Latest articles by Austin Wood
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
After a year of bad reviews, Monster Hunter Wilds claws its way to 50% positive on Steam after a big performance patch
News Capcom is surely celebrating with champagne and well-cooked steaks
It looks like Arc Raiders is finally adding beards in the Shrouded Sky update, plus a hurricane map condition
News The next Arc Raiders update brings First Wave raider caches hidden in a hurricane
The best stealth games you can sneak through in 2026
Best List Move like a shadow and strike down your foes in the best stealth games, from Hitman to Assassin's Creed
The 25 best roguelike games to play right now
Best List Try, die, and try again in the best roguelikes to play right now, from Hades 2 to Blue Prince
"It's important that our game doesn't just feel like FromSoftware": Lords of the Fallen 2 dev says what Soulslikes miss
News "Every Soulslike needs to have that feeling"
"You are wrong" and Fallout: New Vegas was absolutely ripped apart at launch, says Obsidian's Josh Sawyer
News "There was another game that sold very well at launch that did not review amazingly"
Stardew Valley-inspired life sim dev "working with Valve" to remove "all fake reviews - positive and negative"
News The Starsand Island devs "are disheartened to see the obviously fake positive reviews"
Highguard was "doomed," says indie veteran, and "now you have a developer still unable to believe they made a bad game"
News "All it took was one trailer for an average gamer to understand this was doomed to fail"
PUBG company announces open-world action RPG that looks like Black Myth: Wukong meets Dynasty Warriors
News Nobody was prepared for Project Windless
Marathon server slam announced, open preview weekend starts February 26 as Bungie prepares for March launch
News Marathon open beta weekend coming this month
Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC brings 4-player co-op and the demonic Yotei Six to Sucker Punch's open-world game next month
News The big Ghost of Yotei DLC is free for all players
"There's no way this will flop": Laid-off Highguard dev says internal sentiment was high "but then the trailer came out"
News "Soon, if this pattern continues, all that will be left are corporations, at least in the multiplayer space"
Lionhead "had a pitch document" for Fable 4, says Peter Molyneux: "It was the thought of moving through time"
News Fable 4 could even have been a steampunk adventure
Accused of forging Steam reviews to boost their hit anime life sim, devs claim they're innocent and confused
News Starsand Island launches with a bizarre controversy weighing it down
Hollow Knight: Silksong community crosses 4 weeks cheering a mad lad fighting Savage Beastfly with ungodly custom rules
News "Must do day's Silksongdle puzzles"
"I'm not slamming FromSoftware," says Lords of the Fallen 2 dev, but CI Games' RPG has "more drives to experiment"
News Which way, Soulslike fan?
Soulslike action RPG Lords of the Fallen 2 is on the "same journey" as the Batman Arkham games, dev says
News Lords of the Fallen 2 looks to refine the formula of the first, fun-but-flawed game
