Latest articles by Anna Koselke
After 14 years and nearly $500,000 raised for charity, one dedicated Minecraft player is finally set to reach the fabled end-of-world Far Lands – a feat that may just be "one of the single greatest achievements" in gaming
News KurtJMac's journey started in 2011
Palworld 1.0 release scheduled for "next year" with "a truly massive amount of content planned" despite Nintendo's ongoing lawsuit – and Pocketpair is "also working on some other things"
News The full launch "will be a major milestone" for the studio
GTA 6 dubbed "the largest game launch in history" by Rockstar in job listing, surprising absolutely nobody who has been waiting 12 years for the new Grand Theft Auto to release
News "Was this not pretty obvious?"
New Assassin's Creed Shadows update lets you dress up as series icon Ezio – if you can stomach grinding "for weeks" to complete his full set, that is, but "at least it's free"
News A small silver lining, if you can call it that
As Borderlands 4 players dub Vex "the strongest vault hunter in the entire series," Gearbox responds to worries regarding potential nerfs: "Chill guys, we're not going to knee-jerk react to anything"
News "Do not nerf this, it's part of the fun"
Todd Howard told Bethesda designers that "humor has no place in games," a rule they didn't follow in RPGs like Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Morrowind: "If Todd doesn't catch it..."
News "That's where things like the Lusty Argonian Maid came in"
After a 12-year wait, Nintendo's weird life sim sequel Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream just got a spring 2026 release window with a new trailer showing off deeper Mii customization and more
News Yes, it looks just as ridiculous as ever
2 years after Engage, Nintendo graces us with brand-new Fire Emblem game Fortune's Weave – and the tactical RPG coming in 2026 looks like a direct sequel to Three Houses
News Yep, that's definitely Sothis
Stardew Valley is getting a major upgrade on Switch 2 with mouse controls, as well as 4-player co-op with just 1 copy of the farming sim thanks to GameShare
News Coming this fall
Oblivion Remastered gets its physical release soon, but it seems Bethesda's revamped RPG might come as just a "code in a box" after all – and fans aren't pleased: "You will own nothing and be happy"
News A not-so-physical physical edition
5 years after Animal Crossing: New Horizons, fans of the cozy sim want more – so naturally they're using a literal "summoning circle" to make it happen at today's Nintendo Direct
News "Please work…"
Borderlands 4 devs assure Steam users that "Take-Two does not use spyware in its games" as Gearbox tries to avoid another review bombing over the parent company's unpopular new user agreement
News "We know there have been some concerns"
Palworld developer's publishing arm signs a new horror game that doesn't sound creepy at all – a retro-style fishing adventure which definitely has "absolutely no eerie mysteries" whatsoever
News Pocketpair Publishing shows off Normal Fishing
Dune: Awakening devs apologize for "created expectations" surrounding new Lost Harvest DLC after Chapter 2 update, promise "to rectify" things with more content this fall
News The Dune Man set has been called "lousy" by fans
Former Nintendo marketing leads explain the company is "very good" at curbing leaks – unless they're from third-party games, "then it becomes much harder for Nintendo to control"
News There are "Nintendo ninjas" who "investigate leaks" internally
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says patents like the controversial ones Nintendo has secured amid its Palworld lawsuit "are too often used in bad faith"
News The patents could reshape other developers' games forever
"Less poo, more Shakespeare": Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke had to ask the RPG's writing team for more variety over Vicious Mockery's many silly insults
News "Why are so many of them about poo?"
Less than a day after the Dune: Awakening Chapter 2 launch, Funcom rolls out a quick hotfix addressing "the mother of all bugs" that saw Deep Desert loot respawning "every 0.5 seconds"
News Yet another duping glitch axed from the survival MMO
Valve just gave Steam a much-needed glow-up, with a client update finally adding users' long-requested features like UI scaling and more: "Thank you, Lord Gaben"
News The platform is "easier to navigate" now
As the Palworld lawsuit rumbles on, Nintendo claims two new patents that could change the way non-Pokemon creature collectors work for good
News Battles may look a whole lot different in the future
After just 4 days, a Hollow Knight: Silksong speedrunner has already completed the smash-hit Metroidvania sequel in under 2 hours – and he's not stopping there: "I can't wait to do more runs"
News "A first improvement to a series of many improvements, I hope"
Dune: Awakening Chapter 2 goes live, making the survival MMO's desert a little more welcoming by making sandworms less erratic, reducing quicksand, and introducing "a multitude of bug fixes"
News Here's to fewer spontaneous sandworm deaths
Pokemon Emerald master beats the game while taking "the fewest steps possible" using "every trick" around, is immediately told he could have taken even fewer steps
News He "spent months playing the game over and over"
