Latest articles by Rick Lane
Baldur's Gate 3 player beats the game in Honour Mode by exclusively casting one of the worst spells in D&D 2,469 times
News True grit.
A Dragon's Dogma 2 demo may be on the way, if the prophecy foretold by SteamDB proves true
News But how long will it drag-on?
Helldivers 2 patch makes its absurdly hard defence events easier, but ups the challenge at higher difficulties
News Devs acknowledge server issues remain "highest urgency".
The Epic Games Store gave away nearly 586 million games in 2023, as 40 million new PC users joined the platform across the year
News Epic aims to add a new download manager and support for third-party subscription services to the storefront in 2024.
Top Call of Duty esports players sue Activision for $680M in damages, alleging the publisher has an unlawful monopoly on the game's esports scene
News Activision dismisses the lawsuit as 'meritless'.
Helldivers 2 roadmap is 'very out of date in comparison to what we now want to do' according to Arrowhead's CEO, as the game's stratospheric launch brings new ideas and ambition to the studio
News "I am completely exhausted by the success".
Alan Wake 2 battles through the Dark Place to become Remedy's fastest-selling game with over 1 million copies sold, although a happy ending remains unwritten as it is yet to turn a profit
News Remedy's sequel has seen substantially faster sales than Control.
Helldivers 2 blasts to the top of Steam's global top sellers chart, becoming Sony's biggest PC release as it launches alongside PS5
News Over 80,000 PC Helldivers joined forces to defend Super Earth on launch day.
Data strings in the latest Counter-Strike 2 update hint at two new Valve games, and one of them might just be Half-Life related
News String theory.
Former Overwatch 2 artist alleges shocking mistreatment by Blizzard management: 'I spent most of a year stressed out of my mind'
News "Blizzard had every opportunity to do the right thing, and they continually failed at that."
Discworld rerelease is 'on the cards' according to the original game's director, but is 'a complicated process' because King Charles may own 50% of the IP rights
News Equal Rites.
Jagged Alliance 3 promises to let you 'rebuild most aspects of the game' using all-new rulesets and mod tools
News Change of plan.
Starfield's latest update will end the scourge of vibrating clouds
News Also adds support for AMD FSR 3.
Baldur's Gate 3 player completes the game while playing as a party of cats
News Narrowly avoids cat-astrophe.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a free trial starting tomorrow, which is probably the best way to play Activision's underwhelming sequel
News The trial lands the day after Season 2's launch.
Celebrate Valentine's Day the traditional way, by grabbing Lies of P's crossover DLC with Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
News No strings attached.
RuneScape developer Jagex is being acquired by a private equity fund
News This will be the fourth buyout of Jagex within a decade.
Former Infinity Ward dev says Activision told staff to 'take the money and get over it' after 'cold-blooded' canning of studio heads West and Zampella
News "If anything, most of the team was feeling even more upset."
Square Enix plans to oust outsourcers as it reviews the company's development process 'from scratch'
News Square deal.
Konami's barebones Metal Gear Solid collection gets further unofficial support, as modders enable a 'widescreen hack' for MGS 1
News MGSM2fix adds option to facilitate monitors of girth.
This Quake level pack transforms iconic multiplayer maps into thrilling singleplayer death mazes
News Destroy Death Knights in dust2 and rupture rottweilers on Rainbow Road.
Obsidian says combat in Avowed will be good, actually, following criticism of battles shown in last month's game overview trailer
News Kapow-ed.
