Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Nintendo awakens JRPG hopes as Xenosaga gets a fresh cameo in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch 2
News Momo is back
Mario Kart Wii is being "rebuilt for PC," but the project uses AI vibe coding
News "The first static recompilation of a Wii game" isn't going over well
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced beat Ubisoft's full-year expectations in 2 weeks
News Yves Guillemot "would like to warmly thank the teams whose talent and dedication brought it to life" weeks after Ubisoft laid off many of Resynced's developers
As PlayStation declares nobody wants discs anymore, there's been a 16% surge in US music CD sales
News It's been "a much-discussed physical-media pivot"
Union says Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6 news shouldn't distract you from huge Bethesda layoffs
News "The timing of this kind of press is intentional"
Nintendo of America was so poor in the '80s that it was "bartering" for 2am TV commercials
news "We didn't have a lot of money at Nintendo"
Obsidian returns to Fallout 16 years after New Vegas and Todd Howard "could not be more excited"
News The "timing is right" for Bethsda and Obsidian to work together again
As PlayStation prepares to go all-digital, one PC gamer turns Steam physical with SSD cartridges
News "It's at least something fun and useful to me personally"
"We want physical games": Marvel's Wolverine trailer drops story reveals, draws unexpected comments
News "Can't wait for my PHYSICAL COPY"
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto preferred casual physics sandboxes to cutting-edge graphics even in 1996
News "But you just can't make a game like that when you have to worry about justifying a 9,800 yen price tag"
Blizzard promises Diablo 4's Iconic Mythic drop rate is "being looked into
News The issues are reaching mythic proportions
The terrible weather in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is fixed in a new patch
News More "sun and clear skies" are headed our way
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced New Game Plus is coming: "We're working on that right now"
News "Partly because Shadows has already built their version, so it's considered a low-risk feature for us"
"60 – 90% of the growth" in monthly Steam releases is from AI games, and "almost none" make money
News But then, hardly any non-AI Steam games make money, either
Nintendo's Satoru Iwata recognized that "employees who fear" layoffs won't produce the same results
News "I believe that laying off a group of employees will not help to strengthen Nintendo’s business in the long run"
RPCS3 devs promise “75% of all PlayStation 3 games are now playable on PC”
News "RPCS3 continues to be improved with new features, fixes, and optimisations, bringing it ever closer to preserving the entire PS3 library"
"The conversation needs to shift to consumer rights": Analyst clarifies remarks about disc drives
News "This isn't me saying 'Wow I love Sony and they are great for doing this'"
"Consumers would stop truly owning their video games": Pushback on end of PlayStation discs expands
News "The end of physical discs removes the last place where a PlayStation game could still be bought and sold at a competitive price"
"Sorry to keep you waiting": Crazy Taxi's creator knows World Tour has been a long time coming
Preview Summer Preview 2026 | Crazy Taxi: World Tour is part of series creator Kenji Kanno's quest to "make people happy"
One of the top-rated city builders on Steam is getting a survival game sequel set in the same world
News "There's a chance we're showing this way too early"
Donkey Kong 64 PC recompilation rejects "AI vibe coding" as devs try to make an "actually good" port
News Oh, banana
Hideo Kojima's fears resurface as PlayStation ends physical games
News "We will not be able to freely access the movies, books, and music that we have loved"
Video Game History Foundation responds to PlayStation killing discs
News "What continues to baffle us is what the industry expects institutions like ours to do about it"
