
Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
Latest articles by Rich Stanton

Hero coder finds bug in Lunar Lander after 55 years—'I suspect everybody else was just happy to play the game and have fun'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Digging in, I was amazed by the sophisticated physics and numerical computing in the game."

As the newly released World of Warcraft was dominating the 2000s, Blizzard's then-president had his own priorities—working on StarCraft 1 patches
By Rich Stanton published
NEWS The Blizzard co-founder couldn't keep away from the RTS classic.

Bill Gates has written a book about his childhood called, you guessed it, Source Code
By Rich Stanton published
news He plans two further volumes, one about Microsoft and another about philanthropy.

Terraria creator has a new 'no questions asked' refund policy: 'Personally defeat me in PvP'
By Rich Stanton published
news Unfortunately he's quite good at it.

Metal Gear Solid Delta's producer is up for the challenge of reviving one of gaming's greatest series, and wants fans along for the ride: 'Please keep watching, and keep us honest'
By Rich Stanton published
news Kept you waiting, huh.

Helldivers players now have to choose between unlocking a sweet new weapon or going in to save a 'Hospital for Very Sick Children'
By Rich Stanton published
news We're going to save the kids, right? Right?!?

Our 13 favorite games from the 2024 summer gaming showcases
By Tyler Wilde published
best in show After seeing what felt like hundreds of games, we've picked a few that really stood out.

Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but finds it mind-boggling some still take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Quentin Tarantino talked to me for five hours about why Starship Troopers is one of the best movies ever made."

Casper Van Dien says Helldivers 2 may be 'a good tribute' but now he's Johnny Rico again, and Starship Troopers fans better 'come in here and help us kill some damn bugs—Yeah!'
By Rich Stanton published
news "This is what I'd be playing anyhow, because this is my world."

'83 is a milsim going for 'accessible realism' in a timeline where the Cold War exploded
By Rich Stanton published
PCGS From veteran devs behind the likes of Red Orchestra and Squad.

Fumes is Mad Max meets Robot Wars and I am very much here for that
By Rich Stanton published
PCGS Who doesn't want a car with a flamethrower on the roof?

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's latest showcase almost makes it look like they forgot to put a game in there
By Rich Stanton published
news And what game there is... well, let's reserve judgement.

I didn't want to get my hopes up about Metal Gear Solid Delta, but Konami's somehow done it
By Rich Stanton published
news I'm still in a dream.

Hogwarts Legacy has a director's cut coming, and it may well spell the end for Suicide Squad
By Rich Stanton published
news This will make sense, I promise.

Counter-Strike pro somehow gets banned for life twice after stealing other players' SSDs at IEM Dallas, blames the ganja
By Rich Stanton published
news Another one bites de_dust.

Trackmania players have been trying to complete a challenge map so ludicrously hard there's a $30,000 prize for reaching the top, and over a month after release no-one's done it
By Rich Stanton published
news Even watching someone race on Deep Dip 2 is rage-inducing.

Developer of the latest anime gacha hit apologises 5 times for launch issues in a single letter and doles out in-game treats like candy
By Rich Stanton published
news You get some crystal solvents, and you get some crystal solvents too!

After the supposedly final flourish of 1.6, Stardew Valley creator says 'I could keep working on the game forever' and is 'not going to say the book is closed'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I'm not going to say [there's] no chance for future updates. That would be foolish."

While everyone else gets hyped about Fallout, Todd Howard is promising some 'really good updates' for Starfield
By Rich Stanton published
news Don't you forget about me.

AI researchers find AI models learning their safety techniques, actively resisting training, and telling them 'I hate you'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We don't currently have a good defense against deception in AI systems."

The first Diablo and Warcraft games just appeared on Battle.net
By Rich Stanton published
news Kinda surprised they weren't on there already.

George Carlin's estate sues over ghoulish AI routine featuring the late comedian's likeness and, surprise surprise, turns out it was written by a human
By Rich Stanton published
news I can take a few guesses at what Carlin would say about this.

Power-crazed boffin gets Doom running through the medium of gut bacteria
By Rich Stanton published
news Eat this!
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