Latest articles by Justin Wagner
Kickstarter rolls back new mature content guidelines after week of backlash
News The crowdfunder's payment processor, Stripe, "can still suspend a campaign that Kickstarter has approved."
Diablo 2 players made nearly 2 million warlocks in a single month
News Like the lord of terror himself, Diablo 2 has a remarkably long tail.
The best birding board game on PC is getting a sequel about dragons, which are like cooler birds
News Roseate spoonbill son or shaly rockbreaker daughter?
Deadlock's latest 'small update' yet again remixes basic mechanics and rebalances most of the roster
News It'll be harder to claim the soul urn without a fight, and the midboss spawns at match start.
Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands' art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: 'Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit'
News Borderlands' distinct comic book aesthetic was the result of a last-minute bet.
Nintendo 64 emulator just implemented rollback netcode for the entire library: 'It was honestly not that hard'
News A smashing idea.
Terraria devs reveal the game's average playtime on PC is over 100 hours as it passes 70 million copies sold
News The 2D survival hit continues to rake in the dough on Steam.
Lego racing game 2K Drive will be delisted next week, but online multiplayer won't shut down until next year
News It released just three years ago.
Claims that Mixtape will be delisted over music licenses are 'a lie,' says publisher
News The developer paid for perpetual music licenses to avoid that problem.
Ancient MMO Final Fantasy 11 still has new things on the horizon 24 years after launch
News The other Final Fantasy MMO is still doing its thing.
Check your inbox: Steam Controller reservations are coming through
News Not everyone got an email, but if you did, you'll have to act fast.
Friendslop approaches total cultural victory as co-op hit Gamble With Your Friends sells 1 million copies in one week
news Let's go gambling!
This Team Fortress 2 zombie mod looks so good, we almost thought it was official
news Left 4 Dead 3 or Mann vs. Machine 2?
Darkest Dungeon studio refuses to AI generate deceased narrator's voice despite his permission: 'I would never, ever erode his incredible and timeless performances'
news Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today.
An unofficial PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess just released
news Twilight Princess has escaped its containment on Nintendo consoles.
Pearl Abyss marketing director says Crimson Desert's rapid 'live service' patch cadence is business as usual for an MMO studio: 'That is not normal in the industry. That is normal here'
News "The DNA of the company is inherent in listening to players."
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain once proposed a first-person time-travel RPG where you could assassinate historical figures and create paradoxes
News "One, visit 15 different time periods. Two, meet interesting historical figures. Three, kill them."
Final Fantasy 14 player harnesses the power of furniture slots to make their in-game house look like Pragmata
News "Increased placement limit is the best!"
Double Fine is the latest team at Microsoft to unionize
news The studio behind Psychonauts and Keeper has filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board.
How a '90s Zelda PC port became a fangame factory, turning one legend into a thousand
Classic Quest The story of ZQuest Classic, the fangame factory that turned one legend into over a thousand more.
A Utah age verification law targeting VPN users goes into effect this week
News It's the first US state to explicitly target VPN use with its age check legislation.
Nearly 40 years after launch, NetHack just got a 5.0.0 release with over 3,000 patch notes
News Decades on, the pioneering roguelike continues to get updates.
XCOM is getting a miniatures game from the company that brought Fallout to tabletop
News Plastic tactics.
