Latest articles by Rick Lane
'We don't see a place for microtransactions in singleplayer games', says CD Projekt Red following Dragon's Dogma 2's DLC fiasco
News Though the Cyberpunk 2077 developer doesn't rule out using them for multiplayer projects.
As restructuring ends with the sale of Gearbox, Embracer's CEO has a new plan: 'simply making better products and games'
News It's a bold strategy.
Dragon's Dogma 2's first proper patch adds a much-needed new game option and makes it easier to get a house
News Starter home.
Cyberpunk's quest director says CD Projekt Red has experimented with generative AI, but there's still a 'gigantic, really long way to go' before AI NPCs are as good as scripted characters
News "The gap in quality, specifically, is huge. It's like a canyon," says Pawel Sasko.
A demo for Final Fantasy 16 is reportedly coming to PC soon, as producer Yoshi-P says work on the port is 'going smoother than we thought it would'
News Still no confirmation of a release date, however.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor sells half a million copies in its first week of early access as developer Funday Games reveals plans for the future
News Big yields.
Bohemia Interactive reveals plans for DayZ in 2024, building toward 'a colossal milestone and an exhilarating moment you won't want to miss'
News Brand of the dead.
Temtem: Swarm is a mashup of Pokémon and Vampire Survivors in which you blast cute critters by the hundred, if you're looking for a post-Palworld slaughterfest
News Murdering adorable video game animals is all the rage these days.
A decade since it was announced, the elusive Little Devil Inside resurfaces with a new 6-minute gameplay video and an apology from its developers
News "In all efforts to making a great game, many great people have come and gone".
Assassin's Creed Mirage adds a permadeath mode that deletes your save file if you die or commit crimes
News No illusions.
Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader gets a 'gargantuan' patch that makes over 1,800 changes to the game, in an overhaul so drastic it gives you a free shot at respeccing your party
News Patch notes are 17,000 words long.
Get every Rocksteady Arkham game for the price of a takeout as Steam celebrates Bruce Wayne's birthday
News Deals on Batmobiles.
Deep Rock Galactic just got a prop hunt minigame triggered by drinking transmutative beer
News Deep Rock Kafka-ctic.
Open world Terminator survival game set for full reveal at Nacon's Connect event later this month
News Publisher showcase will also dish details on Greedfall 2 and the next Test Drive Unlimited game.
Baldur's Gate 3 player beats the game in Honour Mode by exclusively casting one of the worst spells in D&D 2,469 times
News True grit.
A Dragon's Dogma 2 demo may be on the way, if the prophecy foretold by SteamDB proves true
News But how long will it drag-on?
Helldivers 2 patch makes its absurdly hard defence events easier, but ups the challenge at higher difficulties
News Devs acknowledge server issues remain "highest urgency".
The Epic Games Store gave away nearly 586 million games in 2023, as 40 million new PC users joined the platform across the year
News Epic aims to add a new download manager and support for third-party subscription services to the storefront in 2024.
Top Call of Duty esports players sue Activision for $680M in damages, alleging the publisher has an unlawful monopoly on the game's esports scene
News Activision dismisses the lawsuit as 'meritless'.
Helldivers 2 roadmap is 'very out of date in comparison to what we now want to do' according to Arrowhead's CEO, as the game's stratospheric launch brings new ideas and ambition to the studio
News "I am completely exhausted by the success".
Alan Wake 2 battles through the Dark Place to become Remedy's fastest-selling game with over 1 million copies sold, although a happy ending remains unwritten as it is yet to turn a profit
News Remedy's sequel has seen substantially faster sales than Control.
Helldivers 2 blasts to the top of Steam's global top sellers chart, becoming Sony's biggest PC release as it launches alongside PS5
News Over 80,000 PC Helldivers joined forces to defend Super Earth on launch day.
Data strings in the latest Counter-Strike 2 update hint at two new Valve games, and one of them might just be Half-Life related
News String theory.
