Rick Lane
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![Fallout 76](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9ty2irGBL3BzfWYHJNRzkE-320-80.jpg)
Bethesda is far from done with Fallout 76, unsurprising given 17 million people have jumped in since the Wastelanders update
By Rick Lane published
News New addons, locations, and more seasonal events coming in 2024.
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The Finals might be a bit less sweaty now it's cracking down on cheaters
By Rick Lane published
News Technical issues caused Embark "a ton of headaches" when dealing with dodgy players.
![The new Frostbite logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mWoFFVN3vsGFVAPhBEvBuZ-320-80.png)
EA rebrands Frostbite with a cuddly new hand as it says its studios are now 'free to develop on any engine they choose'
By Rick Lane published
News Cold logic.
![Spider-Man 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fMYs7tsLBPwAvMhztKb52X-320-80.jpg)
Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games victim of horrendous leak, as hackers steal a decade's worth of plans for the studio's future
By Rick Lane published
News Personal information of employees was also stolen.
![Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Harley Quinn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QmZwD85hWtRL6MvSmzyBzX-320-80.jpg)
Rocksteady urges fans to 'avoid spoilers' as Suicide Squad leaks become a tsunami
By Rick Lane published
News "It is very disappointing to see details being shared ahead of the game's release."
![Photo of Remedy creative director Sam Lake accepting an award during The Game Awards 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fg9YYaBvrb6bKM9uHBx5jm-320-80.jpg)
Alan Wake 2 director says Remedy's confidence in the game was boosted by Everything Everywhere All At Once
By Rick Lane published
News Sam Lake says Oscar-winning sci-fi film "gave us confidence".
![Raphael, a cambion in his human disguise from Baldur's Gate 3 is positioned conspicuously behind Withers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4haPSmQr32MQ5eYXabeSpY-320-80.png)
Baldur's Gate 3's charming devil Raphael now has seven different endings
By Rick Lane published
News "We added a whole bunch more."
![An Oathbreaker Paladin restoring their Oath in Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MDTumERWhC42rbYQTvPkrm-320-80.jpg)
Larian CEO says Baldur's Gate 3's Dark Urge character was originally going to be a Paladin by default, which makes me even happier I played it that way
By Rick Lane published
News "But then we started thinking about it and said, actually that's bringing in a lot of narrative problems."
![An image of a Warhammer 40k space marine, but with Santa's head.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ERJZcyBSk7JSBgpyDdw7a-320-80.jpg)
In a year beset by layoffs, Games Workshop just gave its staff a £2,500 end-of-year bonus
By Rick Lane published
News Merry Christmas.
![Gangs of Sherwood](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zo4k4EhWzz5fSfaKQnJX2d-320-80.jpg)
Gangs of Sherwood review: Frivolous and fleeting
By Rick Lane published
Staid Marian Robin and the gang's co-op outing is all too frivolous and fleeting.
![Last Train Home](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MgSar7Q4Nfa37DTpRL7H6f-320-80.jpg)
Last Train Home's tactical combat missions pit your ragtag Czech soldiers against the might of the Red Army
By Rick Lane published
Military training Use stealth, strategy, and a massive railway gun to get the better of the Bolsheviks.
![Two soldiers clear debris in front of a train.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G2Bhs4fGZqxS7EdpjVkgiE-320-80.png)
Guide a steam locomotive through the Russian Civil War in brutal survival strategy Last Train Home
By Rick Lane published
Choo Choo Czech Organise work rotas, dispatch scavenging runs, and evade revolutionary Bolsheviks to keep your soldiers alive.
![Dredge Stellar Basin - Old Fortress](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UuZ7VyBHtJAvosgtY6kVCJ-320-80.jpg)
Dredge publisher says profits will likely be down this year due to certain games 'not meeting internal expectations'
By Rick Lane published
news Team17 says it remains "well positioned" but plans to reevaluate its portfolio, which also included Gord and Blasphemous 2 this year.
![Realms of Ruin RTS](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T2gLa5ZrdBvK7S9QvgxDH3-320-80.jpg)
David Braben says Frontier Developments has had a 'turbulent and difficult year' as Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin flops
By Rick Lane published
News Company expects to lose £9 million this year.
![A ringed planet silhoutted against a star in Star Citizen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zSvL5EfE5rC3PN56UaWGBF-320-80.jpg)
After Starfield, I thought I was done with large-scale space travel, but Star Citizen's spectacular latest trailer has pulled me right back in
By Rick Lane published
News You had me at "Volumetric clouds at a gas giant scale".
![Bad Toys 3D](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oPVTgFCWsYyGJPgJ8WmkUV-320-80.png)
You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age
By Rick Lane published
News Bad Toys 3D is available on Tibo Software's website for $9.95.
![Michael sunbathing in GTA V](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q7wq7XLwCbkkZkc2c95ZFD-320-80.jpg)
'A**holes' swat GTA 5 actor's house during Thanksgiving livestream
By Rick Lane published
news And it isn't the first time it's happened.
![Starfield First Contact](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cf8hbLHKv7vZfncupkxTYC-320-80.png)
Starfield player completes the main story by whacking every enemy to death with his gun, an ability some players didn't know was in the game at all
By Rick Lane published
News Seeing stars.
![Bill, a grizzled soldier from Valve's Left 4 Dead, offers Zoey a cigarette amidst gloomy environs.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LS2xVBQ2LVKGfFWekE3Pmm-320-80.png)
Valve 'accidentally' leaks the earliest Left4Dead prototype, and it was a Counter-Strike mod all along
By Rick Lane published
News Zomb has been planted.
![The Half-Life tentacle monster smashes through the window of the Blast Pit control room](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fJNVPyyZLVjb9DdE9LkGyQ-320-80.jpg)
25 years later, this Half-Life scientist finally bites it as Gabe intended
By Rick Lane published
News "We wanted to fix this for the 25th Anniversary update but other stuff took priority".
![Phil Rogers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VgH2dtCFfwKnkwCdmw3AvU-320-80.jpg)
Embracer exec says laying off hundreds of people was an 'agonising process,' but that restructuring is 'how we win'
By Rick Lane published
News "We know it's a necessary thing for us to hit our new and needed goals. So overall, good progress and we push on."
![Zombies attacking a person](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/szWGM7drZCE5EuQHEDPBKU-320-80.jpg)
Dave the Diver studio's zombie survival sim gets its pre-alpha playtest next week
By Rick Lane published
News Developer Mintrocket also shared 22 minutes of gameplay footage.
![A Star Destroyer in Star Wars: Empire at War](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3eTcjkrDzWZB9qc9UkrYiG-320-80.png)
17 years after its release, the best Star Wars strategy game gets converted to 64-bit
By Rick Lane published
News New patch also tweaks multiplayer and fixes "Incorrect unit behaviour".
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