Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
FPS legend John Romero says it's a "huge honor" for Quake to join the World Video Game Hall of Fame alongside GoldenEye, the inescapable Tamagotchi, and an iconic '80s arcade classic
News We can finally put the old PC versus console FPS debate to rest with GoldenEye and Quake joining the same day
Xbox is hiring to "secure the future of game preservation," and this time it's no AI Quake nightmare
News New emulation work will have benefits across the "Xbox and Windows gaming ecosystem"
After "abrupt actions by Valve," Counter-Strike mod in development for 8 years gets canceled – modders deny using leaked Source code and say others should "reconsider how they see Valve"
News "Valve clearly does not want us to release Classic Offensive in any form"
"EA said make this a live service": Dragon Age veteran says the fourth game's multiplayer pivot was a "rationalization" to move devs onto Anthem, and "I wish that pivot had never occurred"
News It was "a reason to make it make sense that we were taking everyone away from Dragon Age"
Hideo Kojima says "everyone would move out of the way" of GTA 6, but Death Stranding 2 is 95% complete and its release date was decided a long time ago
News Kojima says it's like Mission Impossible
After reportedly laying off more than 300 people, EA CEO says "AI is powering our future" and is already being used "in design, animation, and storytelling"
News "We view AI as a powerful accelerator of creativity, innovation, and player connection"
CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edition"
News "I don't think we'll soon experience a reality where we're just having all games digital"
With 19 million views, 312k comments, and 3 million likes in 4 hours, I think it's safe to say GTA 6 trailer 2 has broken YouTube
News Rockstar's about to break another set of records
85 new GTA 6 screenshots and images drop alongside new trailer, providing an in-depth tour of Vice City and all its surrounding locations
News From Ambrosia to Port Gellhorn, it's an extensive tour
Your eyes do not deceive you, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has penis jiggle physics
News I've spent 14 hours in Expedition 33, and while only a few minutes were dedicated to observing bulges jiggling they've made quite an impression
Fanmade Zelda: Majora's Mask PC port can now run Doom, and as mod support comes to the N64 classic there's already dabbing, quality-of-life upgrades, and a playable CJ from GTA: San Andreas
News That 7K world map is probably my favorite part
That Gears of War remaster is also coming to PS5, and it's out this August for $40 – or free for some "longtime fans"
News The long-rumored remaster is real and officially called Gears of War: Reloaded
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer was first hired as a voice actor after she "saw a post on Reddit" calling for auditions: "I've never done that, it sounds kinda cool"
News Jennifer Svedberg-Yen was originally set to play a "major" character
Square Enix is "probably kicking itself" seeing the success of realistic turn-based JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, analyst says, after being "reticent to do it with the Final Fantasy series"
News "If you asked Final Fantasy fans from the late '90s/early '00s what the ideal version of a JRPG should look like, it'd be something like this"
Ghost of Yotei is the latest in a long line of Collector's Editions that doesn't come with a physical game, and I'm starting to think nobody understands what game collectors actually want
News For $250, you can't throw a real copy of the game in?
"We really getting Silksong before GTA 6": Hollow Knight fans can hardly believe their eyes as Rockstar's biggest game ever slips past the indie Metroidvania to rule them all
News How much more can we get before GTA 6?
GTA 6 delay was reportedly inevitable: "Nobody I've talked to at Rockstar has believed fall 2025 was a real window for a very long time now"
News "Too much work, not enough time"
D&D is the secret ingredient in my new deck-building strategy game obsession, and it's got me going John Wick on evil wizards
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Knights in Tight Spaces makes me feel brilliant and dumb in equal measure, but I just can't stop smashing heads either way
Epic rushes to dunk on Apple after App Store court ruling, announces Epic Game Store update promising options "where Apple, Google, and others charge exorbitant fees"
News "With new legal rulings in place, developers will be able to send players from games to make digital purchases from webshops on any platform that allows it"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs admit "we were wrong" about "practice is everything" advice for the RPG's difficult parries: "The true strategy is dying over and over until you land a counter"
News "This is the second option"
Hollow Knight: Silksong devs released dozens of Hornet sprites, and of course all anybody can focus on is the nude one: "HORNET PUT YOUR CLOAK BACK ON"
News "THE SESBIAN LEX IS ACTUALLY REAL"
Hollow Knight: Silksong is going to be "playable" at an Australian museum in September, but nobody knows what that means for the release date
News You can play Hollow Knight: Silksong in September, but the monkey's paw curls
Gearbox said Borderlands 4 isn't an open-world game, but it sure looks open-world to me: tons of aerial movement, "no need to pick up a mission" for many surprises, and your own vehicle on command
News There's even "dynamic weather and events"
