Latest articles by Austin Wood
Even after Elden Ring exploded, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware doesn't make games for anyone
News Miyazaki just makes what he likes, not something for a target demographic
Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn't fit into Dark Souls
News Even Elden Ring and Nightreign couldn't accommodate The Duskblood's ideas
Gabe Newell makes a rare public appearance as "New Chad Gabe" and rings in Dota 2's big tournament
News The International is back, and so is Gabe Newell
Genshin Impact players do JRPGs proud by fighting gods with guns they stole
News Genshin Impact 7.0 gave them an inch, and they took a mile
"If people weren't playing No Man's Sky, I don't think we would want to do updates" says Sean Murray
News "We are in a mindset right now, in the industry, of games just being very consumable"
After 25% positive Steam reviews, Soulslike dev realizes people hate AI slop and admits it looks bad
News They really just came out and said it
EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed"
News "It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"
Apparent GTA 6 leak smells of crypto scam, links to a manifesto demanding digital rights
News Me when I'm definitely not pulling a cash grab
Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": top 1% of games earn 84.5% of sales
News Over 8,000 paid games analyzed never received a single Steam review
The physical media selection at Sony's Crunchyroll is even worse than fans feared after store update
News Manga, light novels, manhwa, and more have vanished
Video game lawyer says all her clients have anti-AI contracts because gamers hate it
News "Don't touch it. It's not worth the legal liability"
Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update is out October 8, Embark says "it's time to expand" as reviews dip
News Embark is also working on anti-cheat, which is really becoming a problem
10 years of No Man's Sky: How Hello Games and Sean Murray keep getting away with it
Features Interview | In a time of "consumable" games, Hello Games sees "real beauty in keeping those things alive"
Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT
News "Rideshare's story was written entirely by real people"
The Elder Scrolls 6 is playable, Xbox CEO says her "live playthrough" shows "incredible" scale
News That is, "The Elder Scrolls VI: ********"
10 years later, Sean Murray still plays the launch version of No Man's Sky, and he still likes it
News "A game is obviously owned by the players," says Sean Murray
One of the first Animal Crossing speedrunners spent 4,300 hours catching shrimp in an MMO
News "To me, it was worth it"
As GTA 6 hype builds as the industry buckles, Take-Two boss says "I don't love winning by attrition"
News "The people who hate running public companies are the people who hate telling the truth"
Overwatch's huge "battle pass revamp" is out tomorrow and makes things more complicated but better
News New Overwatch battle pass "Tier Hack" lets players unlock old skins
"I think we have to do" Persona 1 and 2 Remakes, says Persona 4 Revival producer
News But how do you remake Persona 2?
Sean Murray doesn't care how much money No Man's Sky DLC would've made, and "it doesn't matter"
News "Every player that we have is going to experience this"
If you want to see what's actually ruining games, read Devolver Digital's bid to go private
News Infinite growth and satisfying shareholders doesn't make good games, it turns out
Creator of one of the highest-rated new roguelikes on Steam says Dark Souls-style story was key
News Their deceptively simple action-strategy game's launch went "way beyond my wildest expectations," dev says
