Latest articles by Anna Koselke
Hideo Kojima clears up "misunderstanding" around Death Stranding 2, says cutscenes "are not pre-rendered, they're basically all in real-time" and that's been the case since Metal Gear Solid
News An unsurprising admission from the mastermind
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead defends Mafia: The Old Country's lack of swimming after clips go viral, says "endlessly layering on mechanics maketh a good game not"
News Larian Studios' D&D RPG faced similar criticism
After 13 years away from The Sims limelight, Katy Perry returns to the community with a live Simlish performance of Last Friday Night that I can't stop watching
News Lass frooby noop!
Dune: Awakening player says "there IS sandwalking" in the survival MMO to avoid the big ol' worm – and "if you do it just right, you can cross any distance" in Arrakis
News "It isn't official and doesn't look anywhere near real," though
Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima says "DLC is not a trendy space because if you start doing that, you'll never finish the project"
News He doesn't mind changing "things basically related to gameplay," though
New Dune: Awakening update axes "exploit used to get NPCs to destroy other players' building pieces" following fans' reports of "base raiding" and griefing in the survival MMO
News Patch 1.1.20 arrives August 12
Death Stranding 2 might've featured Twin Peaks mastermind David Lynch, as Hideo Kojima "always hoped to cast" the "director I've admired for so long"
News The fellow director's death left Kojima "devastated"
After 17 years as the butt of every bad joke about girl games, Barbie Horse Adventures is back with a generation of grown-up horse girls ready to give it the love it deserves
News Step aside, Red Dead Redemption 2
Spooky Stardew Valley vibes put this "nightmarish life sim RPG" co-directed by Celeste's artist on my radar, and I can't wait until it launches next year to start my new rural life on a twisted farm
News Neverway releases in 2026
Amid Marathon's ongoing struggles and Concord's closure after just 2 weeks, Sony admits the whole PlayStation live service strategy thing isn't "entirely going smoothly"
News It's all about the "longer-term perspective," though
This Final Fantasy 10 Easter egg is a reference to the JRPG the 2001 installment never became, and it's so obscure that even Square Enix forgot to include it in its remaster
News Seventeen Angelic Impact x Devil's Shock never came to be
43-year CRPG veteran behind Fallout and Wasteland knew Baldur's Gate "could be huge" decades before Larian's RPG threequel: "You're sitting on something that's going to at least do $50 million"
News Brian Fargo foresaw the Dungeons & Dragons adaptation's success
"I'd rather quit with dignity than drop it down to Easy": Soulslike boss on The First Berserker: Khazan says many players will quit a game before lowering the difficulty, so they had to add and change some options
News "Difficulty is subjective"
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls devs plan to keep the 4v4 tag fighter alive "for the next 10 years," with hopes of "making this game the best experience ever" over the next decade
News How many Marvel heroes will join in 10 years?
Baldur's Gate 3 performance director says it's a "shame" video game actors are "not being considered" for adaptations: "Why was Doug Cockle not in the TV series, The Witcher?"
News The OG voices behind beloved characters are "being slept on"
Modders behind one of Final Fantasy 14's most beloved third-party tools are making their own "cozy crafting roguelite," and it looks a whole lot like Moonlighter
News Teamcrafter is available to back on Kickstarter
33 hotfixes later, the infamous Baldur's Gate 3 bug Larian said it "probably" squashed lives on, and the RPG's fans can't help but keep rooting for it: "I don’t want them to fix this particular bug"
News Players "love" their companions' soulless portraits
Oblivion Remastered isn't comparable to Skyblivion as the 13-year project is "a full-scale remake" reimagining Bethesda's game "from the ground up, bringing it in line with modern RPG standards"
News It's "one of the most ambitious modding projects of our generation"
Baldur's Gate 3 lead says the D&D RPG is "what allowed us to do our next crazy thing," assuring Larian Studios is "working hard to ensure you'll have plenty of fun" with its new game
News "Like really – loads of it"
Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P knows the MMO isn't in "perfect" shape after Dawntrail, but Patch 7.3 marks a new beginning for Square Enix
News The expansion sits with "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam
Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor hates being called a "voice actor" as it "negates" other work that goes into roles, like motion capture: "It makes me really angry"
News Jennifer English doesn't consider herself a star or celebrity, though
Steam founder Gabe Newell is investing his $9.5 billion fortune in his new passion, big ass boats, because he's "a hands-on visionary who respects the sea"
News "Welcome to Oceanco's next journey"
New Dune: Awakening update will cause certain bases to "collapse when the patch goes live," and fans of the survival MMO can't wait for "the chaos" to ensue come version 1.1.20
News Some players think it's a "much-needed change"
