Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Arrowhead Games' heart grows three sizes as it swerves away from its controversial crossover plans for Helldivers 2's Killzone collab, offers the second half for free
News Santa dove early this year.
League of Legends hit by SAG-AFTRA union action as Riot delays English VO to 'respect the ongoing strike' over AI, though voice actors think it could be doing more to help
News "No studio wants to lose a major client like Riot."
Hi-Fi Rush devs brim with optimism after their near-closure experience, say they're building a place 'where people feel like the work is their baby, not just some task to be done'
News Practicing their Kraft(on).
PEGI digs its heels in over Balatro's 18+ rating, according to its disappointed dev: 'blaming EU laws, blaming storefronts, waiting for the future'
News Let's (not) go gambling.
Final Fantasy 14's battle design lead says it would 'be a dream come true' to do a League of Legends crossover
News "If a Riot Games representative is reading this, it would be an honor if I could speak with you!"
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.
