Latest articles by Austin Wood
Palworld dev "couldn't believe" the state of publisher deals in games and wanted to be "much fairer" with devs
News Pocketpair Publishing doesn't backload recoup terms
"Will this blow up the server?": Arc Raiders players are so good at killing Arc that Embark eyes ways to "escalate" PvE
News By the Emperor
Arc Raiders devs are looking at buffs for terrible skills: "We know. There's certain skills I don't choose"
News Cough, flyswatter, cough
Arc Raiders had an auction house-style trade system at one point, but Embark removed it because it ruined loot
News But the devs do want to make trading more social and fun
RuneScape CEO says players were "16-year-olds listening to Breaking Benjamin. Now it's 33-year-old accountants and CEOs"
News This is a callout post
Arc Raiders dev teases 2026 roadmap, and maybe some new maps "even grander than what we've got now"
News Embark has big plans for Arc Raiders in 2026
Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard
News Kurt Kuhlmann, the keeper of the tomes, says he couldn't do the work he wanted at Bethesda
Bungie shows off Marathon's reworked "Runner Shell" classes, and I'm still worried about invisibility and wall hacks
News Bungie has been in the kitchen, I'll give it that
"The highest PvE damage output of any weapon" in Arc Raiders was from the Bettina, and that was before its buff
News Not counting the bugged and overpowered Hullcracker, of course
6 years ago, an MMO player of focus, commitment, and sheer will demanded custom sandals in-game – they're finally here
News The Holy Moleys! At last!
Arc Raiders dev admits "we're definitely a bit off on some of the cost to benefit ratios" for guns like the Bobcat
News "If we're way under-shooting how people feel about that, then that'll take some adjustment"
One of my guilty pleasure dark fantasy novels got an anime this season and it's already better than today's fantasy slop
News Roll Over and Die is actually pretty good
PvP is the reason Arc Raiders works – love it or hate it, even Embark's design lead says it "adds the spice"
Feature Even if you always avoid PvP, you still benefit from PvP in Arc Raiders
Arc Raiders lead "super aware" of demand for saved loadouts, admits he sometimes runs a free loadout to save time
News "Looking through a bunch of menus isn't necessarily" good, he says
"It's what we had time to do": Arc Raiders Expeditions won't always give extra skill points or cost 5 million coins
News Less than half of the people who finished the first Arc Raiders Expedition earned all five skill points
JRPG maestro behind Persona and Metaphor ReFantazio has played Clair Obscur Expedition 33, says it's "very well made"
News Game recognizes game
Arc Raiders players finally get a cool new skin but are dismayed to realize it comes with leather "BDSM knee pads"
News It's a little thing called getting the look
The best Persona games, ranked
Best List With Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Royal released, we rank the 12 best Persona games to see how the classics stack up
AI-aided roguelike taken off Steam because the creator's girlfriend convinced him it was evil
News "A disgrace to all game makers and players"
Arc Raiders has officially sold 12 million copies, so Embark's giving everyone a free gold hammer
News If you've logged in a single time, you'll get the golden raider tool automatically
"We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer"
News "The one thing the system does not do is attempt to assume intent"
"Steam is winning with its ease of use" but not on quality, says new GOG owner pondering how to "take the market" from Valve
News "We can do more for classic retro and modern classics"
Arc Raiders "Toxic Swamp" map event coming next week according to new trials, suggesting Embark looked to FromSoftware
News A new Arc Raiders map modifier looks imminent
