Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
Former Blizzard boss says the $700 PS5 Pro is really more like a $350 upgrade because it's aimed at people who can trade in their PS5s at "places like GameStop"
news "Good news is no one has to buy it"
PS5 mastermind Mark Cerny says "dreams of the developers" are too big for 60 FPS, and PS5 Pro targets "removing that decision" between fidelity and performance
News 75% of PS5 players pick performance over fidelity
The best JRPGs to play in 2024
Feature From Persona 5 to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play right now
After 27 years as a cult classic, crafting JRPG series Atelier shoots for global appeal with a seamless open-world, "action-like" combat, and a series-first housing system
news Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land sounds like the most ambitious Atelier game yet
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Diablo 4 support studio lays off 139 out of 200 workers as Embracer Group fallout continues
news Lost Boys Interactive has been gutted
I never thought Astro Bot would dethrone Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth as my GOTY, but then I found out it has the JRPG's legendary main protagonist turned cute
news Cute Kiryu for life
As Astro Bot emerges as a 2024 GOTY frontrunner, its director says "12 to 15 hours of condensed fun" beats 40 hours with parts "you feel like skipping"
news In a year of live-service flops, Astro Bot is a refreshingly low commitment romp
It's official: "Concord servers are now offline," just 2 weeks after one of the worst launches in recent memory
news Pour one out for those who missed Concord's now ultra-rare Platinum trophy
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi can't stay away, says he's taking back his retirement plans because making games "may be more of a pleasure than a job"
news Sakaguchi is working on a new game with the team behind the 2021 mobile RPG Fantasian
Deadlock players find new in-progress hero Slork, some sort of shark man who chomps people and resembles a Dota 2 hero, and I already know he's my main
News Slark, meet Slork
Report: Concord is still going to be part of Amazon's new anthology TV show Secret Level despite its abrupt cancellation
news That's gonna be an awkward watch
PS5 Pro design seemingly sneaks its way onto PlayStation website as Sony celebrates 30 years and teases "announcements in the near future"
news The new PS5 design looks a lot like the recent leak
Yakuza has seen "a large increase in new fans, including women", but the JRPG series will continue being about "middle-aged guy things"
News "We don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans"
Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 Illuminate reference spotted on in-game map is "fake news" caused by "organic tissue degradation on electronic equipment"
News Helldivers 2 gets its closest look at the Illuminate yet
After 6 years, State of Decay 2 is getting its final update this year as dev focuses on making State of Decay 3 "the greatest zombie survival sim in the franchise"
News Update 38 will fix "longstanding issues" and unlock all seasonal content permanently
Silent Hill 2 Remake lets you disable "all UI elements" for "the most immersive experience", and you'll be told where to go by visual, sound, and character cues
News Bloober Team scores another W
Even as Concord dies a fast death, Sony exec says PlayStation doesn't have enough original IP and "that's an issue for us"
news "Whether it's for games, films or anime, we don't have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning"
This Stardew Valley-inspired indie where you manage a nerdy board game café is blowing up on Kickstarter with 500% funding in 7 days
news "Just like Stardew, Dragons Brew will offer players a rich, colorful environment where every detail adds to the overall experience"
The first update of Helldivers 2's 60-day rescue plan won't be the "biggest patch of all time", but it will push the game in the "right direction"
News Helldivers 2 won't be fixed overnight
Concord is being taken offline this week and everyone is getting refunds as PlayStation tries to "determine the best path ahead"
News "Concord sales will cease immediately"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says there's an "extremely low" number of Xbox players in Japan, but Dawntrail is the "starting point" of more Square Enix games on Xbox
News "We do want to release more Square Enix games on Xbox, and there will be more of our titles released on Xbox"
Metal Gear Solid 4 still hasn't been confirmed for modern platforms, but a Konami producer says "you can probably connect the dots"
news It sure sounds like Metal Gear Solid is coming to the next collection of games
