Latest articles by Anna Koselke
New Counter-Strike 2 cases are free to open, but keeping skins will cost you – and the FPS community isn't thrilled: "Valve will literally reinvent the gambling industry before adding a random fun game mode"
News "Imagine opening one of these and realizing you have to PAY"
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford isn't quite done annoying Borderlands 4 fans just yet, admitting he did an "oops" when giving tech advice – but "the mistake was innocent"
News Back at it again with more "tuning" guidance
Palworld dev pushes back on Early Access criticisms, points to examples like Baldur's Gate 3 and Satisfactory: "Games only get better when the players are involved"
News "We're not silly enough to think we know best"
Tencent responds to Sony lawsuit calling its new open-world survival game a "slavish" Horizon Zero Dawn clone, says it's "an improper attempt to fence off a well-trodden corner of popular culture"
News The company argues that Sony "tries to transform ubiquitous genre ingredients into proprietary assets"
CD Projekt Red dev once again retcons V's age in Cyberpunk 2077, assuring fans the protagonist "is 27 not 22 or whatever": "THE LOREMASTER HAS SPOKEN. Go update the wiki"
News "I don't care what anybody says"
"Bro, what am I even playing?": More than 15 years later, Skate is finally here – but fans are quickly discovering parkour is "faster than skating" in the new EA game
News Players have managed to "already break the game"
Battlefield 6 sniper glints won't be so blinding come the shooter's release, as devs have "stepped it back" after fans' "humorous" feedback: "I saw those memes with the hillside just full of these giant glares"
News They knew "we need to change the glints"
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford continues to crash out over Borderlands 4 as fans compare the new game's PC performance to Battlefield 6 and Cyberpunk 2077: "Would you like help tuning?"
News "You are welcome to play it"
Morrowind lead explains origin behind the third Elder Scrolls RPG's journal and how his initial concepts could've "been the foundation of something cool" – but "never got made and shouldn't have been made"
News "There's a lot of god damn text in there"
After 14 years and nearly $500,000 raised for charity, one dedicated Minecraft player is finally set to reach the fabled end-of-world Far Lands – a feat that may just be "one of the single greatest achievements" in gaming
News KurtJMac's journey started in 2011
Palworld 1.0 release scheduled for "next year" with "a truly massive amount of content planned" despite Nintendo's ongoing lawsuit – and Pocketpair is "also working on some other things"
News The full launch "will be a major milestone" for the studio
GTA 6 dubbed "the largest game launch in history" by Rockstar in job listing, surprising absolutely nobody who has been waiting 12 years for the new Grand Theft Auto to release
News "Was this not pretty obvious?"
New Assassin's Creed Shadows update lets you dress up as series icon Ezio – if you can stomach grinding "for weeks" to complete his full set, that is, but "at least it's free"
News A small silver lining, if you can call it that
As Borderlands 4 players dub Vex "the strongest vault hunter in the entire series," Gearbox responds to worries regarding potential nerfs: "Chill guys, we're not going to knee-jerk react to anything"
News "Do not nerf this, it's part of the fun"
Todd Howard told Bethesda designers that "humor has no place in games," a rule they didn't follow in RPGs like Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Morrowind: "If Todd doesn't catch it..."
News "That's where things like the Lusty Argonian Maid came in"
After a 12-year wait, Nintendo's weird life sim sequel Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream just got a spring 2026 release window with a new trailer showing off deeper Mii customization and more
News Yes, it looks just as ridiculous as ever
2 years after Engage, Nintendo graces us with brand-new Fire Emblem game Fortune's Weave – and the tactical RPG coming in 2026 looks like a direct sequel to Three Houses
News Yep, that's definitely Sothis
Stardew Valley is getting a major upgrade on Switch 2 with mouse controls, as well as 4-player co-op with just 1 copy of the farming sim thanks to GameShare
News Coming this fall
Oblivion Remastered gets its physical release soon, but it seems Bethesda's revamped RPG might come as just a "code in a box" after all – and fans aren't pleased: "You will own nothing and be happy"
News A not-so-physical physical edition
5 years after Animal Crossing: New Horizons, fans of the cozy sim want more – so naturally they're using a literal "summoning circle" to make it happen at today's Nintendo Direct
News "Please work…"
Borderlands 4 devs assure Steam users that "Take-Two does not use spyware in its games" as Gearbox tries to avoid another review bombing over the parent company's unpopular new user agreement
News "We know there have been some concerns"
Palworld developer's publishing arm signs a new horror game that doesn't sound creepy at all – a retro-style fishing adventure which definitely has "absolutely no eerie mysteries" whatsoever
News Pocketpair Publishing shows off Normal Fishing
Dune: Awakening devs apologize for "created expectations" surrounding new Lost Harvest DLC after Chapter 2 update, promise "to rectify" things with more content this fall
News The Dune Man set has been called "lousy" by fans
