Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Marvel Rivals is getting its first seasonal event soon, which'll let you run around as everyone's favourite land shark to play some legally-distinct Splatoon
News Baby shark, do do, do do do do.
Marvel Rivals is 'not considering' a role queue, no matter how annoying it is to get rinsed on a team of 6 duelists
News Honestly, I think we're better off.
It was down to the wire, but Helldivers 2 players are celebrating after giving the Illuminate the galactic boot on Calypso (Update: They're back already)
News Welcome (back) to Super Earth.
Balatro dev swings at PEGI for rating it 18+ because of its 'evil playing cards', jokes that he should 'add microtransactions' like EA Sports FC 25 to 'lower that rating to a 3+'
News "If these other games were rated properly, I'd happily accept the weirdo 18+."
Oh jeez, they weren't kidding, Helldivers 2's Illuminate are terrifying—and the best/worst of both worlds
SQUID GAMES War isn't hell, it's worse.
It's not the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2 I'd hoped for, but Elden Ring: Nightreign might just sate my insatiable hunger for FromSoftware to pick up the pace
HOWLING FOR THE WOLF I have a mighty need.
After 3,500,000 units sold and its Game Awards wins, Balatro does a victory lap and absorbs 8 new crossovers in its unstoppable march to turn all games into cute little cards that get you points and stuff
News Praise be to Jimbo, Jimbo is all.
The Witcher 4 was always going to be about Ciri, 'even when we were doing The Wild Hunt actually', but don't worry about Geralt: 'Definitely he's going to appear'
News Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
Helldivers 2 boss hopes Illuminates will be a 'tremendous challenge' for hardened vets of the galactic war
news We're gonna need a lot of medals to send to a lot of families.
The voice of Shadowheart, Jennifer English, would love to return to the role after Baldur's Gate 3—as long as Hasbro doesn't mess it up and 'make her into a cartoon'
News "If there is a future with Shadowheart, I would want it to be beautifully written and honor the game's audience."
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 developers say the avalanche of weird skins is to 'maximize fun for players', whatever that means
News "We like to have fun".
If you're too stressed to prep anything for your D&D group this month, WoTC and Kobold Press both had the exact same idea to give you an advent calendar of adventures for free
News Ho ho ho!
Marvel Rivals is blissful chaos, which makes me worry that—like Overwatch—it'll have all the fun drained out of it once the balancing wars begin
FIGHTING IN A BOTTLE The tryhard conundrum.
Among Us bizarrely namechecked as NBC claims suspected healthcare CEO shooter 'belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins'—devs respond, 'um'
News Pretty sus.
Prisma, an upcoming Persona-like indie JRPG, goes all multiverse theory by filling out your party with alternate versions of its camera-wielding protagonist
News Fights, a camera, and some turn-based action.
The new Borderlands 4 trailer that Randy Pitchford wasn't supposed to tell everyone about is going to debut at The Game Awards this week
News Someone check on Gearbox's marketing department, make sure they're okay.
Much to Todd Howard's chagrin, testing audiences for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle loved Troy Baker as the leading man: 'They picked you every time'
News The gamers yearn for the Troy.
Indie games site Itch.io temporarily taken down by Funko, due to 'AI-powered' brand protection company that 'created some bogus phishing report'
News Alright, who put the AI in charge of management again.
Stalker 2 dev is happy with its Steam reviews, but wants to work hard to bring that number higher: '89% is also good—no! 89% starts from 8, and you want to start from 9'
News "It's not [the] perfect [game] that we wanted, but it's a game with soul."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's devs say they'll totally make choices from the past games matter next time, though I'll believe it when I see it
News Decisions, decisions.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is arriving one week early, as its story trailer heralds an age of gunpowder, bloody war, and lots of medieval ultraviolence
News War is a nasty business, indeed.
Former Dragon Age vet's debut RPG, Eternal Strands, gets a release date—and will star Baldur's Gate 3 narrator Amelia Tyler as a dulcet, ominous voice of evil
News The Surgeborn cometh.
Charity event Jingle Jam is off to a lively start, raising £750,000 in a day with just under 2 weeks to go—plus, you can get 18 very good games if you donate £35
News A streamer army 1,000 strong raises cash for a good cause.
