Latest articles by Rick Lane
Dota 2's Pudge becomes the MOBA's first character to be played in over a billion matches
News Pudge gets a nudge, likely won't budge.
As Helldivers 2's Steam reviews begin to recover, Arrowhead's CEO shares an 'accidental' cape design based upon its Overwhelmingly Negative rating, and of course the community wants it added to the game
News "Do it Pilestedt, it would be a genius play!"
NetherRealm gives us a proper look at Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1's latest DLC trailer, and somehow the fatalities aren't the grossest thing in it
News Milking it.
Valheim's 'most challenging biome yet' is now available for public testing
News Ashlands introduces a smoldering new area, weapons, creatures, buildable items, crafting materials, and more.
Chart-topping city-builder Manor Lords hits 3 million wishlists four days before launch
News Early birthday peasant.
Doom played in space by satellite computer 'ten times more powerful than any current ESA spacecraft'
News Computer Station.
Embracer Group embraces its new future as three separate companies including 'Middle-earth and Friends', which its CEO says 'reinforces Embracer's vision of backing entrepreneurs and creators with a long-term mindset'
News Making friends.
Prison Architect 2's release delayed due to 'new technical challenges', has its sentence extended until September
News Parole denied.
Team Fortress 2 joins us in the modern age as Valve updates the 17 year old shooter to 64-bit
News Should result in performance improvements for "most users".
Dragon's Dogma 2's getting an update which nerfs dragonsplague, stops Pawns incessantly yapping, and makes them 'less likely to fall off cliffs'
News Changes will arrive later this month.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 isn't just bigger, it's more diverse, with Warhorse adding a 'wide range of ethnicities and different characters'
News The studio is also working with a "group of experts from different ethnicities or religious beliefs".
Instead of making Baldur's Gate 4, Larian is working on 2 new projects based on its own IPs, and CEO Swen Vincke reckons it'll result in the studio's 'best work ever'
News "I get excited like a kid watching the key imagery."
Descent 3 programmer releases the classic space shooter's source code, including a surprise patch developed 15 years ago but never released
News Infinite degrees of freedom.
One of Steam's best-reviewed games gets a surprise open world sequel, and it's a plunder-em-up built around rickety pirate robots
News SteamWorld Heist 2 will ricochet onto Steam on August 8.
Broken Roads review: A cerebral narrative adventure trapped in an unsatisfying RPG
Loose morals Descartes before the horse.
New multiplayer survival game features crafting, base building, automatic weapons and flying. The twist? Everyone plays as a bunch of ducks
News Quackshot.
Helldivers 2 players return to site of their greatest defeat, as a new Major Order demands the liberation of Malevelon Creek
News And it might be done within the next few hours.
'Please publish this to the main game': Arma Reforger players go wild for April Fools' gag that purports to turn the military simulator into a battle between toy soldiers
News Tiny Wars gets a big response.
'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.
