Latest articles by Austin Wood
Stolen Marathon art issue "resolved" with Bungie and Sony "to my satisfaction," original artist says
News Marathon's plagiarism first surfaced in May
AI has an "unbelievable ability to create a lot of slop," says ex-Nexon boss who signed Arc Raiders, predicting the industry will "triple" in size in 7 years due to players "rejecting slop and bad product"
News Owen Mahoney sees a creative edge to AI in games
Banned by Steam, $100,000 in the hole, and facing shutdown, graphic horror game dev now dropped by Epic Games Store "roughly 24 hours before launch"
News This game can't catch a break
REPO is adding cosmetics, and they can only be unlocked by playing the dang game: "If you happen to love microtransactions, I'm going to disappoint you deeply"
News "There will be no microtransactions"
With Baldur's Gate 3 still in Steam's top 20 after 2 years, Larian ends 2025 with love for the best mods keeping the RPG thriving: "Give yourselves a pat on the back, have a shot of whiskey"
News 350 million mod downloads, 10,000 mods uploaded
Elden Ring Nightreign stats reveal FromSoftware survivorship bias, suggesting its "most deadly" world bosses had their numbers padded by bruised loot goblins
News The Bell Bearing Hunter is both surprisingly and unsurprisingly low
I was informed of what seems to be the only game on Steam with this many 100% positive reviews, and I need you to see it with me
News Bask in the unassailable glory
Team Cherry teases Silksong DLC and the return of a character revealed 7 years ago: "We've noticed that people would like an expansion" like Hollow Knight's Pantheon
News "We're excited to reintroduce Sharpe," Ari Gibson says
Police confirm Arc Raiders fan got a visit from officers in real life after a concerned motel guest heard him plead for a revive: "I got shot, please get me up!"
News When Arc Raiders proximity chat gets a little too real
Hytale early access release date set for January 2026 just weeks after it's reacquired by original founders, following 5 years and cancellation at Riot: "If you don’t feel comfortable pre-ordering, please don't"
News Hytale is finally coming out, for real
MMO player endures "heavy chest pains" and struggles "to stay awake" as his girlfriend brings him food during 4-day grind to become first in the world to reach max level
News Get some sleep, Runescape fans
Arc Raiders gear tiers get even messier as one gunsmith finds low-rarity mods are by far the best bang for your buck, and suddenly I don't feel bad about my uncommon blueprints
News Bury me with my Vertical Grip II
Destiny 2 game director says "we don't want to be a dead live game" as Renegades arrives at a low for the MMO, admits "relatively few [new] people come" in and Edge of Fate pivot "didn't work"
News Tyson Green weighs in on the state of Destiny 2
The backbone of Arc Raiders, Scrappy the rooster, is based on a real bird who crashed a dev Zoom meeting and was photoscanned in as something "we'll definitely replace later"
News All hail Scrappy the crafting king
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
News Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
Arc Raiders dev answers one big question about what counts toward bonus skill points for Expeditions, but Embark still won't say how much cash you actually need
News How much loot you need for how many skill points is still anyone's guess
"There was only 1 game on all of Steam with more reviews than us at 100%," roguelike dev says, and now 54 clown emojis adorn the troll who broke the streak: "Game is amazing. I just like to be different"
News "I haven't reported it myself nor do I expect it to be taken down"
Arc Raiders has a weird problem for a shooter: the worst guns in the game are really good
Feature Opinion | Which is probably a good thing
Genshin Impact fans rush to defend femboy god Venti and crop-topped male lead Aether after they're criticized on Turkish news channel: "They think he is a girl lmao"
News Venti did nothing wrong, as ever
Christmas comes early for Helldivers 2 players as Arrowhead adds a minigun, flamethrower drone, and a chain sword all in one glorious Warbond
News Helldivers 2 players have been very good soldiers
Team Cherry demonstrates the evolution between Hollow Knight and Silksong: "If the Last Judge had existed in the previous game, it would have probably been more of a big, round blob"
News Hornet's original move set was the basis for a normal enemy
Presumably praying people have room for another extraction shooter after Arc Raiders, Bungie opens Marathon signups for December playtest
News Marathon: still in the works, as a reminder
The median price of best-selling new games on Steam has dropped in the past 2 years, research finds: "Charging >$25 is getting trickier, as players compare value to the $10-$15 indie titles"
News The average has barely changed, but the median suggests a rise in cheap games
