Latest articles by Wes Fenlon
Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today
News "It's just a great constant in our industry that is [otherwise] really in f***ing panic mode."
After 6 years, the FCC has voted to restore net neutrality regulations in a win for the open internet
News The specter of Ajit Pai haunts America's broadband infrastructure no longer.
Wake up! These spider-looking phenomena just spotted on Mars are clearly Helldivers 2 bugs preparing for a surprise attack
News Gamemaster Joel is clearly up to his old tricks, and we will not be fooled.
Slay the Spire co-creator advises that 'taking risks is actually the least risky thing you can do,' arguing for the appeal of 'hyper-engaging' games
News In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Mega Crit's Casey Yano urged big game studios to give players novelty rather than the expected.
'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled'
News In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Larian's Michael Douse argues marketing isn't the right way to reach today's gaming audience.
State of PC gaming roundtable: Larian, Digital Extremes, CCP, Mega Crit on making games in 2024
GDC Special The developers behind some of PC gaming's biggest hits discuss the state of our hobby and the biggest trends, risks and opportunities in PC gaming today.
This Total War: Shogun 2 mod lets you play out the real historical war that inspired the FX TV show
News Step into the shoes of Shogun's Lord Toranaga (aka Tokugawa) and make Japan yours.
The long-awaited sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters hits its crowdfunding target in less than four hours, and they're not kidding about that $4.4 million stretch goal
news Free Stars: Children of Infinity is off to a roaring start.
Dwarf Fortress's graphical adventure mode launches today, includes extremely Dwarf Fortress touches like '186 animal people portraits' and a unique sound effect for walking on soap
News Adventure mode is out now in beta with fresh graphics and UI, which means the creators finally get to "work on the game design and new things" after three years.
Keanu Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog in the third Sonic movie, fulfilling fan casting dreams
News Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back to control chaos.
If you're excited to dive back into Fallout after the TV show, maybe hold off on Fallout 3 for now
News Based on a leak from 2023, there's a better version of the first open world Fallout still on its way.
I tried two demos of machine learning AI NPCs, and they didn't convince me AI will lead to anything that immersive sims like Deus Ex haven't already done better
Immersed? Does an NPC that reacts to anything I say into a microphone actually lead to more player agency?
Star Wars Outlaws is out this August, and wow does it look more jam-packed full of aliens than any Star Wars game I can remember
News There's a whole lot of Star Wars in Ubisoft's new Star Wars game.
For their new roguelite, the Dead Cells team scrapped 2 years of work on combat and redid it in just 3 weeks: 'We need to be able to dare to kill a feature when it doesn't work'
News Motion Twin ditched Windblown's combat just a month before its reveal.
The new roguelite from the developers of Dead Cells has one big goal: matching the intensity of Japanese action games like Devil May Cry, but with online co-op
Full Action Windblown moves so fast, it makes Dead Cells looks dead on its feet.
The modder who added seamless co-op to Elden Ring just launched an Armored Core 6 co-op mod for up to 6 players, and it even adds PvP invasions
News The Armored Core co-op mod "attempts to make it feel like a traditional Souls multiplayer game."
Classic '90s space sim Star Wars: X-Wing had one mission that was so brutally hard, a fan cut up his floppy disks and mailed them back to LucasArts
U MAD? Voicing your displeasure over game balance was a lot harder back in the day.
'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs
News It's not easy to get funding for a new game right now.
Some of the biggest names in indie games are teaming up to put on a 'no fluff' showcase of new game announcements
News The Triple-I Initiative is streaming on April 10, with reveals from the devs behind Terraria, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells DLC and more.
After buying Nightdive and Digital Eclipse last year, Atari CEO says the company has 'already opened more doors and more opportunities' for both studios
News "For both companies there are a lot of exciting announcements to come."
Midnight Suns devs 'absolutely' knew cards would be a controversial choice, but they were also 'absolutely the right fit for this game and our design goals'
News Midnight Suns' game director explains how XCOM's combat evolved into the strategic card system that emphasized "feeling heroic."
I've now played exactly one bullet hell FPS, and I'm ready for this to be the next big genre
Orb-pilled Luna Abyss upends some FPS conventions—like, uh, aiming—to great effect.
'Big Wait's dead': Dwarf Fortress creators are going to stop disappearing for months to get updates done in a post-Kitfox world
News Tarn waits for no man. Or uh, dwarf.
