Latest articles by Rick Lane
BioWare claims Dragon Age: The Veilguard has 140,000 lines of dialogue, which is probably more than Baldur's Gate 3, but definitely less than Starfield
News Word count.
Bethesda registers a trademark for 'Starborn' after Todd Howard confirms more Starfield expansions are on the way
News Trademark registered earlier this month.
Fallout: New Vegas designer slams unrealistic release dates that 'burn out and demoralize the developers' as he shares tips on how to spot when a game needs more time in the oven
News "There have been plenty of games that announce a date and I (correctly) predict they will not ship at that date".
Fights, friendships, passions and pugs: At Black Desert's 10th anniversary event, we asked players about why they're still obsessed with the MMO
Story time Tales of love, war and exile.
I tried to stop my peasants from starving in Norland, but their lords only care about sex and holy rings
Hoard of the rings Crusader Kings meets RimWorld in this powerful, if finicky medieval story engine.
As Black Desert Online celebrates its tenth anniversary, Pearl Abyss reveals the future of its MMO lies thousands of years in the past
sands of time "It was like, 'what's the next big adventure?'"
With Doom: The Dark Ages, id Software is still searching for what made the original great, and I hope it never finds it
Doom for improvement Hugo Martin keeps getting Doom wrong, and that's what makes the games so good.
Black Desert celebrates its 10th anniversary with a brand-new class: a pipe-smoking swordsman who can summon an army of ghost archers
News Smoking kills.
Asked whether Grand Theft Auto 6 will come to PC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says Rockstar 'will make more announcements in due time'
News "The only thing that happens after the lack of an announcement is an announcement."
Slime Rancher 2's latest update adds toys and see-saws for your colourful blobs, letting you transform your ranch into a playground for profit
News Get there pronto.
Broken Roads, the wonky Aussie Fallout, receives a major update that lets you pet koalas and explains the meaning of sex trophies
News Koala-ty of life changes.
Private Division has canceled a deal for Bloober Team's unannounced survival horror 'Project C', but the mystery game from the Silent Hill 2 remakers might not be dead yet
News Bloober Team is 'prepared for potential alternatives'.
Helldivers 2 player encounters a bug that gives them infinite gas, and haven't we all been there?
News Stuck on a loo(p).
Sony accidentally leaks the whole of Destiny 2's latest expansion, as its game streaming service let players access The Final Shape days before launch
News Weapons, armor, exotics, and campaign mission details revealed prematurely.
Arrowhead's new CEO says the studio 'knew it would be impossible' to keep up with Helldivers 2's demand for new content, is now focussed on adjusting 'so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff'
News "We're building a bit of scaffolding so we can make a bigger barn."
Sony hopes PC gamers, who'll wait years for Epic exclusives to come to Steam out of spite, will buy PS5s for exclusive sequels
News It could work for them, but then again, we are a notoriously patient bunch when we want to be.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's latest teaser trailer is heavy on analogue horror and creepy mannequins
News Extended trailer also suggests Zombies mode is back.
Helldivers 2 players have successfully emancipated the Emancipator mech from the automaton assembly line, and of course the dual-autocannon exosuit has triggered another debate about balance
News Mech a big mess.
The next Doom game will be titled Doom: The Dark Ages and revealed at Xbox Games Showcase, report claims
News I'm Quaking with anticipation.
Larian CEO reveals the studio 'had to do a bit on crunch' on Baldur's Gate 3, but it was 'certainly less' than previous projects it has worked on
News 'You will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something'
Assassin's Creed Shadows is leaking like a freshly-stabbed Samurai, as main character art sneaks online ahead of imminent reveal
News Shuriken look if you want.
Ghost of Tsushima's crossplay function will launch with a 'beta' tag attached, prompting speculation that Sony is hoping to avoid another PSN-related fiasco
News Ghost in the machine.
Nexon says sweaty FPS The Finals surpassed expectations at launch but has tailed-off badly, pledges to 'understand and address the key issues'
News Final Countdown?
