Latest articles by Harvey Randall
'Spitting in the face of your international audience': The Alters cops to using generative AI for background text and translations, despite not disclosing such on Steam
News AI-ters.
Crisis averted—Blizzard quickly axes busted Diablo 4 build that turned players into teleporting gods of destruction on the PTR, because it was 'basically eclipsing everything else'
News I am speed.
No more dolphin swimming or flying in Rematch—in a bug fix, Sloclap very seriously explains why levitating soccer players aren't part of its vision for the game
News It's okay, Sloclap. We understand.
Despite limping on Steam charts with a 24-hour peak of less than 200, FBC: Firebreak hits 1 million players milestone—and, let's face it, it's probably Game Pass
News A good first impression is everything.
Elden Ring Nightreign player hits 63,375 damage and keeps going until they're punished for their hubris: 'I was suddenly unable to deal any damage at all'
News Powers we were never meant to hold.
Top-10 Steam game Bongo Cat is 'actually losing us money' says dev, which is fine because it's been great for business: 'Before, we knocked on 50 doors; now, they are coming to us'
News Word of meowth.
Jagex CEO breaks glass, hits PR emergency button by promising an end to a 'tainted RuneScape 3' via microtransaction overhaul
News DEFCON 3-to-Play.
Rematch players are flopping about like schools of flying fish because—and I tested this—it's actually faster
News I foresee a hotfix in Sloclap's future.
Larian jumped to improve Karlach's ending in Baldur's Gate 3 right away, with voice actor Samantha Béart saying it was nigh-on immediate: 'As soon as it was out, I got a call'
News "People were still in the character creator."
WoW snaps up one of FF14's best features by letting players choose how many particle effects they want swamping their screens during raids
News I can see clearly now the flames are gone.
Sloclap shoots, then scores as Rematch hits 3 million players, proving there's a surprising overlap between sports and fighting game fans
News Playing footsies.
Doing a victory lap, Dune: Awakening publisher reveals that 1 million players have already huffed 6 billion grams of spice
News Dune: Awakening is now "Funcom's fastest selling game ever."
The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'
News "Companies just started taking away your purchases, nobody stopped them, and it slowly got normalised."
Modders put the Executor into Elden Ring because if FromSoftware won't give us Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2, we'll do it ourselves
News Who needs a tear?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's VA for Gustave jokes that he feels 'like a total fraud' since he spent just 4 hours in the booth—and while 'fraud' is way too harsh, Gustave's mocap actor does deserve laurels, too
News Two actors in a trenchcoat.
Lies of P: Overture devs actually rewarded for making a solid DLC in rare industry W: Getting a bonus, 2 weeks vacation, and a free Switch 2
News Finally, some good news.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.
Despite bankrolling Square Enix, 'cost' is somehow the reason Final Fantasy 14's newest raid (which has only been cleared 400 times in 23 days) wasn't given an easier version
News CS3's got its priorities all backwards.
FF14 'stalker plugin' PlayerScope shut down after creator says they were sent a cease & desist—though that's not quite the end of it
News As long as the vulnerability exists, there's a problem.
'Exciting' Red Dead Redemption news less exciting than previously thought, says John Marston actor: 'Rockstar Games makes announcements for Rockstar Games'
News "I possibly misled some people."
Oh no, I've been playing a tutorial for 55 hours: Elden Ring Nightreign's Everdark Sovereigns aren't just a health and damage boost, the Gaping Jaw's got all-new mechanics to lay us flat
News The night has just begun.
XCOM 2 is $2.40, and its excellent DLC War of the Chosen ain't far off—making the all-time tactical strategy great cheaper than takeout
News Other entries in the series are also cheap as chips, too.
Elden Ring Nightreign's relic system could learn a lot from MMOs like World of Warcraft, which figured out pure RNG loot sucks years ago
LESSONS UN-LEARNED We don't have to stay in gamba purgatory. There's a better way.
