Robert Zak
Robert is a freelance writer and chronic game tinkerer who spends many hours modding games then not playing them, and hiding behind doors with a shotgun in Hunt: Showdown. Wishes to spend his dying moments on Earth scrolling through his games library on a TV-friendly frontend that unifies all PC game launchers.
Latest articles by Robert Zak
11 years and $750 million later, Star Citizen now has a new star system and MMO-scale server sizes
By Robert Zak published
News Version 4.0 brings big changes, but it still feels like there's a long way to go.
Diablo 4 is free until January and lets you play as its most busted class, so go on a rampage before Blizzard nerfs it
By Robert Zak published
News Give yourself the gift of endless loot this holiday season.
The maddest shooters of 2024 and 2020 join forces, as Ultrakill crosses over into Mullet Madjack
By Robert Zak published
News As if Mullet Madjack could get any more hectic, it now has a Boss Rush Mode with Ultrakill's toughest enemy.
XDefiant's closing-down content dump is enormous, unprecedented, and bleak
By Robert Zak published
News It turns out that the game criticised for lack of content had tons of content all along.
Ubisoft releases new Blood Dragon game... with NFTs
By Robert Zak published
News Not the video game debut Captain Laserhawk would've hoped for.
Only 15% of all Steam users' time was spent playing games released in 2024
By Robert Zak published
News Steam's end-of-year review of what we play and how we play makes for some interesting reading.
PC VR wizard is gearing up to weave his magic on Ubisoft's 2023 open-world adventure
By Robert Zak published
News Bringing the total number of Luke Ross' VR conversions of PC games up to 26.
This upcoming RPG is injecting a healthy dose of magic, demons, and steampunk gizmos into 19th-century Japan
By Robert Zak published
News The publisher of Pathfinder and Rogue Trader is adding to its solid RPG library.
Skull and Bones is reportedly going to remain supported for Year 2, despite no one playing it
By Robert Zak published
News Ubisoft's naval online game looks like it's staying afloat for now, but the numbers don't look good.
'Negotiations are underway' for a Stalker 2 Netflix show, because bleak post-apocalyptic fiction and Chornobyl are a killer TV combo
By Robert Zak published
News GSC Game World owner Maxim Krippa also reiterated plans for story expansions and multiplayer.
Ill-fated co-op slasher Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance disappears in February, though will still be playable solo
By Robert Zak published
News Not many will miss the shaky hack-and-slasher, though our reviewer certainly will.
Play a whole bunch of Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, and other Ubisoft classics for just $1
By Robert Zak published
News The Ubisoft Classics subscription is only $1 right now and gets you access to over 100 Ubisoft games.
You can now leap across levels as a Rat Ogre in Warhammer: Vermintide 2
By Robert Zak published
News The new boss enemy joins its buddy the Bile Troll in the game's recently released Versus mode.
The Sims creator's new life sim will let you arrange dinner with Napoleon, or 'a cage match between Cleopatra and my grandma'
By Robert Zak published
News A life sim where players collaboratively create memories for in-game avatars? It can only be a Will Wright game…
One of Path of Exile 2’s toughest bosses gets patched to be less of a buzzkill
By Robert Zak published
News Challenge is fun, sketchy hitboxes are not.
After 11 years, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag finally gets achievements (but good luck getting 100%)
By Robert Zak published
News Good and bad news for Black Flag booty seekers.
The Witcher 4 might be getting some of that Cyberpunk 2077 freedom in making your own builds
By Robert Zak published
News CDPR hint at a more flexible progression system that will let us 'create our own versions of her.'
Helldivers 2's new Warbond lets you kit out as Spartan super-soldier
By Robert Zak published
News A directional shield and a first-ever dedicated melee secondary weapon create some cool build opportunities.
Planetary Annihilation successor has a bumpy landing on Steam, and the backers aren't happy: 'So bare bones that it's basically an asset show without a game'
By Robert Zak published
News The 'Factorio meets Total Annihilation' concept has legs, but clearly has a long way to go.
Undisputed has added Jake Paul DLC and given the YouTube grandad-basher a rating equivalent to two-time world champion Ricky Hatton
By Robert Zak published
News The new DLC comes alongside a free update with new arenas and improvements to the career mode.
Hunt: Showdown's weirdest-ever update has just landed
By Robert Zak published
News A circus, a new mini-boss, a new version of an old map, and, uhhh, Post Malone.
You can now buy all the Dragon Age games, from 2009 to 2024, for the same price as Veilguard was on release
By Robert Zak published
News Now could be the time to experience the entire RPG series in all its wavering, genre-shifting glory.
Humble Bundle's revoked all those Indiana Jones keys it gave away for free (even if it was already in your Steam library)
By Robert Zak published
News A friendly reminder that you don't own anything on Steam.
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