Latest articles by Rick Lane
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.
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?
