Latest articles by Andy Chalk
After dominating The Game Awards in 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 is in the running for even more gold in 2024
news Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead The Game Awards 2024 nominations, but Larian's magnum opus is still in the fight.
Roblox adds new rules for players under 13 following scathing child safety report
news Roblox has also launched new parental accounts that enable parents to monitor and limit their children's activity on the platform.
Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content
news US Senator Mark Warner comes less than a week after an ADL report accusing Steam of "normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community."
Steamworld Dig developer lays off 80-100 employees and cancels some in-development games to ensure 'long-term sustainability and resilience'
news This is the second round of layoffs at Thunderful this year.
20 years after Half-Life 2, Half-Life 3 remains the stuff of occult whisperings: Here's every rumor we've heard about the sequel that may or may not exist
Half-Lies A look back at 20 years of not playing the most essential sequel in videogame history.
Valve gets the original Half-Life 2 development team back together for a huge 20th anniversary update—and the game is now free for the weekend on Steam
news The surprise update includes a full commentary track for the base game, significant graphical and gameplay updates, and a whole lot more.
Twitch forbids the use of 'Zionist' to 'attack or demean,' but says you can still use it to talk about the political movement
news Further pressure from the ADL has led to a complicated, subjective new moderation policy on Twitch.
Cancelled Splinter Cell movie starring Tom Hardy was 'going to be hardcore and awesome,' says producer: 'That's one of the ones that got away, which is really sad'
news We're never going to get another Splinter Cell, are we?
Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament are now free on the Internet Archive, and Epic says that's A-okay
news Finally, a win for game preservation.
Steam accused of 'normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community' in new ADL report
news The Anti-Defamation League says it's found "millions of examples of extremist and hateful content" on the platform.
'Forget Celebrations': This War of Mine creators say their 'mission to shed light on the civilian cost of war is far from over' as they announce new DLC for its 10th anniversary
news Funds raised by the new DLC will be donated to charity.
Former Borderlands 3 creative director is working on a 'secret' multiplayer shooter at a new studio founded by developers tired of 'huge budgets and recycled mechanics'
news Ruckus Games is a new studio being headed up by Paul Sage.
The First Descendant announces 'important news': it's getting official 'jiggle physics,' which it somehow didn't already have
News The "much-requested" feature will be added in a future update.
Hundreds of ZeniMax workers go on strike to protest Microsoft 'dragging their feet' on negotiations over job security and remote work
news Employees have walked out at ZeniMax locations in Maryland and Texas.
Warcraft Rumble, Blizzard's first new RTS in years, will finally shed its mobile shackles and come to PC in December
news It may not be the new Warcraft RTS we want, but it's the one we've got.
Stalker 2 gets updated system requirements and I've got bad news: It's going to be even bigger than we thought
news The minimum RAM requirement has gone up too.
Fortnite OG is back, baby: Chapter 1 season 1 is returning in December and this time it's here to stay
news Epic heard you like OG.
Rockstar drops an unexpected GTA Trilogy update that makes the PC version almost as good as the one you can play on your phone
news Parity with mobile platforms is finally here.
Tripwire says it's 'leaving no game behind' as it releases a surprise update for the 7-year-old Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
news People are still playing, and Tripwire wants to ensure they have a good time.
Take-Two boss gets philosophical about 'entropy' and life after Grand Theft Auto: 'If we're not trying new things ... we're really running the risk of burning the furniture to heat the house'
news Mountains crumble, oceans boil, stars flare and die—the one constant is Strauss Zelnick remains ready to make bank.
Holy cow, Stalker 2 needs 150GB of SSD space, and you've got 9 days to figure out where you're going to put it
news I'd forgotten how big this thing is.
The makers of Black Mesa reveal their new project, which has absolutely nothing to do with Half-Life
news Rogue Point is a co-op tactical shooter set in a world ruled not by aliens, but by corporations.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle showcases 15 minutes of plundering tombs and punching Nazis
news The Batman of the archaeology world shows off his stuff in a new deep dive video.
'Please give it a chance': Brighter Shores studio asks players to have patience with its unusual progression system, promises it's actually a lot of fun 'once you get used to it'
news Some players have found the progression system in Brighter Shores to be off-putting, but Fen Research thinks it just hasn't been explained clearly enough.
