Alex Raisbeck

Alex Raisbeck

Contributor

Alex has written all sorts of things for websites including VideoGamer, PCGamer, PCGamesN and more. He'll play anything from Tekken to Team Fortress 2, but you'll typically find him failing to churn through his backlog because he's too busy playing whatever weird and wonderful indie games have just come out.

Latest articles by Alex Raisbeck

Photo of the OLED Tears of the Kingdom Switch and the LCD Switch together.
As the Switch 2 approaches, analyst agrees Nintendo plays a different game than PlayStation and Xbox - but "maybe not as much as Nintendo themselves might believe"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "The way that consumers will buy Nintendo devices in conjunction with a PlayStation or an Xbox or a PC."

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The Witcher 3
The Witcher fans in shambles after a new book reveals just how old Geralt really is

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News More like Ger-old of Rivia

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Arcane
Arcane writer shares where she wants to go with a new story in the League of Legends universe

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "To me, it would be like 'let's do something totally new'."

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A screenshot of Mario in the Super Mario 3D All-Stars release of Super Mario 64 holding a baby penguin next to its mother.
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto found it hard to watch his own kids playtest Super Mario 64: "Geez, does this kid have any brains?"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News Child's play

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A large walled city in Sid Meier's Civilization 7
Civ 5 caused a commotion at a space agency its creative director used to work at

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "There was a roar across the building"

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Helldivers 2
With games like GTA 6 and Monster Hunter Wilds set to stuff 2025, Helldivers 2 lead says "it was super good we launched when we did"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "We just happened to release at a very good time when there was not that much competition."

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Kyora character standing next to tree
Core Keeper creators channel Terraria with a gorgeous multiplayer survival game "where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build, or explode"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News Terrarific

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A Helldiver from Helldivers 2 stand proudly atop a pile of Terminids.
After a year of PSN controversy, balance woes, and a 63-day recovery effort, Helldivers 2 devs say "we've been on a rollercoaster, but we're also in an extremely privileged position to be on this rollercoaster"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "Even with all the ups and downs, I'm so happy to be on this ride."

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Nintendo Switch with Super Mario Wonder on screen
Veteran analyst is optimistic about Switch 2, hopes it will "more clearly communicate how this is different than the Switch" than the Wii U did with Wii

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News Nintendos and don'ts

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GTA 5
GTA dev says "day zero" patch mentality is bad news for everyone: "encourages poor development and management practices, and it's a worse customer experience too"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "It started with the music's 'we'll fix it in the mix'"

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Path of Exile 2
Current holders of the ARPG crown congratulate Path of Exile 2 devs on release as Diablo 4 leads admit they're jumping in themselves

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "Now to figure out what class to play…"

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Death Stranding 2 PS5 screenshot
Hideo Kojima seems to be testing Death Stranding 2, but it's not going well: "I fell asleep twice while on a delivery and ran the vehicle into a cliff"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I'm low on sleep"

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A screenshot of the monster Arkveld during Monster Hunter Wilds.
As Monster Hunter Wilds finally approaches, veteran dev says making a new monster "takes about one year," and that's not counting "small, detailed adjustments"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "Though this can jump up significantly in the case of certain special monsters."

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TMNT
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles strategy game kills Splinter and Shredder before a moment of gameplay happens, all so it can tell its own story

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News Cowabunga?

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
WoW veteran says the MMO's devs had to make "ten times the amount of quests" as originally planned to sate playtesters, and now the game has 38,000 of them

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "The answer, of course, was to simply add more."

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Aerith is surrounded by fire lanterns in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
OG FF7 director says thanks to the remake "half of Final Fantasy 7 [...] is now owned by the fans"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "It belongs to them as well as us"

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The base camp expedition command tent in Monster Hunter Wilds where allies surround a table
Monster Hunter Wilds director explains balancing plans: "Some weapons, like the long sword and bow, are too easy to use and overpowered"

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "Our policy is to increase the strength of weak weapons"

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World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft devs used to joke about the MMO making $1 million per month - just months before it smashed through $15 million in monthly revenue

By Alex Raisbeck Last updated

News "We had a good laugh about that one, but we all kind of thought maybe it could do that for real."

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer screenshot showing a young woman in a green ceremonial dress dancing, a determined look upon her face as she smirks while staring ahead
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says he rejects the idea of design by committee: "If there are too many people inputting, [...] the work can easily lose its character."

By Alex Raisbeck Last updated

News "I am a strong believe in the idea that too many cooks spoil the broth"

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Tactical Breach Wizards screenshot showing a woman with tied-back white hair shooting down a man in a camo-style robe, causing him to fall backward and drop his rifle
Dev of one of our favorite strategy games of the year says he's unbelievably lucky to be in his position

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I'm just in the luckiest possible position in the games industry, and that's getting rarer and rarer"

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Civilization 7
Civ 7 director thought the new Ages system might not work, but says it does fix the "number-one issue" - players not getting to the end of their games

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I'm getting so many more reports of people playing all the way to finishing a game"

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Witcher
The Witcher 4 dev wastes no time jumping into the new book after its Polish release

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "Today is the day of celebration for everyone who loves The Witcher."

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Borderlands 3 creative director says he's borrowing from Borderlands' character designs for his new co-op shooter

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I believe in giving people heroes that have some backstory."

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An enemy takes aim with a bow in Avowed
Avowed dev with credits on RPGs dating back 25 years says this is the most confident he's ever been in a game at this point

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I'm just overjoyed at how well everything's come together"

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The Witcher 3
Witcher 4 dev not sure if CDPR will take a Baldur's Gate 3-style PC-first release

By Alex Raisbeck Published

News "I don't think this is a strategy we want to adopt right now."

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