Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Helldivers 2 players, rejoice: Super Earth is in ruins and millions of NPCs died, but hey, we just got a sweet cape
News It's so pretty
"Just all gone": Pokemon player loses "20 years worth of data" when transferring Scarlet save file to Switch 2, and they're apparently not the only one
News Please back up your 'mons properly
Hideo Kojima says size does matter, but smaller is better as he praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team size: "That's my ideal"
News You can do a lot with a little
Borderlands 4 post-launch roadmap includes 2 new Vault Hunters, 2 new stories, and a bunch of extra missions and areas
news You can buy it all now with the right pre-order
Hideo Kojima "changed stuff" in Death Stranding 2's script because playtesters enjoyed themselves too much: "If everyone likes it, it means it's mainstream"
News Co-composer Woodkid explains part of Kojima's thought process
Helldivers 2's long-awaited review bomb cape teased once more as Sony rolls back controversial region lock: "A cape to celebrate is in order"
News Divers from certain Steam regions can return to the fight, and that demands a cape
The Witcher 4 has a "console-first" philosophy and a 60fps target to avoid another Cyberpunk 2077 situation, though the Xbox Series S is "extremely challenging"
News The Series X's little sibling causing more challenges
Elden Ring Nightreign's worst character is The Guardian, or he might be one of the best depending on who you ask: "Guardian is top 3 you can’t change my mind"
News The Marmite of Nightreign
"I would have done things differently": Splitgate 2 director would be "less controversial" if given the opportunity to repeat his Summer Game Fest antics
news He hopes fans put off will "reconsider"
Ex-PlayStation boss says Stellar Blade's combat is what's made it so successful, but the 95 "adult" mods on Nexus tell a different story
News We know what you really want
Sony is "really thoughtful" about bringing PlayStation franchises like God of War and The Last of Us off console, and PS5 games going to PC is a matter of "if", not when
News Don't just expect everything to get ported
Shiny Pokemon are absolutely raining in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet after Nintendo Switch 2 upgrades: "I legit couldn't believe this many spawned"
News Put your sunglasses on, it's about to get bright
The original Silent Hill is getting a remake from Bloober Team following the horror studio's success bringing Silent Hill 2 into the modern day
News Go back to where it all began
Sponsored streams for former GTA dev's new game MindsEye aren't going to plan - sponsor apparently cancels one stream and another creator actually laughs while promoting it
News "The sponsor does not want to do this right now."
Stellar Blade beats God of War and Ghost of Tsushima to become PlayStation's most-popular single-player Steam launch
News Over 100,000 concurrents and counting
Dune: Awakening players are really getting into the spirit of things by hoarding water and blocking critical routes, but some have had a change of heart
News "You do not take from this universe. It grants what it will."
Yoko Taro jokes maybe he shouldn't have done the Nikke x Nier: Automata collab after all as cosplayers are now dressing up as Shift Up's characters instead of his own
news "Many Nier cosplayers – especially those in more revealing outfits – started switching over to Nikke cosplay"
Don't ask legendary former Mario actor Charles Martinet to say anything weird, because he still wants to "maintain the integrity of the character"
News "I just don’t improvise non-Mario phrases"
Elden Ring Nightreign player beats the final boss solo using nothing but a bell, after presumably giving the guy tinnitus by ringing it so many times
News Do not ask for whom the bell tolls
Helldivers 2 designer outlines Arrowhead's "trainwreck in slow-motion" design philosophy, and another essential guiding star: "The tingle in the ass"
News It's a winning formula
Helldivers 2 finally gives bugdivers something to do now the Illuminate and Automaton attacks are over, as "massive Terminid outbreaks have erupted simultaneously" across 5 planets
News Bugdivers, it's your time to shine
Elden Ring Nighreign patch makes the Nightlords fight fair, stopping one from tanking your framerate and another from performing a combo of "72 consecutive attacks"
News Now if you lose it's your own fault
Splitgate 2 director says it was "news to me" that the FPS launched with $80 bundles, blames former monetization head "who happened to come from Call of Duty"
News How did that get there?
