Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Helldivers 2's guns have 46 secret stats so just 'use the one you like the most'
news You're at liberty to do so.
RuneScape gets not one but two tabletop adaptations on the same day
news I'm here for the "game-changing cakes."
Counter-Strike pros write open letter to Valve asking for default female skins, histrionic reaction shows why that's probably a good idea
news "In some way it supports the sexism that we unfortunately still encounter."
'Doom runs on everything' goes corporate as pricey lawnmower company sets up its army of grass-guzzlers to mow down hell
news Get ready for a LAWN party.
Nier: Automata sells 8 million as Tencent cancels mobile game and Yoko Taro says you've already had the third one anyway
news So Nier and yet so far.
Warren Spector hails Epic Mickey as 'a real labor of love', says he's got an idea for the third entry but the day job makes that 'impossible'
news "We created something that—like just about everything Disney—is evergreen."
Didn't see this one coming: Roblox has an official Jaws game
news Seems to share a few ideas with the board game.
Epic's thrown a giant bag of money at Lady Gaga to do the next Fortnite festival, but the main thing is she no longer spells it 'Fortnight'
news You and me can ride a Battle Bus.
A quarter century after its release, Age of Empires 2 is still getting DLC
news Victors and Vanquished adds 19 new scenarios alongside figures like Charlemagne.
Here's the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer perfectly recreated in Minecraft
news The team wanted to "bridge one of the best-selling video games ever with another future best-selling one."
Two years after release Miyazaki says Elden Ring's world still has 'a small element that I feel has not yet been discovered'
news It's the pendant all over again.
Yes, Team Fortress 2 players recently did a big trade involving an IRL dog and, no, they're not monsters and it's quite above-board and sweet actually
news Their mistake was a bit of friendly shitposting.
Miyazaki says Bloodborne is 'a title we hold very dear' but remains maddeningly vague about whether it'll ever come to PC
news Grant us eyes. Please.
I didn't have System Shock Pinball on my 2024 list but I'll take it
news A perfect, immortal machine.
Embracer reveals it laid off around 1,400 people in 6 months last year, but don't be a bellyacher—this is all about 'maximising shareholder value'
news And there's more to come.
Palworld dev says talk of player dropoff is 'lazy' and 'it is fine to take breaks from games'
news "New content will come, and it's going to be awesome, but these things take a little bit of time."
Twitch suspends Aussie prankster for 'self-harm' after he pretends to stick forks in toasters with silly FX and a Rickroll
news The travails of Boggles highlight a wider moderation issue.
EA and a studio reportedly invested $125 million making a new singleplayer IP with zero microtransactions, no grind, a shorter running time, and guess what: 'No one bought it'
news Immortals of Aveum's launch went so poorly that almost half the studio was laid off shortly thereafter.
Rocksteady applauds players for 'breaking' Suicide Squad with infinite damage scaling bug, but decides to fix it and start a new leaderboard
news Burn baby burn.
Dead Cells' designer livid at former studio for ending support for the game in 'worst a**hole move imaginable'
news "I can honestly say I'm glad to not be part of this anymore."
Football Manager 2024 is the best-selling entry in series history with 7 million gum-chewing devotees, studio pays tribute to 'incredible community of players'
news "[We] want to make the best value-for-money games on the planet," says studio director Miles Jacobson.
Hideo Kojima says Physint's happening because you lot just wouldn't stop asking for 'a new Metal Gear' and, after a brush with death, he's decided that's not a bad idea
news "I wrote a will, too. And in that moment I realised people die."
Take-Two CEO says the goal with Grand Theft Auto 6 is simple: 'We're seeking perfection'
news Strauss Zelnick is very confident about this one.
