Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Former US senator and anti-videogame crusader Joe Lieberman has died at age 82
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news Lieberman's congressional hearings into videogame violence in the early 1990s helped drive the creation of the ESRB.
Earthblade, the next game from the makers of Towerfall and Celeste, 'ain't coming out in 2024'
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news It's not technically a delay, but it is disappointing.
Stardew Valley gets another new patch that fixes the 'creepy face' bear and makes new cabins paintable
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news The Stardew Valley 1.6.3 patch is the biggest fix to the 1.6 update yet.
Call of Duty's latest crossover is somehow its most ridiculous yet: Cheech and Chong are coming to Warzone
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news They even have their own finishing move, Secondhand Smoke.
Europa, the gorgeous indie platformer about the only human awake on a terraformed moon, is delayed
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news A new launch date hasn't been set but developer Helder Pinto hopes to have Europa out sometime this summer.
Ninja reveals skin cancer diagnosis: 'Please take this as a PSA to get skin checkups'
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news The famed Fortnite streamer said doctors believe they caught and removed the melanoma in its early stages.
17 years after Hellgate: London fizzled out, one of the original creators is bringing the series back for an all-new 'triple-A' game
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news Hellgate: Redemption is now in development at new studio Lunacy Games.
Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 hero shooter in development at NetEase, testing begins in May
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news Once again, Doctor Doom is mad about something and he's making it everyone's problem.
Phil Spencer says he's open to bringing stores like Epic and Itch.io to Xbox consoles
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news Could PC digital storefronts end up on Xbox? Apparently anything is possible.
Ken Levine reveals why everyone hates you so much in Judas
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news 11 years after closing Irrational, Levine is finally opening up about his next game.
Ukraine recreates famous lost salt mine in Minecraft 'to tell the world about their history and struggle for freedom'
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news Minesalt aims to teach players about the history of what was once the largest salt producer in Europe.
Remedy's multiplayer Control spinoff won't be free to play: expect a 'lower initial price' followed by live service updates
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news The studio offered up a new look at the upcoming four-player PvE game in its latest financial report.
Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it
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news It's the 30th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the game that started it all.
Industria 2 is 'a narrative FPS to its core,' but its first-ever trailer is giving me real Half-Life 2 vibes
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news We don't go to Ravenholm, so what the hell are we doing here?
Preserving old games was seen as a non-commercial 'art project' until recently, says Nightdive director: 'They were great then and they're great now, and companies have begun to realize that'
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news Nightdive's Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman shared their thoughts on the importance of videogame history in an interview with PC Gamer at GDC.
Arkane founder teases his next project, a 'retro sci-fi first-person' game, and now I'm thinking a whole lot about the Prey sequel we never got
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news WolfEye Studios is working on something new, and it sounds vaguely familiar.
Bungie perma-bans Destiny 2 players who sent racist abuse to one of its developers during a livestream this week
By Andy Chalk published
news The hateful messages were sent after a Steam ID was accidentally revealed during the first Into The Light showcase.
Harold Halibut, the stop-motion-style story about life at the bottom of an alien ocean, gets a big new trailer and an April release date
By Andy Chalk published
news The tale of friendship, home, and a guy just doin' his best will finally be out on April 16.
Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate: 'We're going to move away from D&D and we're going to start making a new thing'
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news Larian boss Swen Vincke said the studio's ambitions are too big, and life is too short, to be making Baldur's Gate 3 expansions.
Margot Robbie's production company is making a movie based on The Sims
By Andy Chalk published
news Sul sul! Shooflee!
'America's hero, dancing around in red white and blue underwear': Black Panther trash-talks the Cap in the first trailer for Amy Hennig's WW2 Marvel game
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news Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, as it's now officially known, will be out in 2025.
Watch a bunch of game developers screaming in a public park to protest the state of the industry: 'It feels hard to be here and pretend like everything is fine'
By Andy Chalk published
news Amidst the excitement of GDC, dozens of developers shared a moment of pure catharsis.
Diablo 4's loot rework PTR begins on April 2, season 3 extended until mid-May 'to ensure that we get all the feedback'
By Andy Chalk published
news Players have been calling for a PTR for Diablo 4's new seasons, and they're finally getting one.