Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
Valve sued over loot boxes as state of New York demands "full restitution" for players
News "Valve has made tens of millions of dollars selling keys to thousands of New York residents"
Stardew Valley creator announces 10-year anniversary video with "pre-release footage" and "new 1.7 marriage candidates"
News Who could it be?
BioShock 2 could have had a "Big Sister scare" system, but its designer is "finally" using it for new occult deckbuilder
News Eek!
Blizzard preps patch for WoW housing in Midnight, but players seem to want more from the MMO's hot new feature
News Midnight approaches
Ubisoft CEO fights nepotism claims against Assassin's Creed studio by saying "Ubisoft was created as a family company"
News I do not think it means what you think it means
Xbox co-founder says Phil Spencer exhausted himself trying "to do the right thing" and he feels "worst" for Sarah Bond
News The good fight had to end
World of Warcraft devs ditch combat addons to make raids harder strategically – not to "shoot more bullets at you"
News I guess I don't need this Coding for Dummies book anymore
Marathon looks miles ahead of Arc Raiders in one key area: "Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned"
News You heard the bio-cybernetic man
Xbox boss Phil Spencer is leaving, and a Microsoft AI exec is taking over with president Sarah Bond also resigning
News Phil Spencer has been with Microsoft since 1988
Todd Howard says Elder Scrolls 6 launch is "a while" off, so fans look for experts to analyze his face when he says that
News "He is smile"
After cutting down WoW classes, Blizzard "heard loud and clear from players that it was not what they were looking for"
News MMO players yearn for complication
"Several" Assassin's Creed games to come, Ubisoft promises, plus more Far Cry amid "restructuring across the company"
News It's a mixed bag
Mewgenics players hated a tutorial boss fight move that did 50 damage, so devs helpfully increased that number to 999
News I don't think that's what they meant
God of War actor Christopher Judge reiterates he has "zero involvement" with remake trilogy, teases "other projects"
News Hey guys, there probably isn't
It was niche and nearly forgotten, but horror fans begged devs for a Fatal Frame 2 remake and got it
News Fatal Frame as a public service
The Witcher 3 may have one of the best quests in RPG history, but it drove Geralt actor Doug Cockle completely "bonkers"
News If he only could, he'd make a deal with the Bloody Baron
Nintendo Treehouse product team makes developers "terrified" because they don't "give a s***" about anything but games
News Now I'm starting to get scared…
Armored Core 6 is an otome game if you squint at the mecha in the right light and admit he's handsome, say Japanese fans
News Rusty is irresistible
"You did it, we did it": Anime girl horror game with wrestling finishers finally gets Steam release date
News A lukewarm Welcome to Doll Town
"Gameplay and the economy suffers": Arc Raiders devs commit to suspending dupe exploit users
News Drop your exploits, now
True Japanese horror games respect that "frightening things can be beautiful," Fatal Frame 2 directors say
News "These two concepts are closely connected, almost like twins"
Devs failing to make games with AI keep flooding the Godot game engine with slop, and its project manager has had enough
News More slop for the pile
Diablo 4 PC filled with blood is "perfect" after 3 years, says owner who would "love to give this to my future kids"
News Sustainable energy at work
