Latest articles by Fraser Brown
Skyrim was 'personally rebalanced' by producer Jeff Gardiner just 2 weeks before launch: 'Well, I hope this is good'
News The lesson: don't trust AI simulations.
A Skyrim dev broke the game before launch when they made thousands of tiny ants cast individual shadows: 'Why is the game running so slow?'
News Always blame the bugs.
Fallout 76's former project lead says it's still his favourite game he worked on, but the initial reception was demoralising: 'I got yelled at in an Apple Store, I'll never forget'
News Jeff Gardiner oversaw the game's troubled launch, as well as the start of its redemption arc.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
After more than a year and 2 million sales, Alan Wake 2 is finally turning a profit for Remedy
News Alan's weird misadventure in Bright Falls sold well, but cost a hell of a lot to make.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's 'follow NPC' toggle should be mandatory in all videogames, with a jail sentence for developers not using it
Walk on This is fair and just.
We're in a golden age of spy TV shows, but I have to play a 14-year-old MMO to get my videogame espionage kicks
Redacted Hurry up and finish your Bond game, IO.
Manor Lords, the best city builder of 2024, hits 3 million sales as players continue to fill its maps with muddy medieval towns
News This milestone comes a month after it threw two new maps and bridge-building into the mix.
Paradox is the new owner of Jagged Alliance 3 and Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games
News "Expect amazing new games from us!"
EA has learned all the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it's going to be disastrous for the future of Mass Effect 5—if it even has a future
Dead service No EA RPG is safe from the publisher's obsession with live service.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 live launch coverage – Reviews, performance analysis and all the latest news
Live Suit up—we're going to medieval Bohemia.
8 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tips that will help you become Bohemia's next top knight
Knight school Start your medieval misadventure the right way.
Since Path of Exile's expansion has been delayed, players are instead getting a month-long event featuring 'whacky ideas that never quite made it off the brainstorm board'
News Grinding Gear Games promises "unhinged ideas" which it will reveal soon.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's guns are very, very bad, but that's what makes them so fun: 'We knew it was going to be a meme weapon, but we were cool with it'
News Unwieldy, imprecise and silly—I love 'em.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's developer is 'fed up' of being dragged into the culture war: 'It seems like someone is always trying to brand us somehow, and we are just trying to make a cool videogame'
News The medieval RPG is much more interested in a different kind of war. One with trebuchets and swords.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is already getting a live-action movie from the folks behind the Tomb Raider and Just Cause adaptations, even though the RPG isn't out yet
News It's now on the hunt for a director and cast.
The OG Dying Light is giving away its first DLC in more than 4 years for free, and it's very shiny
News And there's more coming to both games as Techland celebrates the series' 10th anniversary.
While I'm trapped indoors by one of the UK's worst storms, I'm enjoying one of my favourite pastimes: trudging through gnarly weather in videogames
Weather report Bring a coat.
The RTS genre might be in a bit of a state, but at least you can pick up these 10 classics for $30 in the Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest before it ends soon
Budget battles I can't think of a better way to spend the weekend.
Endless Legend 2, the sequel to Amplitude's sublime 4X, is finally coming, and it's fully leaning into the joy of exploration: 'It is a feeling that will stick with you until the end'
Exclusive Conquer a new world with some familiar faces.
Former Arkane designer says Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim, and while it didn't meet Bethesda's sales expectations, the series' reputation still 'saved the studio'
News But that didn't stop Bethesda from eventually putting the series on ice.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is technically functional on Steam Deck, but it's a terrible way to play
Adjust expectations There are so many great JRPGs that you should play on the go; this isn't one of them.
