Latest articles by Andy Chalk
'Creepy,' 'ghastly,' 'rancid': Viewers react to leaked video of Sony's AI-powered Aloy
news The video of Aloy hooked up to OpenAI and various other systems was not meant for public consumption, and you can see why.
Split Fiction sells 1 million copies over 2 days
news 1 million over 2 days - ½. Split Fraction? Get it? No? OK.
More than 5 years after launch, Control gets a surprise patch that lets everyone play the Hideo Kojima mission
news Today's update also adds some previously preorder-exclusive cosmetics, official HDR support, and more.
The next Monster Hunter Wilds update is set to launch on March 10 and will ensure that when you chop off monster parts, the right monster parts get chopped off
news Capcom says it's "working away behind the scenes" to get Monster Hunter Wilds in proper shape.
The official Balatro Timeline documents the history of 2024's biggest game as its developer went from 'obsessed' with making it to 'shocked' at the reception
news LocalThunk's detailed account of the creation of Balatro is remarkably entertaining.
Battlefield playtest gameplay is leaking all over the internet, and fans seem cautiously but genuinely excited: 'Okay, we might be back'
news Interestingly, Electronic Arts does not appear to be putting great effort into having the gameplay clips taken down.
Following a disastrous beta test, Killing Floor 3 is delayed less than three weeks before launch: 'We've realized we missed the mark'
news Killing Floor 3 is now set to come out later in 2025.
EVE Online studio CCP Games hires former Iceland Central Bank economist for its crypto game, because nothing says 'fun' like 'removing currency controls and fostering emergent value systems'
news EVE Online had a lead economist, and now EVE Frontier does too.
Robocop: Rogue City is getting a 'standalone expansion' that sounds an awful lot like The Raid
news Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business will be out this summer.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's upcoming 1.2 update has a ridiculous 34 pages of patch notes
news Sexy haircuts and premature death are just the beginning.
Dark and Darker delisted again, this time from the Epic Games Store
news Ironmace isn't sure what happened but says the removal seems to be the result of an "ongoing legal dispute."
The tough luck continues in Dead in Antares, the newest addition to the long-running series about people trying not to lose their heads in bad situations
news The third game in the Dead In survival sim series will be out later this year.
Firaxis says it's 'entering our Sukritact Age' as it hires popular modder to work on Civilization 7
news The community is awfully happy about this one.
Cities: Skylines 2's asset editor remains a distant dream: Colossal Order is still working on it but says it's 'proven more technically challenging than initially anticipated'
news More than a year after Cities: Skylines 2 launched on PC, there's still no release target for the asset editor or the console versions of the game.
Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed Shadows preload and unlock times
news If you're on Xbox, you could be preloading right now, but the rest of us have to wait.
The Witcher show finally adds a character exclusive to the games, too bad he's 'exceptionally loathsome and arrogant'
news Roderick de Wett is a deep cut from the original Witcher RPG.
'He came. And now he must go,' and that's why Pinhead is leaving Dead by Daylight in April
news Behaviour Interactive is offering a "last chance" discount on the famed Cenobite before his departure.
Monster Hunter Wilds sells 8 million copies in 3 days, 'the fastest any game has done so in Capcom’s history'
news Despite serious performance problems on PC, the new Monster Hunter is a big hit.
Legendary 1990s publisher Acclaim is back from the dead, and a pro wrestler famous for clobbering people with a guitar is on its advisory board
news Acclaim aims to "support indie developers and reignite classic franchises," with funding, marketing, and PR support.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake is real, and it's coming in July with new skaters, parks, music, and more
news The classic skating sim is being "remade from the ground up" by Iron Galaxy Studios.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced launch is going poorly or well depending on how you look at it: It's got a 'mixed' rating on Steam and is one of the most-played games
news The original GTA 5 is still among Steam's most-played games too.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker suspended after saying Republicans would 'kill Rick Scott' if they really cared about Medicare fraud
news Rick Scott is a former governor of Florida and current senator from the state.
Just 2 weeks before the release of its next game, another studio falls victim to the relentless drive to be 'agile'
news After 14 years of operation, Studio Fizin's next game will also be its last.
