Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would've included an ice gun with 'kind of like a Silver Surfer mode,' and Valve just released footage
news Also: "hoppy blobs." Here's our best glimpse at the cancelled Episode 3 yet.
'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'
news Half-Life 2: Episode 3 never happened because Newell "couldn't figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward."
Arcane showrunner praises the 'unsung heroes' of animation: 'No one will see their work, but they're masters'
news A round of applause for the storyboard artists.
A Fortnite player wondered why there was 'mold' in their game: turns out it's a texture Tim Sweeney added to Unreal Engine in 1995
news "It's still there and shows up when a programmer forgets to specify a texture."
Every Civilization 7 leader we know about so far
In Charge Who will lead your nation in Sid Meier's Civilization 7?
Mists of Pandaria Classic is coming summer 2025
news Blizzard announced the natural next step for WoW Classic during the Warcraft 30th anniversary stream.
The best Starfield mods
Mods in Space Get a better UI, buy legendary ships, use dozens of blasters from Stars Wars, and more with Starfield mods.
The best games on Steam
Best to Get Got a fresh Steam account? Here are the best Steam games to get free or buy first.
Sony says it should've gotten more feedback before launching Concord, but it isn't done with live service games despite 'a certain amount of risk'
news The PlayStation maker says singleplayer games are its strength, but it's not calling it quits on multiplayer after Concord bombed.
Following Arcane's season 2 premiere, Riot drops our first look at Jinx's moves in fighting game 2XKO
news Jinx wields guns, bombs, and rockets in the upcoming LoL fighting game.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in November
📆 Our most anticipated game is finally dropping, and there are tons of other exciting PC games and events to watch for this month.
Wanna feel old? Warcraft is 30 years old, Half-Life 2 is 20 years old, and Dragon Age: Inquisition is 10 years old as of this month
news November is a huge month for videogame anniversaries.
6 times we got seriously creeped out by games that aren't even horror games
👻 Some of gaming's scariest moments came when we weren't expecting to be scared.
Is Concord the biggest live service failure of all time? Here's how it stacks up next to other major flops
Megaflops The live service graveyard got another headstone this week, and it's starting to feel awfully big.
The best PC games right now
What to play Looking for a great new PC game? Here's what we're playing in 2024.
Bungie has finally broken its silence on Marathon, but without the promised gameplay and practically no details—gulp?
A developer update lets us know that Bungie's extraction shooter still exists, but it doesn't sound like it's very close to release.
You're not going to see 'Peter Griffin or anime characters coming to Hunt,' says Crytek in response to fears that its Scream crossover means it's Fortnite now
news Crytek says its collabs will stay true to Hunt: Showdown's lore, and maintains that the Ghost Face mask is a natural fit.
Actually, 1890s Colorado is a reasonable place for the Scream guy to show up, says Hunt: Showdown developer: 'We believe the latest Ghost Face Rampage DLC fits into the dark, supernatural atmosphere'
news Following criticism of the crossover cosmetic, Crytek says that Ghost Face is "an ageless, almost mythological figure that transcends eras."
'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'
Denuvo's quest to improve its reputation with PC gamers is personal.
Life sim Inzoi is still set to release in early access this year, Krafton confirms
News The goal is to keep updating the new Sims competitor for at least 20 years after launch.
I played a popular new social fishing game on Steam and ended up blowing all my fish earnings on scratch-off lotto tickets
News Doing anything but fishing in Webfishing.
2K reveals free-to-play hero shooter Project Ethos, an extraction game with a minor 'roguelike' twist
news A playtest starts today with access coming via Twitch drops.
