Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Helldivers 2's Johan Pilestedt says developers need to start taking more risks: 'Safe bets are a death sentence for the studios that try to make them'
news Pilestedt says the game industry has a "convergence problem," and it won't find sustainable success until it breaks out of it.
A pair of Split Fiction players will be heading to Sweden for an early look at Hazelight's next game after completing a secret challenge so tough, some developers can 'barely' beat it
news Hazelight boss Josef Fares said it, and apparently he meant it.
Here's how to watch the Future Games Show 2025 Spring Showcase
news This year's showcase will feature more than 50 games, with world premieres, new trailers, developer interviews, and more.
Game developers launch North America's first industry-wide union 'to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status'
news United Videogame Workers was announced today as a local of the Communications Workers of America.
Hasbro will be ready to share news about the future of Baldur's Gate 'in pretty short order'
news Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate, but Hasbro sure isn't.
I'm creeped out by this trailer for a generative AI game about people using an AI-powered app to solve violent crimes in the year 2028 that somehow isn't a cautionary tale
news Developer Wolf Games is backed by the creative minds behind Law and Order and the One Chicago shows, because of course it is.
There's a new Portal game and it costs $12,500
news Valve's famous puzzle games are now available in pinball form, and it's really not cheap.
Former Treyarch studio co-head and Black Ops 3 director is heading up a new first-party PlayStation studio
news Jason Blundell's new operation is called Dark Outlaw Games.
Ubisoft reportedly has an anti-harassment plan in place for Assassin's Creed Shadows developers
news The leadup to the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows has been very ugly, and Ubisoft is bracing for launch day.
Sony, which is making a Helldivers 2 movie, is also making a new Starship Troopers movie, but it's not based on the Starship Troopers movie we already have
news This could be a little confusing—the new flick will apparently go back to the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel.
Ubisoft is reportedly talking to Tencent about creating a new business entity to manage Assassin's Creed and other big games
news Nothing is finalized yet, but it sounds like Ubisoft is moving toward some kind of new deal that could involve Tencent.
Another live service shooter is getting shut down, this time before it even launched on Steam
Star Wars: Hunters debuted on the Nintendo Switch in June 2024 and a Steam release was announced in November, but now the whole thing is off.
Possibility Space owners sue NetEase for $900 million over allegations it spread 'false and defamatory rumors' of fraud at the studio that ultimately forced it to close
news Possibility Space was closed in 2024 under mysterious circumstances, and the rest of Jeff and Annie Strain's Prytania Media followed not long after.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 now has Steam Workshop support, and of course one of the first mods lets you adjust the 'jiggle physics'
news The genuinely massive Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 1.2 update is now live.
Microsoft unveils Copilot for Gaming, an AI-powered 'ultimate gaming sidekick' that will let you talk to your console so you don't have to talk to your friends
news Early-stage work on the gaming-focused AI was revealed during today's Official Xbox Podcast.
Praise be to the Omnissiah! Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is officially in development
news Titus is coming back for more.
The Steam Spring Sale 2025 is here
news We should all probably go outside for a while, but we're not going to.
There's hope yet for Classic Offensive after its Steam rejection: The team behind the Counter-Strike 1.6 revival mod is in touch with Valve about its 'concerns'
news The CS:GO mod Classic Offensive hasn't come back to life, but it's not dead, either.
8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry's latest proposal is 'filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse'
news Progress has been made, but SAG-AFTRA says the two sides in the dispute are still far apart.
LocalThunk forbids AI-generated art on the Balatro subreddit: 'I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds'
news A recent kerfuffle over AI art forced the Balatro creator to get involved.
Rise of the Ronin is another crappy PC port, performance patch coming 'soon'
news Widespread problems with stuttering, low frame rates, and sub-par graphics have saddled Rise of the Ronin with a "mixed" rating on Steam.
Rebellion CEO seems kind of awed by major studios making massive videogames: 'How do you organize a game that has 2,000 people working on it?'
news Rebellion makes big games, but not that big.
Oops! Bungie rolled out Destiny 2's Rite of the Nine event three weeks early, and new loot is already dropping
news The Dungeon-themed event was supposed to go live on April 1, but it looks like someone hit the wrong button.
