Latest articles by Justin Wagner
You might think reimagining Washington DC as a nuclear hellscape for Fallout 3 would have been grim, but it made the lead designer want to set the next game in his hometown: 'It's just kind of fun to blow things up'
News "I guess we were immature enough to just see that angle on it."
Fallout: New Vegas lead writer worries Caesar's argument for authoritarianism 'was done a little too well,' but still believes 'you can't just make your tyrants cardboard villains'
News Fascism's foothold in the wasteland mirrors the way it spreads in the real world.
Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames'
News Minus one victory lap for the J'RPG.
Google killed support for the Dreamcast web browser after 25 years
news There are plenty of homebrew solutions to get your Dreamcast online, but surfing the web will be a bit harder.
The New Blood-published 'immersive stealth FPS' Blood West is free on Epic—but only for 24 hours
News Just in case you thought Thief was a little light on eldritch horror.
Nobody can agree what an 'immersive sim' is, but OG Fallout lead Tim Cain has his own definition: 'The very elements that make something an immsim are the ones that I also think make good RPGs'
News Lots of games are immersive, lots of games are simulations, but which ones nail both qualities a la Deus Ex?
Valve has quietly discontinued the last LCD Steam Deck model
News A disclaimer on the Steam Deck page notes that no more would be made once sold out, and, well, they went pretty fast.
Silent Hill f's lead actor was worried her first stream of the game would 'end with an apology press conference,' but she ended up loving it and got millions of viewers
News Konatsu Kato didn't consider herself much of a gamer before the stream, but the response from fans was overwhelmingly positive.
Peak just added an in-game concert starring rapper bbno$, but it's gone tomorrow
News Aggro Crab called the celebration "not just a shameless clout moment," but also a "thank you" to its community.
RPG dev pushes back against Steam review AI accusations: 'We poured years of our lives into this game and only worked with real human artists on everything'
News Shrine's Legacy has been getting attention on social media after the developer responded to a flagrant Steam review.
Love wins: This woman has 'married' a cardboard cutout of Kazuma Kiryu from the Like a Dragon games
news Beat me to it.
This roguelite claims to have the dubious honor of being 'the world's first fully playable game created 100% through AI' in a milestone for slop everywhere
News Codex Mortis was "100% vibe-coded" over three months using a mix of generative AI tools.
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a second public shout-out to Clair Obscur after its Game Awards sweep: 'A source of great pride for Montpellier and for France'
News The J'RPG is taking another victory lap in the public eye after its historic night.
This '90s CG render-core 3D platformer is finally out in early access after 'five years of hermetic grinding' from its solo dev
News Eternity Egg has surreal schmovement and an arresting art style.
Prolific voice actor Jim Ward, whose credits include Knights of the Old Republic, New Vegas, Grim Fandango, and more, has died
News Ward's acting career spanned dozens of videogames, including his role in Ratchet & Clank as Captain Qwark.
Capcom says it wants Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney to be 'core IPs' like Monster Hunter and Street Fighter: '[We] recognize the need to grow our pipeline going forward'
News Sorry if you were expecting Bionic Commando.
A Red Dead Redemption 2 fan conducted an in-game census to test Rockstar's historical accuracy and found it wasn't half bad: 'It's videogame-ified in a lot of ways, but not as much you might guess'
News The horse testicles aren't for nothing.
Here are the top 20 most wishlisted games on Steam as we charge headfirst into 2026
Wishlist list It's time to turn the page for PC gaming.
Players are piling in to the Guild Wars remaster, and it's giving the servers trouble: 'Demand for Guild Wars Reforged blew past our projections'
News The online RPG still has a loyal niche.
Tom Morello worked on a song for Final Fantasy 14's latest raid tier after finding out the game's composer was a huge Rage Against the Machine fan
News They rally 'round the Black Mage, with a pocket full of spells.
Fan community announces it will revive Unreal Tournament 2004 with Epic's blessing: 'We're doing this for free because we're fans of the game and we like a challenge'
News Instagibs are back on the menu.
Ella Purnell shuts down theories that a romance between Lucy and the Ghoul is coming: 'You guys need therapy'
News "You can't fix him," she added.
Netflix sells the studio behind Cozy Grove back to its original owners, freeing the studio to bring its mobile life sim to other platforms
News Spry Fox is an indie once again.
