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
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's latest showcase almost makes it look like they forgot to put a game in there
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news And what game there is... well, let's reserve judgement.
I didn't want to get my hopes up about Metal Gear Solid Delta, but Konami's somehow done it
By Rich Stanton published
news I'm still in a dream.
Hogwarts Legacy has a director's cut coming, and it may well spell the end for Suicide Squad
By Rich Stanton published
news This will make sense, I promise.
Counter-Strike pro somehow gets banned for life twice after stealing other players' SSDs at IEM Dallas, blames the ganja
By Rich Stanton published
news Another one bites de_dust.
Trackmania players have been trying to complete a challenge map so ludicrously hard there's a $30,000 prize for reaching the top, and over a month after release no-one's done it
By Rich Stanton published
news Even watching someone race on Deep Dip 2 is rage-inducing.
MrBeast is now Mr Has The Most YouTube Subscribers
By Rich Stanton published
news You'll see this face over and over and over again until you die.
Developer of the latest anime gacha hit apologises 5 times for launch issues in a single letter and doles out in-game treats like candy
By Rich Stanton published
news You get some crystal solvents, and you get some crystal solvents too!
After the supposedly final flourish of 1.6, Stardew Valley creator says 'I could keep working on the game forever' and is 'not going to say the book is closed'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I'm not going to say [there's] no chance for future updates. That would be foolish."
Larian says it started 'pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4' but 'we didn't have the fire'
By Rich Stanton published
news "It feels like it should have been a harder decision than it was, but it wasn't."
Hyper Light Breaker dev opens up about the stress of depending on a publisher under the corporate carousel of acquisitions, layoffs and closures: 'I don't know who I'm going to be working with in a few months'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Sometimes you get caught in that crossfire."
Over 90 Deadlock videos have now leaked, but Valve's still acting like nothing's happened
By Rich Stanton published
news TikTok Fortress 3.
Atari vanquishes its most ancient foe by acquiring Intellivision, declares end to 'the longest-running console war in history'
By Rich Stanton published
news Hahaha, where is your Mattel now! Oh...
George Miller didn't like the 2015 Mad Max game, says he wants Hideo Kojima to make one 'but I would never ask him'
By Rich Stanton published
news The co-founder of Avalanche also races out to defend their baby: 'complete nonsense…it was a hell of a great game.'
Street Fighter 6 is launching Akuma by having thousands of Twitch viewers control him simultaneously, which I'm sure will go well
By Rich Stanton published
news The demon will have something to rage about after this.
Helldivers 2 players getting all hot and bothered over Eagle-1's lovely voice now have an in-game solution—Eagle Sweat, the glorious smell of democracy
By Rich Stanton published
news Goood morning Super Earth!
Take-Two CEO says he's 'highly confident' GTA6 will make its release window, gets all philosophical about it: 'Perfection is indeed hard to measure, it really is more subjective than objective'
By Rich Stanton published
news Says if you want to know what's new… just watch the trailer again.
Escape from Tarkov dev's latest wheeze is to offer players $50 'compensation' after a price U-turn, but rather than a refund it's a one-time use $50 Tarkov voucher
By Rich Stanton published
news But "in-game stash size has been increased by two lines."
Hideo Kojima goes mad for the new Mad Max, says George Miller 'is my God, and the saga that he tells is my Bible'
By Rich Stanton published
news "My ultimate mentor."
Always-online free-to-play ARPG relaunches with an offline mode, zero microtransactions, and an upfront price: 'We're in uncharted territory, and it's a big risk'
By Rich Stanton published
news "To our knowledge this hasn't been done before."
Embracer's talk about The Lord of the Rings says one thing: 'Fly, you fools!'
By Rich Stanton published
news More like Middling-earth.
Portrait of King Charles as rizzed-up final boss instantly modded into Dishonored
By Rich Stanton published
news Never complain, never explain.
Square Enix president bemoans weak Final Fantasy sales and says his restructure is existential: 'Our winning formula is no longer effective'
By Rich Stanton published
news Cloudy outlook.
NieR series producer says he's doing something with the key creatives, adds with a chuckle: 'It might be NieR, it might not be NieR'
By Rich Stanton published
news "I'll have something a bit more comprehensive to say in the not-too-distant future."
The GameStop memelord returns, stonks spike, market panics—and all he's done so far is post a bunch of mid memes
By Rich Stanton published
news The fund managers are not impressed.
Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves'
By Rich Stanton published
news "The voice actors that signed up and built the models receive royalties for every line we create."
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