Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
'A hellish nightmare': Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played, Civ 2's 'Eternal War'
fallout Someone once played a single game of Civilization 2 for a decade and the result was a ruined earth and endless war in 3991 AD.
Obsidian says it won't chase huge profits or grow aggressively, and that's how it's going to last 100 years in the RPG business: 'Are we serious? Yes'
news The Avowed studio expects each game to be a "mild success" and budgets accordingly, say company leaders who want it to reach its 100th birthday.
Neil Druckmann wasn't going to cast Laura Bailey in The Last of Us Part 2 because 'she's in everything,' but changed his mind after studying her audition 'frame-by-frame'
news Druckmann says he overturned his instincts after closely reviewing video of the auditions.
Borderlands 4: Everything we know about Gearbox's next big FPS
See ya Pandora The next numbered Borderlands sequel will be out in 2025.
The Witcher books reading order: where to start with the short stories and novels
Wiedźmin Reading order recs for starting your Witcher novels journey.
Civilization 7 live launch coverage: reviews, tips, and the latest news
Live Keep tabs on everything Civilization 7 as the first new Firaxis grand strategy game in nearly a decade makes its entrance.
Next Battlefield game set to release sooner than I expected, before April 2026: 'We're looking for this to be the biggest Battlefield we've ever made'
news EA has "invested more in this Battlefield than any Battlefield before" and plans to release it during its next fiscal year, which starts soon.
The best PC games right now
What to play Looking for a great new PC game? Here's what we're playing in 2025.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in February
📆 Ready your mice and keyboards, February 2025 is stacked with big new games.
Drone operator who damaged LA firefighting plane was Peter Akemann, who co-founded Treyarch back in the '90s
news Akemann is 'deeply sorry' and will plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense after his drone collided with an aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January.
Gamer priest defrocked and the staff of his God is a Geek website quits after he imitates Elon Musk's salute
news "Those who mimic the Nazi salute, even as a joke or an attempt to troll their opponents, trivialize the horror of the Holocaust," said the Anglican Catholic Church.
How towns and cities work in Civilization 7
Urban Planning The difference between towns and cities, where to put buildings, and how specializations work in Civ 7.
Brace yourselves Civ fans: Civilization 7 is going to be contentious among critics and fans
Gathering storm Early coverage has focused on how big the changes are, but whether or not they'll be popular is another question.
Civilization 7 player stacks so many bonuses that the game breaks and demands negative food
news Have you tried baking bread with anti-batter?
Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming this year, and PlatinumGames is helping
news "We are staying true to the challenge and deep action that defines the Ninja Gaiden series while incorporating the speed an dynamic expression of PlatinumGames."
The best games on Steam in 2025
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.
'Stargate' is now a real thing, but sadly not a portal to an alien planet: A bunch of tech companies plan to spend $500 billion building AI data centers
news President Trump announced the project (which was already underway) with his new tech industry pals, promising "colossal data centers."
Civilization 7: Everything we know about the first new Civ game in nearly a decade
New age What to expect when Firaxis' grand strategy sequel launches in February.
As the LA fires raged, Riot Games provided a generator to a fire station that lost power and donated meals from its employee cafeteria
news The League of Legends studio's CEO promised last week to "stand up for Los Angeles" as deadly wildfires destroyed homes and displaced residents.
'The kid is 100% getting kidnapped': Our 7 best guesses at what the plucky kid in the new Assassin's Creed Shadows art is gonna do in the game
🤷 We don't know a lot about the kid in the new Assassin's Creed Shadows poster, but we can't help but feel like he's going to get up to shenanigans.
Deadly LA fires lead to office closures for major game studios: 'Nothing can be said to truly acknowledge the pain and suffering that we are witnessing,' says Riot CEO
news A firestorm has killed at least 25 in LA County and destroyed an estimated 12,000 buildings.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'
news The Trump administration is expected to be softer on antitrust cases, which as we know are one of Sweeney's major pursuits.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
