Latest articles by Andy Chalk
The first Minecraft movie trailer is here, and now I'm thinking the Borderlands film might not be the worst thing to happen to cinema in 2024
news A Minecraft Movie won't actually be out until 2025, but the misery has already begun.
Concord developer expresses gratitude for support following the sudden shutdown: 'For all of you reaching out with love, you are the reason we make games'
news Amidst the ugly grave dancing, Firewalk Studios is seeing love from fans and fellow developers.
Court locks in Bungie's $4.4 million win against Destiny 2 cheat maker, refuses request for a new trial
news AimJunkies had tried to get both the verdict and the award amount overturned, and failed on both fronts.
Concord is being taken offline this week as Sony looks to 'explore options' that will 'better reach our players'
news Is this the fastest game shutdown ever?
This upcoming survival game promises an unusual twist: You're an alien botanist who's crash-landed on Earth 300,000 years ago
news On a mission to save your world, you ended up stuck on ours.
Black Ops 6 will let players talk directly to their meat shield hostages, and people are already bracing for heretofore unseen levels of toxicity and abuse
news Treyarch wants players to "be nice." I want a million dollars and a pony. We'll see who gets their wish granted first.
Dustborn devs call out the 'tidal wave of hate and abuse' that's engulfed the game: 'Those who engage in such behavior will be removed from our community'
news Red Thread Games has a zero-tolerance policy for "hate speech, harassment, and threats," and is banning users who take part in it.
Demonschool, the Persona-like tactical RPG about battling demons while getting a good education, has been delayed into 2025 so developers can add 'more life and liveliness' to the game world
news Friday the 13th was a perfect release date, but "we had to delay it if we wanted to really deliver the game we wanted to give you all."
6 years after making one of our senior editors so mad he beat up a defenseless armadillo, Green Hell is ending development 'with teary eyes' and one last update
news Creepy Jar is ready to move on to its next project.
Gearbox's first Risk of Rain 2 expansion gets hammered on Steam as developer admits the PC version 'is in a really bad place'
news Seekers of the Storm, Gearbox's first crack at Risk of Rain 2, is a full-on mess.
Randy Pitchford says Tiny Tina's Wonderlands didn't get DLC because there was 'no way to do that and put the focus on Borderlands 4 that we needed to'
news The Gearbox boss says Tina Tiny was a hit, but circumstances didn't allow for more.
Just over a year after it launched on PC, Warner Bros is shutting down Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
news NetEase will continue to operate the free-to-play Potter game in Asia, but its days are numbered everywhere else.
The Witcher 4 'is nearing a major milestone' and will soon enter full production
news CD Projekt said in its new financial report that the next Cyberpunk game is coming along too.
Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett was reportedly fired by Bungie for inappropriate behavior with female employees
news Barrett was replaced as director on Marathon in March, and left the studio a month later.
CD Projekt dev explains how Geralt ended up in Balatro, and the answer will shock you: CD Projekt devs really like Balatro
news PR director Radek Grabowski says he turned a whole bunch of people onto the joys of Balatro, and "the rest is history."
Space Marine 2 reveals post-launch plans: 4 seasons of paid cosmetics and free gameplay updates including new maps, weapons, enemies, and a horde mode
news In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only DLC.
'Of course we are tired': After working for 2 years in the shadow of Russia's invasion, Stalker 2 developers see finally finishing the game as a way to tell the world, 'We are here'
news Technical producer Evgeniy Kulik says support from fans is helping the team move forward.
Geralt and Dave the Diver are in Balatro now
news The Friends of Jimbo "collaboration pack," which also includes Vampire Survivors and Among Us, is out now and free for everyone
'A violation is upon you': Valve called out for breaking its own rules with Deadlock's Steam store page
news "This is not a joke," says developer who I'm pretty sure is joking—and the best part is, he's technically correct, too.
Report says well-known videogame accessibility advocate may not have actually existed
news Susan Banks was well known in the community and co-founded the Can I Play That? website. But evidence suggests she may have been entirely fabricated.
Steam surpasses 37 million concurrent users for the first time ever thanks to Black Myth: Wukong
news Black Myth: Wukong helped drive Steam to a new concurrent user record this weekend.
Tropico 4 is free on GOG to kick off the 2024 Back to School sale
It's never been cheaper to be El Presidente.
This upcoming 'survival-action game' looks like Stalker crossed with an episode of your mom's favorite British murder-mystery show
Atomfall is due to launch in March 2025.
Despite being one of the biggest Unreal Engine 5 games ever, Stalker 2's locations are almost entirely hand-crafted: 'It took a lot of time, took a lot of effort, but we're happy with the result'
GSC Game World said it tried using procedural generation for some elements of the game, but it just didn't fit.
