Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs admit "we were wrong" about "practice is everything" advice for the RPG's difficult parries: "The true strategy is dying over and over until you land a counter"
News "This is the second option"
Hollow Knight: Silksong devs released dozens of Hornet sprites, and of course all anybody can focus on is the nude one: "HORNET PUT YOUR CLOAK BACK ON"
News "THE SESBIAN LEX IS ACTUALLY REAL"
Hollow Knight: Silksong is going to be "playable" at an Australian museum in September, but nobody knows what that means for the release date
News You can play Hollow Knight: Silksong in September, but the monkey's paw curls
Gearbox said Borderlands 4 isn't an open-world game, but it sure looks open-world to me: tons of aerial movement, "no need to pick up a mission" for many surprises, and your own vehicle on command
News There's even "dynamic weather and events"
"I don’t think anyone will ever make something like this again": Danganronpa creator says his new strategy RPG is "a crazy game," and "even if it doesn't sell well, I'm genuinely glad we made it"
News "I still want it to sell so we can keep the company going"
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone "started off having no ambitions" for the farming RPG's success, and he was afraid even Harvest Moon fans "would probably hate it"
News "When I was making the game there was many times where I thought 'This game's awful. It's not fun. No one's going to like this.'"
EA reportedly lays off "between 300 and 400" people, cancels Titanfall extraction shooter: "We've made select changes within our organization [...] in service of driving future growth"
News "We've made the decision to step away from two early-stage incubation projects and make some targeted team adjustments"
Nintendo Direct narrator jokingly threatens to cut ties with anyone who secures a Switch 2, so Smash Bros director Masahiro Sakurai is trying to erase his memory
News The only way to squash console jealousy is through Men in Black references
It's "difficult to convince many people" that "your turn-based RPG will sell," Baldur's Gate 3 dev laments as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sells 1 million copies in 3 days
News "I genuinely think I have minor trauma from this"
This Crysis-looking FPS from former Metro devs was supposed to launch today, but it was delayed at the last second amid 4/10 reviews: "We are trying our best"
News "It being our first title as an independent game developer has led to some unforeseen challenges"
REPO dev says "there are no plans to make the game free-to-play" because "we don't want to add microtransactions or have cosmetics that you buy"
News "Things like cosmetics, you'll get for free by just simply playing the game"
After months of closed betas, Dune: Awakening is launching a "large-scale beta weekend" with 20 hours of content from the survival MMO
News The devs will give out "tens of thousands" of beta keys this time around
Nintendo warns Switch 2 hopefuls "delivery by June 5 is not guaranteed" even on official pre-orders as retailer stock goes dry
News "Your invitation email may arrive after the Nintendo Switch 2 launch"
With the Stop Killing Games consumer rights campaign at 437,000 signatures, Ubisoft says "we have been reading your comments" in an update on offline mode for The Crew sequels
News Seven months later, Ubisoft's got an update on these offline modes
Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"
News "There's a lot of organizations out there that demand to be the archive keeper, and then they do a terrible job at it"
CD Projekt won't say whether Witcher 3 is coming to Switch 2 because the RPG studio is "all in on Cyberpunk 2077" for Nintendo's new console
News The devs say the popularity of Witcher 3 on Switch meant the "more powerful Nintendo Switch 2" would be "the perfect platform for Cyberpunk 2077"
Elden Ring Nightreign's latest character reveal is a big man who loves getting drunk and punching dragons, and he looks like FromSoftware's ultimate tribute to the unga bunga playstyle
News "Looks like the ungabungas finally have their character"
Minecraft's upcoming boat-leashing tech has fans in a frenzy for proper minecart trains: "Trust us Mojang, we NEED this"
News "PLEASE MOJANG LET US DO THIS WITH MINECARTS!"
Helldivers 2 devs "are 100% aware performance ain't great now" but they're working on improvements: "Hopefully in the future we'll be able to add content that has less impact"
News "We appreciate the patience until we get back to our usual performance"
Marvel Rivals players are down so bad they're literally lining up to be chokeslammed by Emma Frost
News We're reaching levels of thirst previously thought impossible
Prolific hardware leaker says pre-orders for Switch 2 "should start" next week in Canada, but "can't confirm if it's the same for US"
News Uncertainty abounds about the North American Switch 2 launch as tariff confusion continues
Hot off the Marathon reveal, Bungie's already back to Destiny 2 and its Metroidvania expansion, promising to "reveal The Edge of Fate and the upcoming year" for the MMO FPS
News The full reveal comes May 6
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening suffers a last-minute, 3-week delay because it's "a beast of a game," and now it's landing right alongside Switch 2 and Summer Game Fest
News "This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we're making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before"
