Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Bethesda celebrates Oblivion Remastered by watching 19-year-old documentary about the making of the original, and Todd Howard says "this is gonna be really f***ing awkward"
News They all look so young!
Taking notes from Steam, Nintendo lets you hide any Switch virtual game cards you don't want your friends to see, so of course it's already being used to hide hentai games
news Nintendo thinks some of you should hide the games you play
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead shares the love, tells fans to play Danganronpa creator's new game "after your Expedition" as there are "too many good RPGs coming out at the same time"
News Devs supporting devs
Nier director Yoko Taro believes AI is coming for creators next, but also says his predictions are never correct, so don't worry about it
News "People who want to create games will do so even if they can’t make a living out of it"
GTA 4 scrapped a lot of San Andreas features to make the "massive jump" from PS2 to PS3, but the fan-favorite GPS used code from GTA 3 that was "basically unchanged"
News A lot of insight into what it takes to make GTA
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead acknowledges that "it's been a while since our last update," but "fear not – we are cooking" as it teases "exciting news to come"
news I still have so many Warbonds to complete...
The fastest-selling Dragon Ball game in history may have just had its Switch 2 port leaked by the Saudi ratings board
News Could it be a Switch 2 launch title?
Promising Soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers finally gets a summer release date and a new trailer showing off its fast combat and electrifying soundtrack that blends traditional Chinese music with modern electric guitar riffs
News What a soundtrack
"I remember uploading the build, crossing my fingers that things wouldn't immediately fall apart": A year later, city builder mega-hit Manor Lords has a bigger dev team teasing big updates
news From better AI to medieval art, there's a lot to look forward to
Oblivion Remastered players break out of bounds to explore everywhere from Skyrim to the rumored setting of The Elder Scrolls 6
news Go and check it out a game early
New Zelda: Breath of the Wild speedrun category emerges as player rocks up to Switch 2 preview event, strips Link, and beats Ganon in 7 minutes - "Staff congratulated me"
News "The first time anyone had completed the Breath of the Wild demo"
"It is very worth having your game on Game Pass": As debut RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 passes 1 million sales, Palworld dev defends the decision to launch on Xbox's subscription service
News People are still choosing to buy it
Id says Doom: The Dark Ages is "the best Doom game we've ever made" as it reveals we're leaving Hell for the Lovecraftian Cosmic Realm and getting a gun that shoots a mace on a chain
News Hell yeah
Joy and despair as game devs fight for a Switch 2 of their own, with Smash Bros' Masahiro Sakurai lucking into one while Balatro's LocalThunk still hunting
news Good hunting, everyone
Oblivion Remastered is so true to the original RPG that you can still use a glitch to roll credits in just 15 minutes
News The old ways are still the best
Hideo Kojima says Margaret Qualley got her Death Stranding role after he saw her dance in a viral perfume ad
News Maybe the most Kojima thing he's ever done
After seeing Oblivion Remastered, Fallout 3's lead designer expects the RPG's own rumored remaster to be a lot like Fallout 4
news Building settlements in the Capital Wasteland could be cool
Assassin's Creed Shadows will board the Ubisoft update train soon, with a big roadmap reveal next week: "Launch is only the beginning"
news Get ready for more assassin action
Death Stranding movie director has done his research and played the game and Metal Gear Solid, but Hideo Kojima won't let him play the other entries in the series
News I wonder why?
Oblivion Remastered is so true to the original RPG, it even keeps in a voice acting error that's been there for 19 years
News It's like 2006 again
Diablo 4 could come to Nintendo Switch 2, but series head says "live services on Switch have been a little bit challenging in the past"
News This could be a new era for Nintendo
With Ubisoft's hopes on its back, Assassin's Creed Shadows claws to the top of the March sales charts and follows Monster Hunter Wilds as 2025's second-best-selling US game
news Is the company back on the rise?
"Let's just fail quickly": REPO devs pivoted to co-op horror after running out of money since their last game "hadn't been successful enough"
news Little did they know they had a hit on their hands
