)
An incredible $43,690 donation to Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 doubles as the most expensive nerd joke I've seen on the internet
By Harvey Randall published
News 0xAAAA.
![The director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, Todd Howard, addresses the crowd about the new Fallout video game during the Bethesda E3 conference at LA Live in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2018. - The three day E3 Game Conference begins on Tuesday June 12.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2dMFWy6TvhPKfGakRK23Gm-320-80.jpg)
'I think geniuses come up with terrible ideas, too': Former senior artist at Bethesda likens Todd Howard's struggles with complete creative control to George Lucas
By Harvey Randall published
News "If you don't have somebody to help you filter through these things and give you an honest assessment, it actually does hurt you."
![Palworld Pal hammering on rocks with a pickaxe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/89cpj5ticJKN9nDVPEMuPK-320-80.jpg)
'He was trying his best'—Palworld had a lone server guy trying to keep the game afloat during its 2 million player launch
By Harvey Randall published
News "We definitely panicked more than we should have."
![An ancient dragon opens its blazing maw, prepared to feast on the poor souls under its domain in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EsoixvHhF3ziaaGEv8HEK-320-80.png)
D&D's revised Monster Manual is aiming to provide oodles of plot hooks along with its stat blocks, and I'm already quietly stealing some for my own encounters
By Harvey Randall published
News Monstrous machinations.
![The Thing in Marvel Rivals](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NGzW7knUys7BnowscbNwvV-320-80.jpg)
Marvel Rivals starts 2025 by clobberin' the most played charts, hitting over 640,000 players on Steam alone
By Harvey Randall published
News That's around 35% more players than Helldivers 2 had in its heyday.
![Path of Exile 2 early access class key art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqAr77E6M2ejBJHk72NEeg-320-80.jpg)
Around 66 accounts in Path of Exile 2 were compromised, due to a one-two punch of an old unused Steam account and a backend bug
By Harvey Randall published
News "66 notes were deleted, so that would imply that 66 accounts were compromised."
![Nightreign knight holds his fist in menacing fashion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TqdyDzMHd8hVUmaDKoKRb9-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a closed network test, and I'm totally not fuming because PC players aren't invited to the party, or anything
By Harvey Randall published
News Here's where I'd be trying Nightreign on my console… if I had one!
![World of Warcraft The War Within screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ln5smcRP2e33sQ2uAj8jpM-320-80.jpg)
Dragonflight got WoW back on its feet, now we get to see if Blizzard can make the Worldsoul Saga run
By Harvey Randall published
REPAIR COSTS We're deep underground, but things are looking up.
![Alisaie, a side character in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, folds her arms with a confident smirk on her face.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GBmvkkAyebgpELQkiRpcza-320-80.jpg)
Final Fantasy 14 communities panic as it turns out change to blacklisting, meant to help reduce stalking, also lets players use mods to track their alts
By Harvey Randall published
News While anxiety is targeted at one mod, the information it scrapes isn't hard to find.
![The dual protagonists of Assassins Creed Shadows stand silhouetted against a setting sun.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5wguMWBFfL27qgHtbVabob-320-80.png)
Harrowing report alleges years of horrific abuse at Brandoville Studios, an Indonesian support studio that worked on Assassin's Creed Shadows and The Last of Us Remake
By Harvey Randall published
News Former employees share a shocking history of abuse, crunch, and financial control.
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