Latest articles by Tyler Wilde
You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits
news Microsoft, Rockstar, Epic, and others are being sued for using "addictive psychological features" in games like Minecraft, GTA 5, and Fortnite.
Lawyer warns game developers about 'unlawful game design' as 'dark patterns' lawsuits rise
news Could a game that makes you grind too much be unlawful? It's possible.
Twitch targets butt streams with new rule banning 'content that focuses on intimate body parts for a prolonged period of time'
news Looks like we're at the rear end of the butt streaming meta.
'Make a private hosted version of your game': Knockout City dev's top tip for studios shutting down a live service game is to give players the keys
news "Ultimately, it keeps the game that everybody at the studio worked so hard on alive forever."
Baldur's Gate 3 mod tools won't be as extensive as Divinity's: 'We're not a tools company,' says Swen Vincke
news The cross-platform mod support is coming "in the near future," the Larian CEO hopes.
DeathSprint 66 is like Mario Kart, but ultraviolent and minus the carts: 'It's The Running Man as reimagined for a new generation'
news The combat foot racing game will release on PC this year.
Chris Roberts says Star Citizen is finally pushing for the 1.0 'finish line'
news "We are on the cusp of delivering one of the final pieces of technology that will enable a connected, shared universe," the CEO said.
Wordle now requires a New York Times account to view your stats
news Wins and losses stored in your browser's cache are no longer displayed.
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Spring Sale
Deals We've combed the first big Steam sale of the year for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
This 'photorealistic' RTS about ants is the second RTS about ants to be based on a 1991 French novel about ants
news Empire of the Ants aims to push Unreal Engine 5's real time ant-rendering capabilities to their limits.
RuneScape creator unveils new MMO after 10 years of development: 'At times it has felt like an insurmountably ambitious task'
news The free-to-play Brighter Shores will feature "a huge number of professions" and aims to minimize "grindy gameplay."
Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs
news "Why do I need to spend four or 500 bucks on a bespoke piece of gaming hardware when I've got my smartphone, or I got my PC or my Mac?"
Games industry should be 'less cautious,' says maker of experimental game about exploring a swimming pool dimension
news "I hope for a gaming industry that's less cautious and embraces boldness."
The next premium Helldivers 2 Warbond includes a new lightning shotgun, and of course more capes
news The Cutting Edge Warbond will be out March 14.
While other gaming companies talk layoffs, Capcom is raising salaries
news Capcom Japan is increasing its base starting salary, and giving existing employees 5% raises on average this year.
Chivalry 2 pauses new skill-based team balancing because it was doing the opposite of balancing for some reason
news The Duel of the Fetes update also added custom servers and three new deathmatch maps.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in March
📆 Plus events, updates, and other PC gaming happenings to look out for this month.
Helldivers 2 is one of the funniest games in recent memory
Opinion Both the game and its players are on fire with their Super Earth jingoism gags.
The first Borderlands movie trailer is here, and it looks—drumroll—pretty alright
news OK, maybe it looks a bit bad, but the piss scene is kinda funny.
Dead by Daylight's next killer is 'an evil so heinous that investigating it almost immediately invites death'
news A test build of the new chapter, All Things Wicked, is available on Steam for a limited time.
You'll get extra Helldivers 2 XP this weekend to make up for a bug
news No, not that kind of bug. You already killed that kind of bug.
OpenAI unveils powerful, creepy new text-to-video generator that it calls 'a foundation for models that can understand and simulate the real world'
news Sora is another step on the road to "artificial general intelligence," the ChatGPT company says.
The creator of Hello Neighbor is making a Home Alone-inspired PvP heist game and you can sign up to test it on Steam now
news RBO is a "physics-powered heist/home alone game."
