Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Legendary creator Shinji Mikami has one word for Microsoft shutting down the studio he founded: 'Sad'
By Rich Stanton published
news Mikami founded Tango Gameworks in 2010, and it was closed yesterday.
Helldivers 2 patch sneaks out the revelation that when we killed 2 billion bugs in a day, that was actually a bug
By Rich Stanton published
news It's also nixed a persistent crash issue that I've had a bunch.
EA CEO says they've learned 'valuable lessons', so the next Battlefield is going to be 'another tremendous live service'
By Rich Stanton published
news Blame it on the Battlefield 2042 players who "made it clear that they wanted an even deeper experience."
Magic's most-valuable card hits an absurd $3 million after 'private sale', some call shenanigans, no one knows what's real, but what's true is it was bought with bitcoin
By Rich Stanton published
news The Alpha Black Lotus is now the single most valuable card in existence.
Helldivers 2's next warbond makes slowdown an unpatriotic thing of the past with 'motivational shocks'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Literally shocks Helldivers back into action."
Casper Van Dien geeks out over Helldivers 2's references and gives it a patriotic 10/10—'such a tribute to Starship Troopers it's really quite wonderful'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I already feel like I'm a part of it."
Manor Lords publisher says the game's success is 'well beyond what we could have hoped'
By Rich Stanton published
news "But ultimately Greg's making the decisions and driving the development: he is the developer."
Todd Howard says Bethesda's trying to 'increase our output' with Elder Scrolls and Fallout 'because we don't want to wait that long either'
By Rich Stanton published
news Do it Todd.
Todd Howard is a good boy after all—warned his mum that the Fallout show's full of 'sex, violence, and bad words'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I do give a mature warning to like my family."
Google picks the one fight it will never win—with Sonic fans
By Rich Stanton published
news Obama chuckled.
Walton Goggins reveals that parts of the Fallout show were filmed at a diamond mine where 'there's still diamonds on the ground'
By Rich Stanton published
news "The photographer caught me trying to find one... without my hands!!"
Fallout 4's most popular mods are now ones that remove Bethesda's disastrous 'next gen' update
By Rich Stanton published
news They just work.
Counter-Strike gives the people what they want: 'Fine'
By Rich Stanton published
news Players can now switch between holding their weapons on the left or right side.
Helldivers 2 players complete another major order by the skin of their teeth, and some can't help but feel Joel's going easy on them
By Rich Stanton published
news Still, we did scrap an awful lot of bots.
It took 30 years, but a speedrunner's finished Doom 2's opening level in an unbelievable 4.97 seconds
By Rich Stanton published
news Hurt me plenty.
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor sails past a million sold as developers salute players' 'ravenous appetite' for space dwarf content
By Rich Stanton published
news Rock and stone and lots of cash.
Grand Theft Auto 5 actor 'shot some stuff' with Rockstar for a 'James Bond Trevor' expansion that never happened
By Rich Stanton published
news "We shot some stuff and then it just disappeared and [Rockstar] never did it, and they never followed up on it."
A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century
By Rich Stanton published
news The cheat remained hidden in Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness for 25 years.
Blizzard says it does pay attention to the 'shoutiest of the shouty' but WoW's Plunderstorm mode 'is not a failure'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We kind of expected it: it's PvP."
What we want to see in Fallout season 2: Deathclaw fights, aliens and a lot more Norm
By Fraser Brown published
Back to the Wasteland Our hopes and dreams for the second season.
Helldivers 2 CEO says after success, the goal now is simple—'make this the best live game you've ever played'
By Rich Stanton published
news Now that's patriotism.
While everyone else gets hyped about Fallout, Todd Howard is promising some 'really good updates' for Starfield
By Rich Stanton published
news Don't you forget about me.
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase is back with a bang this June, and here's where and when to watch
By Rich Stanton published
news Featuring over 40 games.
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