Latest articles by Rollin Bishop
I wish I were melting my brain in Screenbound right now
Preview Hands-on | The 2D and 3D platformer Screenbound feels like it shouldn't work but does so well
I built the biggest, ugliest vase Kiln would let me and immediately got bullied by better potters
Preview Hands-on | Double Fine's multiplayer pottery battle feels as absurd to play as it looks
The only thing missing from this Cuphead-meets-Doom boomer shooter is the heavy metal soundtrack
Preview Hands-on | Mouse: P.I. For Hire nails both its animation and mechanical inspirations
Invincible VS director wants players to feel like "a f**king superhero," so expect matches that are a "knock-down, drag-out fight until the death"
Interview Interview | Game director Dave Hall pulls no punches while discussing the upcoming fighting game Invincible VS
Xbox says Copilot provides "coaching," but it actually talks to you like a baby with a controller
News What hath God wrought
I already know Mina the Hollower is going to ruin my life
Preview Hands-on | All it took was 20 minutes on the Nintendo Switch 2 with the new game from the Shovel Knight developers
Ghost of Yotei dev says cutting features is "really important," so "people would clap" every time something got cut
News There are too many great ideas, and too few resources
Ghost of Yotei devs "really enjoy watching people die" to superboss Takezo the Unrivaled, but know you loathe him
News Sucker Punch "wanted to stretch ourselves and our players"
"They're not good enough," joke devs behind "self-feeding" horror giant stuck in the Steam Top 50 while others rot
News Dead by Daylight is the asymmetrical horror king, no doubt about it
Xbox AI lead says "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades"
News "Since 2005, we've had Drivatar in Forza Motorsport"
Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year
News "We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"
10 years later, one of the only live-service horror games still standing learned how to win the "hellish" attention war
News Dead by Daylight is a very happy accident
Super Meat Boy 3D frustrates me just as much as the original – in a good way
Preview Hands-on | I'm not going to tell you that Super Meat Boy 3D is as mind-blowing as Mario's jump from 2D, but…
Early Xbox Project Helix specs promise "next-generation" AI upscaling as Microsoft tries to win the next-gen console war
News Xbox is also responding "the massive increases in storage prices and memory prices" with new compression tech
Xbox Project Helix dev kits to roll out in 2027, narrowing possible launch window as Microsoft doubles down on PC
News "We're bringing the best of Xbox to Windows itself"
Xbox lead says the "return to fun" we've seen from games like Peak makes him "hopeful" for the industry
News Peak is truly peak, when it comes to fun
The 25 best fighting games you can play right now in 2026
Best List The best fighting games of all time that will have you pulling all the punches
Ghost of Yotei almost had Breath of the Wild's rock climbing, but found it's not "a core aspect of being a ronin"
News "It was going to be magnificent"
Battlefield 6 designers say developers have a "responsibility" to make games intuitive
News "Good game feel, in this sense, starts with understanding what game you have"
"Complicated feelings on our end": Indie devs behind new Peak-like co-op understand you think it's friendslop
News The term has negative and positive connotations
Big Walk could be your next Peak-like obsession
Hands-on Hands-on | Untitled Goose Game developer House House's next big thing is a walker-talker
The best free Switch games available right now in 2026
Best List The 10 best free Nintendo Switch games you can enjoy without paying
The 25 best Game Boy Advance games of all time
Best List The 25 best Game Boy Advance games hark back to the glory days of portable play. Here are all the top GBA titles you need to get if you haven't.
