Latest articles by Rick Lane
Phasmophobia's latest update introduces a spooky diner, bringing the game one step closer to its 1.0 launch
News Nell's Diner is on the smaller side for Phasmo maps, but it's also one of the densest yet.
CD Projekt's co-CEO says The Witcher 2's momentous midgame choice was an 'experiment' and now regards it as a 'waste of resources'
News The developer "brought totally something new" for The Witcher 3.
Fallout 4's Creations Bundle stumbles from the Vault to Mostly Negative reviews, as players lament the pack 'does not work' and 'made the game buggier'
News Bethesda breaking its own game? Surely not.
PC gaming's best free multiplayer shooter continues to be preposterously generous, with its latest update adding 50 new maps, custom music and more: 'We definitely want Straftat to live as long as possible'
News You've gotta love the Lemaitre brothers.
Todd Howard says that Fallout 4's cinematic dialogue system 'really did not resonate' with players, even though Bethesda 'spent forever' working on it
News "A lot of players were like, 'That's not the voice I hear in my head'."
'The unimaginable has happened'—Dune: Awakening's player count drops below Funcom's other survival game released eight years ago, as engagement with Arrakis dries up
News Conan Exiles currently has more players—though there is a big caveat.
Leaked PlayStation store files suggest that Sony could be exploring cross-buy between PC and PS5
News Files reveal "Cross-Buy" and "PC/PS5" symbols.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, one of the PC's best spaceship strategy games, 'will no longer be available for purchase on any platform' as of next week
News Another Slitherine-published game bites the dust.
No Man's Sky is rerunning all of its expeditions from 2025, while also giving players another chance to add Mass Effect's Normandy to their spaceship collection
News "Much more content planned and in active development" for 2026.
Terminator 2D: No Fate has been pushed back a second time, as its publisher scrambles to assemble physical copies after tariff-induced shipping woes: 'We are sincerely sorry for the repeated delays'
News The 16-bit throwback will now release in December.
Rust doubles down on its 'controversial' meta changes by wiping everyone's crafting blueprints to 'bring back that sense of discovery', and it might become a regular thing
News The latest update also adds mini-fridges and lets you use medical syringes on horses.
How a former NASA employee became the world's foremost author of videogame cookbooks: 'It can't look like you're eating a Pokémon'
Grilled Wars Victoria Rosenthal has written recipe books based on Fallout, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy 14, and many more.
The weirdest FPS of the decade just got a free, standalone PvP mode that's a blast if you can keep your lunch down
News Duelling as biblically accurate angels is sick, but may also make you feel sick.
After Helldivers 2 stole its thunder, Starship Troopers: Extermination is now cribbing from Arrowhead's worksheet by adding airstrikes in its next update
News Update 1.8 will also add a group progression system and an ice-themed map.
The roguelike's unstoppable conquest of gaming continues with Age of Empires 4's latest DLC, and players declare the invasion successful: 'It may be my new favourite way to play'
News The Crucible challenges you to hold out against endless waves of foes in Dynasties of the East.
Underrated avian action adventure The Falconeer just got a free remaster that overhauls 'literally everything' about it: 'I hope and pray this remaster shows the dedication I have for my games'
News The developer overhauled the game to recover from burnout, which is an unusual remedy.
Counter-Strike 2 has a fancy new feature that makes demo playbacks 'match the player's original experience much more closely'
News "TrueView provides a more accurate representation of the observed player's experience."
Revenge of the Savage Planet director isn't happy with the sequel's revenue, despite it bringing in millions of players on Xbox Game Pass: 'If you give stuff for free, what you've done is told people not to pay for it'
News Revenge of the Savage Planet director thinks the industry's obsession with free games and subscription services is 'existentially dangerous'
Football Manager 26 launches straight into a relegation battle as Steam reviews plummet to Mostly Negative: 'Been playing since 1993 and this is the worst one'
News "The polish the game has for a full priced release is an absolute scandal."
EA's bug-blasting mission in The Sims 4 continues, with its latest patch preventing Sims from WooHoo-ing in broken steam rooms and rampaging werewolves from getting distracted by Tiktok
News Full steam ahead.
Study says only 72% of game developers reckon that Steam has a monopoly on PC games, and even with some big caveats, it makes me wonder what the other 28% are thinking
News Most of the developers surveyed were C-suite level.
Civilization 7's latest update brings a sweeping balance pass and a broadside of naval mechanics, while Firaxis offers Blackbeard for free as a 'special thanks' to players
News A Teaching moment.
Dwarf Fortress' Siege Update is out now, renewing Bay 12 Games' quest to create a simulation more complex than life itself
News Revamps how enemies attack your fortress, and how you can defend it.
