
George Young
Freelance writer, full-time PlayStation Vita enthusiast, and speaker of some languages. I break up my days by watching people I don't know play Pokemon pretty fast.
Latest articles by George Young

Beyond Good & Evil 2 lead promises to deliver "a remarkable game for our players to enjoy" after "changes" at Ubisoft
By George Young published
News Fawzi Mesmar is "saddened by the cancellations" elsewhere within Ubisoft

"I'm just such a warped person": Yoko Taro says he's "insufferable" and feels jealous of devs with "a place to belong"
By George Young published
News "I'm the worst. Even I acknowledge that"

Final Fantasy 7's Materia almost had a very different name before series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi stepped in
By Scott McCrae published
News Spheres would have their day in Final Fantasy 10

Final Fantasy's Yoshinori Kitase and Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii are both on board with Square Enix's multiplatform push
By Kaan Serin published
News "The motivation to allow as many people as possible to play is higher than the development hurdles"

Final Fantasy legend Yoshinori Kitase thinks marriage makes Dragon Quest 5 the best in the series
By George Young published
News "I don't want to take the easy route by choosing my childhood friend"

After 16 rocky years and a terrible attempt to crowdfund a Mega Man successor, troubled Japanese studio shuts down
By Dustin Bailey published
News Pour one out for what might have been with Comcept

Resident Evil Requiem director wants you to think "what's wrong with you Leon?" when he swings "his bloody ax"
By George Young published
News "He has a world-weary attitude and exudes a ruthless anger"

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream gets April release date to round off 20-minute fever dream of a Nintendo Direct
By George Young published
News It is everything we both wanted and feared

Hytale devs looking to "speed up production" with weekly pre-release updates and aims to be "more adventurous"
By George Young published
News Updates to the game are going to ramp up going forward

Following Ubisoft Paris redundancy proposal, unions threaten to walk out if Yves Guillemot "steps foot in our offices"
By George Young published
News "Perhaps he needs a reminder that it's his employees who make the games"

Resident Evil Requiem director claims development began 6 years ago but the final version "came to be" 3 years later
By George Young published
News The story will continue from the one developed through the first six games in the series

Arc Raiders hit with "extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks" causing server and matchmaking issues, Embark says
By George Young published
News Discord will be updated when the servers are fully functional again

Monster Hunter Wilds players were right; buying $500 of DLC made the game run better, so Capcom has fixed it
By George Young published
News "This is an unintended bug and will be resolved with this update"

Peak patch finally lets you kick other players, but be warned – scouts can't be "un-kicked"
By George Young published
News Snowballs can be rolled around to make them bigger

Resident Evil Requiem director says you can thank the "strict" women at Capcom for "hot uncle" Leon Kennedy
By George Young published
News "They would point out and comment on even the finest details like the wrinkles on his neck"

Helldivers 2's next premium Warbond comes with a reloadable, exploding hammer and potential returning faction
By George Young published
News Helldivers fans will be quaking by the trailer's end

Manor Lords, Might and Magic publisher says "we will f**k it up," but will try and "guard against" AI
By George Young published
News "Players don't, by and large, want gen AI"

Former Nintendo of America marketing lead says higher ups "chided" them for not selling as many casual games as Europe
By George Young published
News Europe is apparently the home of the casual Nintendo gamer

Studio head behind Fable reboot and Forza Horizon says "there are lots of commonalities" between racing games and RPGs
By George Young published
News "But there are lots and lots of points of divergence as well"

"We're the 'inventors of sushi'": Resident Evil Requiem director says Grace and Leon pair together like fish and rice
By George Young published
News "Even if you think you want one style, the 'flavor' of this game comes from the combination of the two styles"

Game Freak's new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation is not open-world and has difficulty settings unlike soulslikes
By George Young published
News You pet the dog 10/10

"DEI only improved things" at Ubisoft, says former employee, and isn't to blame for drop in share prices
By Catherine Lewis published
News He thinks it'd be bad news for Ubisoft if the company decided to use "DEI advocates as scapegoats"

Pokemon dev Game Freak wasn't trying to make an anti-Pokemon game with its flashy new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation
By George Young published
News "We never had a strong feeling like, 'let's make something in a different genre and style to what we've done before'"

After 40 years of bangers, legendary Mario Kart and Luigi's Mansion director seems to have left Nintendo
By George Young published
News He has not revealed where he will be working next

Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai says "it can be really frustrating" working on massive games with hundreds of devs: "There is work that clearly shows your results and work that doesn't"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "The sense of fulfillment gained from making something by yourself is different to something made as part of a group"
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