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
Counter-Strike gives the people what they want: 'Fine'
By Rich Stanton published
news Players can now switch between holding their weapons on the left or right side.
Helldivers 2 players complete another major order by the skin of their teeth, and some can't help but feel Joel's going easy on them
By Rich Stanton published
news Still, we did scrap an awful lot of bots.
It took 30 years, but a speedrunner's finished Doom 2's opening level in an unbelievable 4.97 seconds
By Rich Stanton published
news Hurt me plenty.
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor sails past a million sold as developers salute players' 'ravenous appetite' for space dwarf content
By Rich Stanton published
news Rock and stone and lots of cash.
Grand Theft Auto 5 actor 'shot some stuff' with Rockstar for a 'James Bond Trevor' expansion that never happened
By Rich Stanton published
news "We shot some stuff and then it just disappeared and [Rockstar] never did it, and they never followed up on it."
A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century
By Rich Stanton published
news The cheat remained hidden in Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness for 25 years.
Blizzard says it does pay attention to the 'shoutiest of the shouty' but WoW's Plunderstorm mode 'is not a failure'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We kind of expected it: it's PvP."
What we want to see in Fallout season 2: Deathclaw fights, aliens and a lot more Norm
By Fraser Brown published
Back to the Wasteland Our hopes and dreams for the second season.
Helldivers 2 CEO says after success, the goal now is simple—'make this the best live game you've ever played'
By Rich Stanton published
news Now that's patriotism.
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.
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase is back with a bang this June, and here's where and when to watch
By Rich Stanton published
news Featuring over 40 games.
CDPR says the Witcher 4 is being 'intensively worked on' but Cyberpunk 2's still in the 'fairly early stages'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Most managers and most directors who worked on Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty are on Cyberpunk [2]."
While everyone else is getting re-acquainted with Fallout, this maniac's bolting hundreds of mods together to turn Fallout 4 into Resident Evil 5
By Rich Stanton published
news Wesker voice: "Evil never changes."
Elon Musk returns to his ultimate galaxy brain plan for Twitter: charging people to post
By Rich Stanton published
news "The only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots."
Fan project to revive LawBreakers gets Cliff Bleszinski's backing, as he eyes the prize of somehow getting Nexon interested: 'That's what I'm hoping for'
By Rich Stanton published
news Don't call it a comeback. Mainly because you can't play it.
One of Elden Ring's nastiest bosses still has an invisible tail left over from the Dark Souls freak whose assets he's built on
By Rich Stanton published
news THIS mofo?
Helldivers 2 dev says melee weapons are a 'plausible' addition but they won't be Star Wars lightsabers: 'we don't want to be Fortnite'
By Rich Stanton published
news I just want to smash some bugs with a hammer, is that too much to ask?
WoW's Pandaria Remix feels like it's emerged from an extended Pandaren brew session in the dev room
By Rich Stanton published
news Pass the keg.
Japanese cops bust interior decorator that moonlighted selling hacked Pokémon: 'I did it to make a living'
By Rich Stanton published
news He could face up to five years in jail.
WoW made a big boi ludicrously hard to get then, after 0.24% of the playerbase managed it, made it smaller—'Blizzard literally stole half my dog'
By Rich Stanton published
news Things are getting ruff.
EA's Iron Man game is making 'excellent progress' but still sounds like it's a long way off
By Rich Stanton published
news And it sounds like the publisher's still slightly flailing around Battlefield.
Sonic co-creator found guilty of insider trading breaks silence to accuse Square Enix producer of being 'the kind of person who would submit lies to court'
By Rich Stanton published
news Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.
Dr. Disrespect calls Twitch 'slithery disgusting purple snakes' but still doesn't explain why he was permanently banned from the platform
By Rich Stanton published
news "That shit happened man and I was in a spot that I hadn't been in before emotionally."