Latest articles by Iain Harris
The Outer Worlds 2 was helped along by Fallout co-creator Tim Cain, but Obsidian is switching up RPG history by going "much bigger and deeper" with its sequel
News "The Outer Worlds 2 delivers on the fantasy we had when we started the first game"
Square Enix team behind JRPG gems like Octopath Traveler is trading turn-based combat for Zelda-like action with The Adventures of Elliot in hopes of reaching "a new audience"
News "As the HD-2D series has expanded and evolved, we’ve gradually shifted genres"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies
News "I could talk about the prejudice forever"
Cyberpunk 2077 was a challenge for CDPR as V has "more freedom" in how they tackle the open-world, whereas it's "very difficult" to see The Witcher 3's Geralt "go GTA style"
News "Ciri or Geralt, they are fully fledged characters. They have their own personality, there are things that they will not do."
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio is "just the right size" for a "full-priced turn-based RPG," so don't expect its success to lead to AAA ambitions: "I'd prefer working as a small team"
News Sandfall Interactive is happy as it is
Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase July 2025
Recap Octopath Traveler 0! Monster Hunter Stories 3! More!
Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil Village stars set to host Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025
News "I've had a sneak peek and the show is packed with world premieres, new trailers, and deep dives into some incredible games"
How do you make an impossibly dense MMO friendly to new players? Warframe dev says you just keep trying: "I don't think we've ever quite got that 100% right"
News "If Warframe is Disney, we're putting in new rides every year or maybe even every quarter"
Cyberpunk 2077 dev thinks the RPG is a "much better game" for having gone through its notoriously messy launch: "We ended up pushing so much energy in this game"
News "If the success of the game would have been what we originally expected, would it be the same game that we're playing today? I don't think so"
Dying Light: The Beast delayed 4 weeks to allow for extra polish: "Our experience has shown how important the first impression is"
News Techland aims to fine-tune gameplay balance, increase physics quality, tweak cutscenes and player animations further, and more
Todd Howard joins fans mourning "the driving force in the creation of The Elder Scrolls and the foundations of Bethesda as a game studio," Julian LeFay: "Without Julian, we would not be here today"
News "His work and spirit will live on both in our memories and in our games."
Actor behind beloved Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 characters puts her RPG hot streak down to "pure luck"
News Jennifer English says "it's more about the audience and the fans, and it's about how much they loved it," anyway
23 years in, Square Enix takes emergency action with classic MMO Final Fantasy 11 booming so hard amid discounts and a Final Fantasy 14 raid collab that worlds are spilling over
News "Overall player population has been trending upward recently"
"The beauty of open-world games is in the exploration," so Ghost of Yotei devs are aiming to solve Ghost of Tsushima's repetition problem
News Beauty and mini-games that feel like a "chore" don't really go together
Bethesda promises updates on Starfield "in the coming months," months after Todd Howard teased another story expansion like Shattered Space
News Reports also point to a PS5 release for the space RPG
Pokemon Legends Z-A is making amends for Scarlet and Violet's poor fashion game, though I can't say I'm not concerned about handing a Furfrou over to a Scyther for a trim
News Pokemon Legends Z-A fixes my biggest Scarlet and Violet bugbear
Doom co-creator John Romero says games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are the future, because they "make AAA studios go, 'Wait a minute, we need to start doing this'''
News Despite the challenges facing the industry, Romero remains optimistic
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gut-wrenching early twist started as a joke from an abandoned game, but the director greenlit it immediately: "I think it's very important for the themes"
News My heart . . .
Borderlands 4 devs say designing their dark interpretation of the Siren "was development hell," but now her look is "the chef's kiss to her action skills"
News "Goth girl" Vex is Gearbox's "darkest take" on the Siren formula yet
Final Fantasy 14's upcoming roguelike-style dungeon "will appeal to a more casual playstyle," but is still getting an additional "extra hard boss" so the MMO's more hardcore players don't find it "lacking"
News Pilgrim's Traverse's many floors have something for everyone
Final Fantasy 9 director goes full ape, says the JRPG's iconic Trance mechanic channels a Space Odyssey scene where apes use tools not as a new skill, "but rather a depiction of an ability they had always possessed being awakened"
News Absolute cinema
Final Fantasy 14 devs "struggling to find a balance between referencing past Final Fantasy games and introducing new content," but a new Gundam anime may be just the inspiration Yoshi-P needs
News Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX isn't afraid to ruffle some feathers
Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor says the biggest misconception around the Tiefling is that she's a "sweet" and "happy-go-lucky person": "She was a piece of work in hell"
News Samantha Béart says the fan favorite has been through a lot, okay?
