Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Denuvo's new feature can invisibly watermark your game footage so publishers can track down leakers
news Don't you care about "the overall integrity of the content distribution process"?
Halo co-creator that joined EA to work on Battlefield 'gut punched' as publisher lays off entire team: 'I don't have anything positive to say about EA'
news Ridgeline games had been working on a narrative-focused Battlefield entry.
Stardew Valley's dripfeed of 1.6 patch notes reaches artistic levels of absurdity: 'You can now drink mayonnaise'
news "Some day I could make pickles edible."
Konami releases David Hayter-fronted video series about Metal Gear's incredible legacy, doesn't mention Metal Gear creator, director, and writer Hideo Kojima once
news Boss? Boss?!?
Palworld's made so much money it's 'too big for a studio with our size to handle', but CEO says it's not going to go public or sell up yet: 'I want to make multiple small games'
news Won't someone think of the shareholders!
Palworld dev says 'a game without a multiplayer mode just doesn’t feel right in the era we live today'
news "Colleagues were against leaving useless bodies in the game, but I pushed it through."
As the Warner Bros suits begin to blame Suicide Squad for everything but the weather, the newly released game's price is almost slashed in half
news Meanwhile, the most telling thing about the game's latest update is how little there is to say
Paradox says where we're going, we don't need no marketing plan as it just shows off and chats about the unannounced Europa Universalis 5
news Where we're going is 15th-19th century Europe.
Tim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'
news Newell remained magisterially above the fray.
French Counter-Strike team re-sign star French player, celebrate by sticking him on a golden gun-throne in front of the Eiffel Tower because they're French
news At least he's not in a beret carrying some onions.
CCP reveals first details of survival game set on a single shard in the EVE universe, but wait: here comes the blockchain
news Would you Adam and EVE it.
Shellshocked Helldivers 2 players so stunned by indiscriminate friendly fire from Stratagems they've begun to question if the Automatons are behind it
news "That thing deliberately shoots at you without a doubt in my mind."
Helldivers 2's latest major order gives players the chance to make a sector permanently bug-free with a planet-sized pesticide system
news Quarantine those bugs to death.
TF2's voice cast is terrorising America's small jazz bars to croon about sandwiches
news "Woke up this mornin', the Sandvich was gone."
Astralis belatedly backs up its womens' Counter-Strike team's request for default female skins, says it can't understand the reaction to something 'that does not hurt others in any way or form'
news It was even giving out free female agents skins for a spell.
Hogwarts Legacy dev tries to cool the community's excitement about the summer update, says it's just a 'small way of us showing appreciation'
news Wants to "set some expectations."
US government report reveals how Discord, Roblox, Reddit and others co-operate with the FBI and Homeland Security over content like 'user-generated re-creations of mass shootings'
news The Biden administration describes domestic terrorism and "the most urgent terrorism threat facing the United States."
Helldivers 2's latest order sure looks like a setup for players to liberate their own mech suits… for democracy!
news Why do robots want exosuits? Stop asking questions and get down there!
OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk lawsuit with 'facts' showing he 'told us we would fail, started a competitor, and then sued us when we started making meaningful progress'
news "We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims."
Elden Ring players may well have found Miyazaki's secret 'small element' and turns out it's had a clue to the DLC since launch
news The director spoke, and the Lands Between internet detective agency sprung into action.
Helldivers 2 uses its game master to stop the live service side from being 'just a calendar with automated events tied to major holidays'
news "We knew it would be divisive!"
Tribes 3: Rivals hits early access next week promising 'rebirth' for the exquisite fusion of skiing fast with a flag and explosive frisbees
news Is this the one that can last?
Ex-Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell is running for Congress with 'Marty's army' and says he's voting Trump
news Everything but the MAGA hat.
