Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Fallout: London, the DLC-sized Fallout 4 mod, is getting DLC of its own
By Andy Chalk published
news The next patch was getting pretty huge, so Team Folon decided to go all-in.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is coming to Hitman, and you better believe he's doing splits all over the place
By Andy Chalk published
news Hitman's next Elusive Target is... The Splitter.
Warhorse says Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is coming out a week early 'so you can start 2025 with the best game there is,' but I feel like there might be another reason
By Andy Chalk published
news In case you'd forgotten, February 2025 is absurdly stacked.
December gets even worse as Friday the 13th developer Illfonic lays off employees
By Andy Chalk published
news Illfonic has "re-aligned to a refined strategy," which means a whole bunch of people don't have jobs anymore.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets a standalone character creator and a new patch for Dragon Age Day
By Andy Chalk published
news The fourth Veilguard patch makes some changes to photo mode and fixes another batch of bugs.
More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day, just three weeks before Christmas
By Andy Chalk published
news 2023 was bad, but 2024 looks even worse.
Fortnite's drastically diminished Save the World XP rewards was a bug, Epic says, but now it's fixed
By Andy Chalk published
news Daily XP caps in Fortnite Save the World were changed to weekly without warning, which cut deeply into battle pass progression.
StarCraft 2's impossible mission has been beaten after 14 years by a guy who turned the 'Archon Toilet' into an 'Archon Bidet'
By Andy Chalk published
news The Protoss win.
Mass Effect boss may have dropped a hint about the next game: 'Make sure you play Lair of the Shadow Broker'
By Andy Chalk published
news Lots of people are picking up Mass Effect Legendary Edition in the Steam Autumn Sale, and Michael Gamble wants newcomers to pay attention to one part in particular.
Stalker 2's first patch is live with monster nerfs and more than 650 fixes for memory leaks, crash issues, and bad teeth
By Andy Chalk published
news The Zone will hopefully be smoother for everyone now, but fixes to A-Life 2.0 are still in the works.
Tencent's big new survival game looks like Palworld wrapped in Horizon Zero Dawn, but it does have an interesting premise: 'Why can't human beings kill God?'
By Andy Chalk published
news Light of Motiram is set in a lush world dominated by mechanical beasts, and yes it looks very familiar.
Meet weird avians, save a kidnapped goddess, and explore a gorgeous lantern world inspired by Persian art in this very funny new indie adventure game
By Andy Chalk published
news 30 Birds is out now on Steam.
The antitrust lawsuit against Steam is now a class action, and that could have big repercussions for Valve
By Andy Chalk published
news The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, now encompasses "all persons or entities" who have sold games on Steam since 2017.
The game that inspired Warframe is free on Steam until Saturday
By Andy Chalk published
news Dark Sector laid the groundwork for what would eventually become one of today's biggest and most enduring multiplayer shooters.
'Holy s**t you guys—it happened': 8 years after a terrible launch, No Man's Sky has reached a Very Positive rating on Steam
By Andy Chalk published
news After one of the worst launches ever, No Man's Sky now has more than 80% positive reviews.
Elon Musk says too many game studios are owned by giant corporations so his giant corporation is going to start a studio to 'make games great again'
By Andy Chalk published
news Musk says he's going to launch an "AI game studio" at his xAI startup.
Terminally ill Borderlands fan says his trip to Gearbox to play Borderlands 4 'was truly an amazing experience'
By Andy Chalk published
news Gearbox came through in a big way.
The 2024 Steam Autumn Sale is live, and Steam Awards nominations are now open
By Andy Chalk published
news The leaves are falling, and so are the prices.
BioWare veteran Mac Walters will 'pause operations' at his new studio after NetEase ends funding just 1 year after it was founded
By Andy Chalk published
news Just two days after Casey Hudson closed his Humanoid Origin studio, the former Mass Effect creative director has run into similar trouble at Worlds Untold.
Former Little Nightmares developers sign a deal with Epic for an upcoming sci-fi action game
By Andy Chalk published
news Nothing has been heard about the new game since it was announced in early 2021, but hopefully that will change soon.
The Witcher 4 is finally in full production: 'Ahead of us lies the main and most intense stage of development'
By Andy Chalk published
news CD Projekt's latest financial report contains good news.
Cities: Skylines 2 gets a new patch, but your city's hotel owners aren't going to be happy about it
By Andy Chalk published
news The update fixes problems with custom climates and disappearing tool modes, but the hospitality industry remains a headache.
Dr Disrespect moves to Rumble, will head up its Rumble Gaming category
By Andy Chalk published
news Terms of his Rumble deal weren't disclosed but includes "equity" in the company.
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