Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Steam now requires developers to tell people when their games have kernel mode anticheat
news Valve said developers and players have both been asking for better ways to disclose the presence of anticheat software in games, so here you go.
Despite making significant changes to survival game Nightingale, developer Inflexion Games says it hasn't been 'commercially successful enough' to avoid 'dozens' of layoffs
news Inflexion says it is now "restructuring" in Canada and closing its UK office outright.
A super-smart chimp and a rat with a Tamagotchi on his ass leading a lab animal jailbreak: It's not a Disney movie, it's an upcoming first-person horror game
News Animal Use Protocol is the new game coming from the makers of Stasis: Bone Totem.
Electronic Arts chief says Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a 'return to what made BioWare great'
news The new Dragon Age game isn't out for a couple days yet, but Andrew Wilson has great expectations.
I set $5 as an arbitrary maximum price while browsing GOG's Halloween Sale, and the number of good games I got genuinely surprised me
news GOG's big Halloween Sale is live now.
Blizzard is investigating claims that upcoming Hearthstone hero skins are AI generated
news The pixel art images, which were datamined earlier this month, have now been removed, although Blizzard still has not commented on whether they were AI generated.
Concord isn't coming back, and the developer is done for too: Sony says it considered its options and apparently 'the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio'
I was wrong: Concord isn't coming back, and neither is Firewalk Studios.
Comics legend Alan Moore calls out 'reflexive belligerence' of pop culture fandom: 'Fan attitudes have toxified the world'
news Moore, widely regarded as one of the great comic book writers of all time, shared some thoughts on the nature of fandom in a new essay.
The Oregon Trail, the game about breaking your arm and dying of dysentery, is being made into an 'action-comedy' movie with musical numbers
news I predict fart jokes.
Steam's big Halloween Sale returns for 2024, and it's live now
news Steam Scream 3D, with deep discounts on spooky, scary, and silly games, runs until November 4.
After more than 10 years on Steam, DayZ sets another new concurrent player record
news The Frostline expansion launched earlier this month and by all reports it's absolutely miserable, which is apparently what DayZ players want.
US copyright law 'forces researchers to explore extra-legal methods' for game preservation, say historians who are 'disappointed' after being denied a DMCA exemption
The Video Game History Foundation had proposed rule changes that would make it easier for researchers and archivist to legally access old games.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is effectively banned in Kuwait, so Activision is issuing refunds for pre-orders: 'We remain hopeful that local authorities will reconsider'
news Actvision's latest shooter isn't approved for release in Kuwait.
Do you want to go to Boston? Because CD Projekt is looking for people to come to its studio to help test some new stuff
news CD Projekt's on-site testing program is now available in the US.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's launch trailer brings a summer blockbuster vibe to BioWare's newest RPG
news I don't know what's happening, but it's definitely happening.
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief calls out Ubisoft's 'broken strategy': If gamers need to get used to not owning games, 'developers must get used to not having jobs'
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Throne was a critical hit but didn't sell very well, and Michael Douse thinks that's entirely Ubisoft's fault.
Balatro adds new card backs from Stardew Valley, Cyberpunk 2077, Slay the Spire, and Binding of Isaac, and they're all free
Friends of Jimbo 2 is here.
For the 30th time—yes, we're still counting—Ubisoft reassures everyone that Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still happening
The long-suffering project is now under the guidance of industry veteran Fawzi Mesmar, who has taken over as creative director.
Minecraft is dropping VR support next year
news Minecraft will no longer work in PC VR and PlayStation VR headsets after a 'final update' in March 2025.
Fallout: London celebrates the near-eradication of humanity by surpassing 1 million redemptions on GOG
news Not a bad way to mark Fallout Day.
Space Marine 2 will walk back unpopular difficulty changes, public test servers are coming to help avoid hassles like this in the future
news The 4.1 patch is slated to arrive on October 24.
Monster Hunter Wilds open beta is coming next week, with a full character creator and two hunts
news The new Monster Hunter is still four months away, but you can start blasting away at innocent creatures who are just minding their own business on Halloween.
Sony carves off more of Bungie: The Creative Studios team is now officially a part of PlayStation Studios
news PlayStation Creative, formerly Bungie Creative Studios, will continue to work on Destiny 2 and Marathon, as well as all over Sony live service games.
