Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director knows there's a debate around yellow paint in games, but says "there is definitely a need for that kind of thing" and the only real question is "about how it's done"
News Take it from Naoki Hamaguchi: "I get there is a debate about that ... That's fine, but I think there is definitely a need"
Valve has done a "very good job" of building a "massive marketplace" on Windows with Steam, but Microsoft and Xbox are looking to go one step further: "We're going to be everywhere"
News Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also adds another hint that the next Xbox will be a PC hybrid
Amazon is killing one of the only good games it's released, fantasy MMO New World: "The recently launched Season 10 and Nighthaven update will serve as the final content release"
news "We've reached a point where it is no longer sustainable to continue supporting the game with new content updates"
After 16 years, a Mario Kart-style Dragon Ball game once considered lost media is back and playable thanks to an archived version from fans
news What a time to be alive
"In Breath of the Wild, they give you a little golden turd": Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan spends 2 years designing every DLC vacation home, gets nothing
News Beautiful-Support-56 deserves better
God of War star Christopher Judge says, at 61, his "dexterity's not what it used to be," which sucks, but his family's Tekken tournaments and choice of fighter are just wholesome enough to turn this emotional rollercoaster around
news "I'm Eddie - because his hair game's on point"
Firaxis says Civilization 7 is getting "dramatic changes" as it tests a way to basically bypass its divisive Ages system and let you play as one faction the whole game
News "We're internally playtesting ways to play as one civ continuously through the Ages"
Pokemon Legends Z-A had the biggest physical game launch in the US since 2023's Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
News A small sigh of relief for physical media
God of War actor Christopher Judge says he hopes a potential sequel will take place in Egypt, but "I have no doubt that no matter what pantheon it is, it will be great"
news "Whatever is decided - wait… if there is another game" (insert eyes emoji)
Ex-PlayStation boss says the games industry is "littered" with Fortnite clones and "people trying to do Overwatch with different skins," but keep dreaming if you're just trying to get "big sacks of money"
news "For most it doesn't happen"
Silent Hill f's Hinako actor is playing her own game on stream and I feel bad for how hard I'm laughing at her terror
News The Silent Hill f star just created a new meme template by streaming her own game and reacting to its many horrors as any normal human should: with looks of horror
Palworld publishing lead ramps up his crusade against AI games, says "you're huffing pure copium if you think this is going anywhere" and "games like Megabonk will continue to body this for the next 50 years"
News I love that the Palworld dev, of all devs, is leading the charge against AI-generated games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is adding fan-favorite weapon Maddox and the Standoff map, and FPS fans are let's gooo-ing all over the place: "They are way too good at roping us back in every. damn. time"
News "It feels too good to be true"
Get over here and marvel at this unhinged Red Dead Redemption 2 mod that turns it into Mortal Kombat and lets you Fatality Micah by pushing him in front of a train
news This unhinged Red Dead Redemption 2 Mortal Kombat mod is bloodier than both games combined
Gearbox drops Borderlands 4 patch with "major balance tuning" including some skills it "didn't want to nerf" and others it totally did: "It had to happen, you knew it was going to happen!"
News "As a reminder, our primary goal with balance adjustments is to provide you the greatest number of viable builds"
EA hits like Battlefield 4 and The Sims 4 were given time to bounce back from rough launches because they were "too big to fail," whereas with BioWare's Anthem, it wasn't "a given that it was going to be that big"
News "Your choices are either to fix Battlefield 4 or shut the studio down, and through much of its recent history, EA has been very reluctant to shut down studios"
Metroid Prime developer struggled to find common ground with Nintendo "many" times, leading to one clash that went from morning until "the sun was setting"
news "I've been working on Nintendo games my whole career, so I believe I have the most experience in making Nintendo games"
Pokemon Legends: Z-A has an on-screen day night cycle timer and people are beating the game without ever knowing it's there
News Be honest, did you spot this?
Palworld dev's new publishing label isn't interested in AI slop: "If you're big on AI stuff ... we're not the right partner for that"
News Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says "we don't believe in" AI-generated games
The physical Xbox edition of remastered JRPG darling Tales of Xillia seemingly canceled a week before release: "All preorders will be canceled and refunded"
news "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but it is beyond our control"
Microsoft says the next Xbox console "will be a very premium and high-end curated experience," and you can see "some of the thinking" in the Xbox Ally handheld
news It's good to have confirmation that there even will be another Xbox console
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it would be harder to embrace our Frenchness even more" unless Sandfall "put snails and frogs everywhere in the next game"
news Clair Obscur might've created a new genre: the FRPG
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director thinks "Nintendo will put more effort into popularizing" the Switch 2's controversial game key cards, which he calls "a really amazing new idea"
News Square Enix's Naoki Hamaguchi is fully on-board with Switch 2 game key cards
