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Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead is apparently working on a roguelite mode that fundamentally "changes the game"
News Wait, what?
Former Square Enix exec says the Final Fantasy dev's investors "are actually closely aligned" with what fans want
News "High quality, but with smaller dev teams"
Silent Hill f turned my personal mental health journey into the most evil plot twist of 2025, and I’m not even angry
Opinion Opinion | Red capsules aren't Hinako's enemy – the world is
GTA 6 developer Rockstar under scrutiny from UK Prime Minister, who promises to "look into" alleged union busting
News "Every worker has the right to join a trade union"
Square Enix director Naoki Hamaguchi considered giving Cloud Strife a more realistic sword for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but decided JRPG fans "wouldn’t accept it": "We stayed faithful to the OG"
News Big swords or bust
"Wiimote was bad. You can't say Wiimote": Nintendo's legal team made it drop "Nindies" label, former staff say, because it and similar phrases "dilutes the brand"
News No Nindies for you
Life is Strange developers made one of the most beautiful games of 2025, and it’s all because Lost Records: Bloom & Rage understands the magic of childhood
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Don't Nod plays the magician, again
Fallout boss Todd Howard reassures New Vegas fans that the Amazon TV show built an "incredible" set for season 2: "Their ability to pull it off on the scale, so much of it practical, it was incredible"
News Grab a Nuka-Cola, because Fallout season 2 is on its way
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gustave actor Charlie Cox says he was "nervous" to play the RPG, which might be why he still hasn't touched it: "I don't actually know what the story is"
News Someone email the Daredevil actor a plot summary
Nearly 10 years later, Doom 2 mod Total Chaos is reborn as a standalone horror FPS I'll be playing all winter, and it makes Silent Hill look like a rom-com
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Sam Prebble's gothic Doom 2 mod is now bigger, darker, and more haunting than ever
World of Warcraft Midnight "brought me to the verge of tears," says MMO's production director, and it's not only "our best expansion ever," but maybe one of the most important ones in 10 years
News I hope you're ready to decorate
Aerith does not want to see your fanfic – Final Fantasy 7 Remake actor reminds fans "the meaning of the word inappropriate," asks them to stop tagging her in "smut"
News Leave Aerith alone
"This award can f*** itself": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Verso actor would rather give up Best Supporting Performer than go without "the thrill of that sweet, sweet banana" Joker in Balatro
News Give Ben Starr the banana
Megabonk dev dropped out of The Game Awards on a technicality, but now the roguelike is back with a Player's Voice nomination: "We're more back than ever"
News Player's Voice voting is now open for round one
"'Here is existential pain, live with it'": Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr says the JRPG's powerful story "represents so much of the reason why I continue to play games"
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a work of love, the Verso actor says
Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out"
News I fear free-to-play Arc Raiders
Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor says cast members are still underrated by video game developers, who see them "as outsources for a lot of the time": "There's a weird disconnect"
News Tell Samantha Béart she's a star right now!
Fallout co-creator says fan theories are too often decided by "the most entitled people on the internet" – only IP owners determine what's canon: "They say something, that's canon"
News Tim Cain thinks you might be confused
Silksong devs "have other games that we plan to make" that aren't just Hollow Knight, but their own deaths weigh on them: "It’s not that far off if you spend 7 years per project"
News Time ticks on
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr is still ready to "lose to Megabonk" at The Game Awards, since one "person's game of the year is going to be another person's worst game of all time"
News Technically, Megabonk dropped out of TGA, but there are plenty of other awards to win
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Charlie Cox is right to credit motion capture actor for Gustave, says Red Dead actor, since "it takes a village" just to "depict 1 character!"
News "Crazy stuff"
GTA 6 fans grab their spare pitchforks and torches as AI "leak" gets out of hand, turning 8 million views into an angry mob: "I wouldn't have thought it would go this far"
News Big dreams die hard
