Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Deadlock goes full second breakfast by having another, secret playtest tucked inside the first one—with all-new heroes and a redesign of everyone's favourite gargoyle gal
News Yes, we've had first leaked playtest. But what about second leaked playtest?
Analyst claims Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is selling twice as fast as any other recent JRPG has on Steam—and it's got me wondering what the secret sauce is
News Looks like PC gamers love Clair Obscur (hi, I'm PC gamers).
'I'd say chances are good': While the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team is still figuring out where to go next, DLC is likely
News Sandfall's not out of paint just yet.
There's another Pathfinder 2e bundle on Humble with nearly $700 of books for $57, including an adventure that'll let you go full Mortal Kombat with your friends
News Test your might.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's publisher says Oblivion Remastered 'didn't seem to harm us at all', in fact, it may have helped: 'Everybody was thinking and talking about the genre'
News Sometimes you get lucky, and players are just happy to have two cakes.
Silksong got a release date for an Australian museum exhibit before anything else, and I wish I was kidding
News But hey, there's a new sprite sheet, at least.
Foundry VTT creator does what Hasbro won't with D&D, trashes the idea of AI in tabletop roleplaying game industry as a 'betrayal'
News "A betrayal of the creative people who made the TTRPG industry what it is."
WoW's idea to clamp down on combat add-ons is misguided, especially since it could keep improving its base experience without, uh, doing that
ADD-ONS, GOING, GONE Blizzard is playing with forces I'm not sure it fully comprehends.
PC gaming can't stop getting Ws, as Microsoft shares it's being weighed down by console and hardware revenue woes
News We're having a sensible chuckle from our (ivory) gaming towers.
A murder-mystery horse MMO baffled me so much that I spoke to gaming's resident horse expert—turns out they've been holding out for their Stardew Valley moment for years, and I'm on their side
NEIGH BOTHER "The genre didn't grow up with us," says consultant and prolific horse game appreciator Alice Ruppert.
Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like
News She's taking it better than I would, that's for sure.
Donkey Kong 64 composer shares why Nintendo didn't credit him in the Super Mario Bros. Movie for the DK rap—it owns the song, and didn't want to
News "They're all the performers on the track. So they're all in the movie uncredited."
Dragon Age creator says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is 'kind of to JRPGs what Baldur's Gate 3 was to CRPGs'
News David Gaider's among the spellbound for Sandfall's latest hit.
Larian's Swen Vincke says AI-obsessed studios won't 'have a competitive advantage', because those tools are 'gonna be what's available to everybody'
News Vincke says that all games'll need the human touch, even if AI's been useful for early prototyping and annoying busywork.
Baldur's Gate 3's new Giant Barbarian is beating out one of D&D 5e's oldest powergamer builds, making Karlach the MVP of my second Honour Mode playthrough
BIGGER, BETTER Giant woman, big damage.
It's official, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a hit—selling over 1 million copies in 3 days and beating Metaphor: ReFantazio's Steam peak despite being on Game Pass
News Sacré bleu!
Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes 'Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry' because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now
News Honestly, I kinda get it.
Baldur's Gate 3's excellent new photo mode is full of details, dances, and poses for your cat—as well as 7 different ways to vogue, because why not
News Subclasses? New builds? I'm out here voguing in the Forgotten Realms.
Former BioWare producer says Baldur's Gate 3's impact on game dev will be 'somewhat muted' thanks to industry convention, and I can't help think we've got it all backwards
News "A perfect storm of factors, working together, to make this game work."
Capcom gets a very special award from the Japanese government for having 6,000 worldwide trademarks
News Who's a good corporate legal engine? You are!
Is Dawntrail the FF14 equivalent of WoW's Shadowlands expansion? No, it's more boring than that
RISING TIDE Nothing ever happens.
Baldur's Gate 3 just got the Hexblade, one of D&D's most OP multiclass options, and it's still the best 1-level dip you could possibly take
News You've got to get SAD!
I'm a Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode sicko, and these are the 4 new subclass builds I'm most excited for in Patch 8
Baldur's Buildz Permanent Hexblade Economy
