Latest articles by Austin Wood
And so, another excellent roguelike claims a chunk of my life: no wonder this is one of the biggest in Steam Next Fest
News Everything is Crab, including me
RPG dev of "Planescape Torment + Disco Elysium" spent 8 years struggling to pay rent and writing over 1 million words
News Esoteric Ebb is, against all odds, about to launch on Steam
Marathon's UI is a headache that I fear will send me right back to Arc Raiders – tedious even for Bungie's standards
Feature Opinion | Hello, can I interest you in some rectangles of unclear value?
Pokemon Winds and Waves trailer gives us our first glimpse at the new starter Pokemon
News Pombon, Browt, and Gecqua revealed
This might be the fastest I've gotten sucked into a roguelike all year: build the perfect war castle in this Steam demo
News Wanderburg is like medieval Vampire Survivors on wheels
A dev made their own Factorio about feeding a monster instead of growing a factory, and its Steam demo is very clever
News Snacktorio is a little less sandbox and a little more sautee
I finally got to try the cyberpunk Metroidvania I've been following for years, and its Steam Next Fest demo is fantastic
News Altered Alma only takes a few minutes to turn into something very cool
One of the best pixel art RPGs ever made is getting a spiritual sequel, and I’ve been hooked on its Steam Next Fest demo
News Alabaster Dawn was always going to be good, but even then, hoo boy it's good
Arc Raiders gets short film from pro "game trailer director" who got Game of Thrones and Hades actors to do voices
News Arc Raiders lore has never been so dramatic
Arc Raiders devs "understand your frustrations" with Wolfpack nerf and new crafting recipes, but are changing nothing
News The vibe is: deal with it
"It makes me sick": Skyrim modder with 475,000 downloads, fed up with "daily harassment," abandons modding after "thousands of hours" of work on what she calls "the most advanced follower to ever exist"
News Their departure has sparked another conversation about how the modding scene looks after its own
Arc Raiders just pulled a Helldivers 2: players spot enormous, unannounced UFOs after Shrouded Sky update goes live
News Oh no
Xbox is not "dead" after CEO change, says original co-founder, but "seeing it struggle and being unable to act is hard"
News "The distress it's in kills me"
Arc Raiders apparently had a legendary weapon "intended" for PvP all along, but it was so bad nobody noticed
News The Aphelion has been buffed, for PvP of all things
Diablo creators' new action RPG feels like sampling bread by eating raw flour in rough Steam Next Fest demo
News There is something in Darkhaven, but I can't quite reach it
"A floating nightmare": Arc Raiders' big Shrouded Sky update has 2 new Arc, a big Dam Battlegrounds update, and more
News Shrouded Sky brings big changes this week
Xbox will be "sunsetted" under new CEO, co-founder expects: "Her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor"
News Microsoft's pivot to AI has well and truly reached Xbox, OG console designer reasons
Stardew Valley creator offers advice to fan hoping to recover save file of co-op farm with late partner
News The farm save file should be recoverable
New Xbox CEO, a former Meta and Instacart exec, says "we will not chase short-term efficiency" or "soulless AI slop"
News Phew, I was worried there
If you want to keep some blueprints in Arc Raiders after each Expedition, it's not "off the table," but it is "tricky"
News My Survivor Mk. 3, I can't see without my Survivor Mk. 3
EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours
News Skate players were explicitly told map areas would not be "locked behind a paywall"
The shooter so brutal that under 1,500 people have survived it for over 8 minutes is getting a sequel 10 years later
News Devil Daggers 2 threatens humanity once again
Slay the Spire 2 Steam early access release date set for March 5 as the king of roguelike deckbuilders returns
News Slay the Spire 2 is nearly here
