Latest articles by Andy Chalk
2XKO fans despair for a 2025 release as Riot pushes back a planned 'larger-scale global playtest' in favor of a 'much smaller one'
news The wait continues.
'A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to,' but it's a different story for hobbits because Tales of the Shire is delayed again
news The happy hobbit life sim is now slated to come out at the end of July.
Two days after laying off US-based developers, NetEase says Marvel Rivals has surpassed 40 million players
news Marvel Rivals continues to do big numbers, which probably comes as cold comfort to former employees of NetEase's Seattle studio.
Sony shares examples of 'sexually charged' texts from former Destiny 2 director who claims Bungie fired him unfairly to avoid paying millions
news Christopher Barrett sued Sony in December 2024, saying he was fired after a "sham investigation" because the company didn't want to pay out the $45.5 million remaining on his contract.
The $699 'AI pin' that launched less than a year ago is going to stop working at the end of February
news Humane's wearable AI gizmo debuted to spectacularly bad reviews in April 2024.
Xbox announces 'a generative AI model for gameplay ideation' called Muse, but don't get too excited: Machines aren't about to make games for you just yet
news "It's still early," but Microsoft has big ambitions for generative AI in game creation.
Ubisoft apologizes for 'oversight' in Rainbow Six Siege's upcoming new operator after people notice the New Zealand-born character's birthday is the same date as the 2019 Christchurch mosque killings
news Rauora, who will be added to the game in March, was born in Christchurch, where New Zealand's most horrific mass murder occurred.
Valve releases 'Team Fortress 2 SDK,' enabling creators to 'build completely new games based on TF2'
news Valve has also released major updates to all Source-engine multiplayer games adding 64-bit support, scalable HUDS, "and a lot of other improvements."
Relic's new project is a 'smaller indie-style' game about a martian invasion of Earth
news Earth vs. Mars is expected to be out this summer.
NetEase confirms Marvel Rivals layoffs, says cuts were made 'to optimize development efficiency for the game'
news Marvel Rivals is a big hit, but apparently that doesn't matter.
Just two weeks after launch, 'extraction survival horror' game Level Zero: Extraction ends development: 'It's no longer feasible for our relatively small teams to sustain the game'
news Another multiplayer shooter comes to a premature end.
Epic gave away nearly 600 million games in 2024, and it's 'not slowing down' for 2025
news The Epic Games Store's slow, steady growth continues, as 1,100 more games were added to the storefront.
France's biggest game industry union puts together a 'Grève Bundle' to support striking workers
news More than 1,000 employees of France's videogame industry took part in a one-day strike yesterday.
Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway
news Ironmace dodged the copyright bullet, but the court said the studio did infringe on Nexon's trade secrets.
Despite everything, Assassin's Creed Shadows preorders are 'tracking solidly,' Ubisoft says, 'in line with those of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise'
news It's still very early but Ubisoft says the numbers so far are "really positive."
After years of running awkwardly close to the Winter Sale, the Steam Autumn Sale will start 2 months early this year
news Valve has made a big shift to the Autumn Sale dates to more evenly space out its big seasonal Steam sales.
Rockstar launched an official Discord server yesterday, and it's already a jungle in there
news Grand Theft Auto fans are very excited.
Josef Fares doesn't care what EA thinks, he'll never make a live service game: 'It will not happen with a Hazelight game, ever'
news The Hazelight chief knows companies have to make money, but wants to see more developers focusing on "what they believe in."
The sci-fi adventure game from Deus Ex's art director now has Adam Jensen's voice actor, a September release date, and more techno-freak horror vibes than you can shake an augment at
news Yes, that's Elias Toufexis in the new trailer revealed at Sony's State of Play showcase.
Tides of Annihilation looks like Elden Ring if it was based on Arthurian legend and set in modern-day London
news The new game from Tencent's Eclipse Glow Games studio was revealed today in Sony's State of Play showcase.
An all-new Five Nights at Freddy's game is coming in June
news Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic revealed itself at today's State of Play showcase.
Lies of P: Overture will take Pinocchio back in time to the beginning of the Puppet Frenzy
news The first Lies of P DLC was finally revealed during today's State of Play.
Diablo 4's second expansion won't be out until 2026
news The plan had originally been for annual expansions, but apparently Blizzard needs more time.
