Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Palworld dev is "worried many of you haven’t played" Core Keeper, "one of the best games on Steam," so now the two survival games are bundled together and even cheaper in the Steam Autumn Sale
News The devs are "just big fans"
Toby Fox says the "smart" way to make games is reusing what you can, but the way he makes Deltarune is "stupid": "Everything in the game is simply a container for a never-before-seen gimmick"
News "The method that I have chosen is not very efficient for development"
Just in time for Halloween, Grounded 2 puts its arachnophobia mode to the test with an update starring a giant tarantula and teases the one thing that could be scarier than that: candy corn
News Can't get enough of those "new spooky ambiances"
World of Warcraft: Midnight release date reportedly set for February as Collector's Edition details leak
News Looks like Midnight's coming soon
"It's going to get worse before it gets better": $55 billion buyout has EA employees worried, and "nothing feels great" as "layoffs usually follow those type of acquisitions"
News "If better is even possible"
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta will have the same Secure Boot requirements that derailed some FPS fans from Battlefield 6 on PC
News The devs promise "the most advanced and robust anti-cheat protections players will find in gaming"
Todd Howard was trying to pitch Indiana Jones and the Great Circle for years, but even the devs don't know if he ever wanted to direct it himself at Bethesda: "I don't know if he had actually thought about it"
News "I don't think he felt that the studio was the right studio for it"
EA goes $20 billion in debt as part of its $55 billion buyout, and the BioWare fans who've already waited 8 years for Mass Effect 5 are terrified of how the company might cut costs
News "It's over, Commander"
Magic: The Gathering publisher says "it's no secret" the Final Fantasy crossover sold like mad, so here's the next logical step – a Commander deck with a copy of the OG Final Fantasy 7 inside
News That Final Fantasy crossover is still going
EA reportedly nearing $50 billion deal to go private with money from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment fund and a private equity firm, which would "likely be the largest leveraged buyout of all time"
News The deal could be announced as soon as next week
Pokemon Legends: Z-A's weirdest but best marketing stunt yet sees real wrestlers, cosplaying as Pokemon, duking it out while Pikachu and Eevee cheer on the violence in the background
News ¡Hawlucha libre!
This sci-fi co-op game about vehicular Legos has left Steam early access with 96% overwhelmingly positive reviews laser-targeted at sickos like me: "If you liked Death Stranding but wished it were chiller and let you build roads ANYWHERE"
News Stop, stop, I'm already sold!
The Witcher 3's "one more patch" has been delayed, so you'll have to wait until 2026 to get your dream RPG mods on console
News "We apologize for the delay"
After 6 years at the top of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser is retiring to make room for the company's first female president, Devon Pritchard: "It's time for the next generation of leadership"
News "Devon's track record speaks for itself"
As Hades 2 hits 1.0, roguelike powerhouse Supergiant says it's about to "return to shadows for a while and plan our next move"
News "We'll likely take some time to reflect and recharge"
After 24 years as lost media, a legendary cutscene from a PS1 Spider-Man game that was delayed and censored in the wake of 9/11 has finally been found and preserved online
News Thank you, Bobbyfan85
Marvel's Wolverine box art "doesn't look like our past games," according to Spider-Man studio Insomniac, which worked with a comic artist who has a brutal history with the character for the cover
News The devs wanted "the expressive energy of comics" to shine through
A "genre-defining visual novel" for Super Nintendo in Japan is making a comeback as a Street Fighter 6 bonus, and I hope we've got a Fire Emblem in Super Smash Bros situation on our hands
News C. Viper isn't the only big addition to Street Fighter 6 in October
As Palworld gears up for another indie collab, dev says "it's a dream come true to be trusted by the developers of our favorite games" and the Terraria and Ultrakill crossovers happened because "we like them"
News "We are massive Terraria and Ultrakill fans"
Larian boss Swen Vincke says "a single engineer" kickstarted Baldur's Gate 3's dedicated Steam Deck port "working on it after hours," and ultimately won over the whole studio
News Larian, you didn't need to do this
If you got Ghost of Tsushima's platinum trophy, congratulations – PlayStation would now like $70 for your commemorative merch, but I remember this kind of thing being free when I played GTA 4 in 2008
News "We've got something special to share"
With GTA 6 looming, Rockstar is "excited to support" nopixel as "the future of GTA RP"
News "Coming soon to the Rockstar Games Launcher and other PC platforms"
Hideo Kojima wants to "scan a ghost" into OD, but he already recorded the ghost in his studio and "that's why we went to the shrine together with Microsoft" to make sure the game isn't haunted
News "I want to scan a ghost for the first time and I want to get an award for that"
