Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Lords of the Fallen publisher embraces fear of the DEI boogeyman, says it will not include 'any social or political agendas' in its games
news CI Games apparently believes that inclusive games are at a high risk of failure.
Square Enix launches new anti-harassment policy to protect its employees and partners from abusive fans
news The company says it "will not tolerate harassment and will take action as necessary" when people get out of line.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
Palestinian developer raises more than $200,000 to make Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the horrors of the 1948 Nakba
news The new game from Lilya and the Shadows of War maker Rasheed Abueideh promises to relate "often untold stories of Palestinian history."
Piranha Games will lay off employees after Mechwarrior 5: Clans 'performed below projections'
news Parent company Enad Global 7 has also announced that EvilVEvil developer Toadman will be closed.
Sorry everyone, Minecraft 2 is cancelled, and it might be our fault
news After he "basically announced Minecraft 2" last week, Markus "Notch" Persson has changed his mind.
Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died
news Emrich came up with the idea in a 1993 review of Master of Orion, and it stuck.
Fallout season 2 filming delayed due to massive LA fires
news Production was expected to begin on January 8 but the LA County Fire Department has withdrawn all filming permits as it continues to battle massive fires in the area.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed again 'to better incorporate player feedback gathered over the past three months'
news Shadows is now set to arrive in March.
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
🕹️ There's lots to look forward to this year.
Splash Damage says layoffs are likely as the Transformers game it announced in 2022 is cancelled
news Transformers: Reactivate was first revealed at The Game Awards in 2022, but nothing's been seen of it since.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joins the rush to kiss Trump's ring: 'I'd be delighted to go see him and congratulate him'
news Just one problem: He hasn't been invited.
NetEase pulls funding for another studio: Former Halo Infinite design head says Jar of Sparks is 'halting work' while it looks for a new publisher
Jar of Sparks, headed by Halo and Destiny 2 veteran Jerry Hook, was founded in 2022.
Private Division's 'games and franchises,' including Kerbal Space Program, are reportedly being taken over by former Annapurna Interactive employees
news Take-Two sold off Private Division to an unnamed buyer in 2024.
Facebook and Instagram are ditching fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes system inspired by X: 'Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased,' Zuckerberg says
news Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said the election of Donald Trump represents a "cultural tipping point" and so it's time to make some changes.
Extraction MOBA Seekers of Skyveil will launch into early access in March, but first, the 'largest playtest' yet is coming later this week
news The new round of playtesting begins on January 10 and is open to all.
Less than 2 years after launch, 2K Games delivers a fatal piledriver to WWE 2K23, taking servers offline and removing it from Steam
news Offline modes will still continue to work, but all online functionality is gone.
Former Starfield lead quest designer says we're seeing a 'resurgence of short games' because people are 'becoming fatigued' with 100-hour monsters
news Will Shen says people already have huge, open-ended games they like, so it's tough for new ones to find room.
Marvel Rivals season 1 starts on January 10 as Dracula and Doctor Doom team up to 'disrupt the moon’s orbit' and unleash an army of vampires on New York City
news Looks like The Fantastic Four showed up just in time.
'Elon is a father who gets lots of sex' somehow leads to renewed claims that Elon Musk superfan Adrian Dittmann is actually Musk himself
news 2025 is three days old and I'm already very tired.
Helldivers 2 director decides to kick off 2025 by wading into a conversation about DEI: 'Make good games, don't make a contemporary political statement'
news Johan Pilestedt tried to clarify his statement by saying he was only talking about things "outside the theme of the game," which doesn't really clarify much at all.
Net neutrality is dead again: US court says the FCC can't bring back Obama-era internet regulations
news The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Chevron deference in 2024 cut the FCC's legs out from under it.
Clobberin' time is confirmed: The Fantastic Four is coming to Marvel Rivals and they're bringing a cute little robot along with them
news A full reveal is coming later this week.
