Harvey Randall

Harvey Randall

Staff Writer

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 17: Hideo Kojima attends the UK premiere of "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" at the BFI IMAX Waterloo on May 17, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
Hideo Kojima wants to 'continue to focus on making games' at 63, even as 'the time I have decreases'

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News "I need to constantly scrutinize how I use my time and how I live my life."

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The Discord logo is displayed on a smartphone screen and on a computer screen in Athens, Greece, on April 17, 2024. (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
As Take-Two seeks IP addresses and phone numbers of thousands in GTA 6 subpoena, Discord says it's not been served the order just yet

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News "We'll evaluate the validity and scope before responding."

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The cast of the upcoming movie, The Guild: Ren Faire'd, gather on a couch to pitch their film to the masses.
'The Guild' movie revival becomes highest-funded Kickstarter film ever, filling me with millennial nostalgia and making me very nervous

By Harvey Randall Published

News Massively multi-funded online roleplaying movie.

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ANKARA, TURKIYE - NOVEMBER 21: In this photo illustration, OpenAI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of the logo of Twitch in Ankara, Turkiye on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Twitch hit with class-action lawsuit over Amazon AI training: 'Twitch sent no email, displayed no pop-up notification, and made no announcement'

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News The system was opt-out because "nobody would opt in," admitted Twitch's chief product officer.

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Players in Stars Reach mine an asteroid together.
SWG lead's new MMO, Stars Reach, almost lost me—until I met an animal conservationist mayor

By Harvey Randall Published

SPACED OUT Too much space to grow.

SPACED OUT
Ekko from 2XKO
2XKO's shutdown has me feeling glum about Riot's future MMO—because I don't think the genre can survive corporate cut-and-run tactics

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KNOCKOUT FALL 2XKO was losing money, but that doesn't mean it wasn't worth it.

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KNOCKOUT FALL
Meteor Survivor from Final Fantasy 14 leaps through a portal during Evercold's new expansion trailer.
Thanks to this Final Fantasy 14 roleplayer survey, I know exactly how basic my Warrior of Light's backstory is

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News Hey, I'm moderately unique!

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Two criminals waiting in a glossy club in Grand Theft Auto 6.
Take-Two lost $2.8 billion in market cap after GTA 6 leaks—but what's more shocking to me is it probably barely felt it

By Harvey Randall Published

News Small pennies to Zelnick.

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A split image, featuring a maiden from Elden Ring: Nightreign amidst a blue aurora background, and a posing warrior drussed up in a nightgown and a strange helmet.
Miyazaki says FromSoftware obviously isn't done with singleplayer games despite the combo of Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods

By Harvey Randall Published

News "This is just something that happened to work out the way it did."

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Redfall wallpaper detail - image of a vampire
Former Arkane vets' new studio isn't going to try 'trend chasing', and in hindsight, thank God

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News Lessons learned.

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Redfall promo image - four characters and a small robot walking toward the viewer, talking amongst themselves
Redfall developers begged Microsoft to come back and finish its last patch: 'I know we don't work here anymore, but can we please release this?'

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News "We then got laid off, but we had in the pipe version 1.4."

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GTA 5 characters
Take-Two's former AI guy is, in a twist, skeptical about AI now: 'The guy should be selling you the gold if he's actually got the gold'

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News "If any of this sh*t actually did what people are billing it as, they would not be talking about it."

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Protestors with an IWGB banner outside Take-Two's London office.
Fired Rockstar workers say you shouldn't boycott GTA 6 for them: 'We spent years pouring our hard work, skill, and creativity into making GTA'

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News "That doesn't mean we want you to let Rockstar off the hook."

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A screenshot of a multiplayer victory screen at the end of a preview build of Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Star Wars: Galactic Racer's multiplayer 'tour' mode is a chaotic arcade racer spliced with a MOBA, and that somehow works brilliantly

By Harvey Randall Published

FULL CIRCUIT Going on tour.

FULL CIRCUIT
The developers of Star Citizen look somewhat sheepish, sat around a set of monitors.
Star Citizen has a disastrously laggy stream with horrendous vibes, which isn't a great look when you're past $1 billion in funding

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News "We're at time—it's your show, wrap it up."

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Gale, from Baldur's Gate 3, looks over his shoulder in a sorrowful way - with the Dungeon Master logo overlaid on top.
RPG companions need to be hateable, otherwise nobody's going to love them

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LOVE-HATE You're in this together.

LOVE-HATE
Cyberpunk 2077 screen detail
The bigwigs who want AI-generated NPCs and writing think you're too dumb to appreciate a good story—don't prove them right

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WRITE AND WRONG The delight's in the details.

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WRITE AND WRONG
Rideshare Stimulator trailer still - creepy looking dude side-eyeing out the window of his car
After a public scrap between CEO and former writer, Saber Interactive finally adds AI disclaimer to Steam page and doubles down: 'AI can and should help shape gamer experiences'

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News It's been a wild ride.

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Art of a monopoly man, promptly after breaking a disk which serves as the "0" in "2028".
Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony's move to digital-only sales: 'You won't have any choice at all'

By Harvey Randall Published

News Sony-only.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Raphael's Deal contract
Videogame lawyer says it's become 'just boilerplate' this year to include no-AI clauses in contracts: 'It's not worth the legal liability'

By Harvey Randall Published

News Looks like the law is finally catching up.

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Crimson Desert Kliff holding cat
Crimson Desert has done so well it'll be getting a DLC this year, with more details coming sooner than I expected given Pearl Abyss' breakneck pace

By Harvey Randall Published

News Pearl Abyss' new darling is getting more special treatment.

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A robot rises out of the sand in Rustbound.
Lego shut down a Bionicle fangame 8 years in the making—1 year later, its developers are back with something legally distinct and arguably cooler

By Harvey Randall Published

News Ahh, who needs a mask, anyway.

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Close-up of a masked man and woman holding guns as they enter a convenience store during a robbery
GTA 6 might not technically be $100, but it's had its cake and ate it too as pre-orders are 'skewing more to the premium edition'

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News Schrodinger's price change.

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A boss in Terraria Calamity flies, firing molten fireballs.
After 10 years, Terraria's biggest mod shuts down due to an 'irrecoverably tainted reputation' and grooming allegations

By Harvey Randall Published

News "Almost all passion we've had for the mod has been soured."

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Shade, the protagonist of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, sits poised in the driver's seat for a race.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer's singleplayer is a clever roguelike gauntlet I could easily sink hours into

By Harvey Randall Published

NOW THIS IS [RACING] Descenders, is that you, my beloved?

NOW THIS IS [RACING]
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