Latest articles by Andy Chalk
2 years into Unity's long downward spiral, even more employees are being laid off as CEO says it's still 'stretched across too many products'
news A year after laying off 25% of its global workforce, engine maker Unity is cutting even deeper.
The best Far Cry game of all time now has achievements on Steam
news Yes, you better believe I'm talking about Blood Dragon.
Elon Musk kicks off $97.4 billion effort to buy OpenAI by immediately starting social media beef with Sam Altman
news A group of investors led by Musk want to assume control over OpenAI.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has a secret dark ending for Bohemia's worst criminals
news Branding is bad, yes, but it could be a whole lot worse.
Civilization 7's new patch temporarily disables crossplay between PC and console so Firaxis can 'expedite updates to the PC'
news A new Civilization 7 patch fixes some UI issues, bugs, and AI problems, but crossplay between PC and consoles is off the table for now.
Take-Two chief says PC has become a 'more important part of what used to be a console business,' but he's still not committing to a Grand Theft Auto 6 release
news I get the feeling we might be waiting longer than we hope.
PUBG's top-down tactical shooter spinoff Project Arc now has an official title, and a demo is coming to the Steam Next Fest later this month
news Say hello to PUBG: Blindspot.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick takes a moment to remind us once again that 'there's no such thing' as artificial intelligence
news Zelnick believes AI is just a digital tool, "and we've used digital tools forever."
Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months
news If you've ever wondered why YouTube goes so hard on ads when they make the experience so miserable, well, there's your answer.
Rocksteady is looking to make a new singleplayer Batman game, but Warner's Wonder Woman game is struggling
news It's been a bad year for Warner Bros. Games, and the immediate future is not looking especially rosy.
I'm sorry to say Rockstar still won't tell us when (or even if) Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming to PC
news GTA 6 is still on track for launch in the fall, so that's good at least—as long as you want to play it on console.
Spider-Man 2's first PC patch is live with 'several crash fixes,' UI improvements, and an auto-save backup
news Nixxes says it's continuing to work on "more bug fixes, improvements and performance optimizations."
As Civilization 7 languishes with a 'mixed' rating on Steam, Firaxis says improving the game's wildly unpopular UI is 'our top priority'
news Developers "need some time to digest all of your feedback," but say they're "committed to getting this right."
The organizers of E3 announce a new event called iicon, but it's not open to the public and you probably don't want to go anyway
news The Entertainment Software Association's new thing will bring together executives from across the game industry for conferences, workshops, and "elite networking opportunities."
Rooster Teeth returns from the dead, under the ownership of one of its original founders
news Warner Bros. pulled the plug on Rooster Teeth in 2024, after 21 years of operation.
Less than 4 months after revealing his studio's new game, Michael Condrey has reportedly been given the boot by 2K Games
news Project Ethos didn't make much of an early impression, and now Condrey is "transitioning his role" to an advisory position.
Iron Galaxy lays off 66 employees in a 'last resort' effort to 'enable our long term survival'
news The studio says that after doing all it could to keep its team intact, it has "run out of room to maneuver."
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sells more than 1 million copies in just 1 day
news Warhorse's weird medieval RPG has come a long way.
It sure sounds like Electronic Arts thinks cutting Dragon Age: The Veilguard's live service components was a mistake
news CEO Andrew Wilson said Veilguard "had a high quality launch and was well-reviewed," but failed to "resonate" with gamers who want "shared-world features."
After working on Ultima Online for 26 years, producer Bonnie Armstrong is stepping down to 'work in my greenhouse, play with puppies, and snuggle with my hubby'
news Armstrong has been with Ultima Online since its early days at Origin Systems.
The metaverse could be a 'legendary misadventure,' Meta executive says, if Reality Labs doesn't turn things around in 2025
news Meta may finally be growing tired of bleeding money on VR development.
Gaming's largest lobbying group says Trump's tariffs 'would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans' and do serious damage to the videogame industry
news The ESA doesn't seem to sure what to do about it, though.
'I cannot believe this': Composer Winifred Phillips was 'blown away' after winning a Grammy for a remake of a 44-year-old RPG
news We did not expect Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord to prevail over much bigger games at the 2025 Grammy Awards, and we were wrong.
