Latest articles by Michael Leri
Pokemon Legends: Z-A hands-on: With overhauled battles and denser exploration, I'm shocked at how fundamentally fresh this could feel
Hands-on Hands-on | Pokemon Legends: Z-A builds on Arceus' foundations to deliver the series' biggest departure yet
Warhammer's most overlooked strategy game was a "huge touchpoint" for Civilization 7's all-new narratives
News FTL was another big source of inspiration
"30 years of history reside in our tape backups": PlayStation's building a game preservation mineshaft vault with 200 million files going back to a 1994 build of PS1 JRPG Arc the Lad
News "There's people who probably don't know what Gex is – that wounds me personally"
After 14 years at Bethesda, Skyrim and Fallout veteran made his final settlement in just 2 days – but only because he'd made some rough ones before that
News I think they're all neat
Fallout 76's art director "had to fight really hard" so Bethesda would make the MMO's map bigger than Skyrim's
News "It was kind of nice to hear 'hey, that game sucks, but the map's pretty cool'. I did my job."
Thank Goodness You're Here's developer says it was trying to design a game normally before realizing "we're s**t at video game design"
News "So why put funny first? What does that mean? Well, it's all we knew how to do"
"Balatro was a pain in the ass to market," but it started getting better once players started cracking open the demo so they could play forever
News Publisher Playstack "knew it was so good because we couldn't stop playing it internally"
Balatro's first big update is still on track for 2025, but it'll be "done when it's done, because it's got to be good before it's fast"
News The poker roguelike's first major gameplay update is still on track
This indie mashup of Zelda and Studio Ghibli is gorgeous, though its creator didn't want to "mimic" the iconic animation studio, but to "find out what makes it special, and recreate those watercolor movies in a game"
News Europa director Helder Pinto says it was "very important" to have references like Ghibli movies to work from
Skyrim and Fallout veteran left Bethesda after 14 years because he'd already made 3 runaway GotY winners: "That's a really hard thing to top"
News "I didn't really feel the need to do another big AAA project"
"Even if The Elder Scrolls 6 is great," Skyrim veteran thinks Bethesda developers will face harassment and "death threats" anyway
News No matter what happens, "the internet is going to treat you like you're clubbing baby seals"
Silent Hill 2 Remake devs spent many hours "watching, reading, discussing" fan theories about the iconic Labyrinth level and wanted to "incorporate as many" of them as possible
News "I don't like everything I found" on the internet, says one Silent Hill 2 Remake dev
Silent Hill 2 remake dev says Bloober played up the original's iconic toilet scene to punish its protagonist for being a bad husband: "The theme here is disgust"
News Get your hand out of there, James
Silent Hill 2 remake director had no choice but to make Pyramid Head "more aggressive and faster" during his iconic fight: "We've been losing something, but we've been gaining something, too"
News He's coming for you!
Helldivers 2 only had 20 devs working on it when development began, but High Command is now over 6 times larger and has continued to expand since launch
News The team is now home to around 130 people
