Latest articles by Austin Wood
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the studio itself is "like an RPG party" of people who came together randomly, and treating "stupid ideas" seriously is essential
News I love it when a plan comes together
Former Dragon Age lead David Gaider would love to make an RPG at his new home, but "our last hope to keep the studio alive" comes first – and it looks like a very promising roguelike
Features Malys is a slick roguelike deckbuilder from folks who can't help but put a little RPG in everything
I saw the dirty little secrets of Crimson Desert's open-world engine, and I'd kill to do it with games like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Red Dead Redemption 2
Interview A date with the BlackSpace Engine reveals promising tech
Watch in horror and awe as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director uses early builds of characters like a vtuber model in the only video on Sandfall's old YouTube channel
News If that is Lune, boy has she changed a lot
Baldur's Gate 3 companions got official $50 D&D minis, and I am casting Vicious Mockery because what in the Nine Hells is this
News Gale, you feeling all right?
Assassin's Creed Shadows "has clearly outperformed Assassin's Creed Odyssey" in sales and player count, Ubisoft says
News Assassin's Creed Shadows may not be an earth-shattering win, but it's a win
After God of War's success, the overlords said "you're gonna make the second one and you're gonna do it in half the time and it's gonna be twice as long with more bosses and enemies"
News God of War did so well that the higher-ups wanted seconds, and fast
Leaked Stellar Blade PC trailer shows June 11 release date, every graphics setting I could ask for, a new boss fight, and 25 new costumes that look pretty good
News Stellar Blade PC release date finally narrowed by apparent PlayStation leak
I play all the big action RPGs every year, and the 'PS2 Golden Age' approach of Phantom Blade Zero is exactly what I want right now
Features And so Phantom Blade Zero goes up a few ranks on my list of anticipated games
"I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games
News Borderlands 4 cost way more to make than Borderlands 3, says Randy Pitchford, but he can't say how much it will cost players
Borderlands 4 boss raises Todd Howard's 'you can climb that mountain' Skyrim promise: "You see something anywhere on the screen, a mile away, up in the sky, you will be able to get there"
News Forget mountains, we can go anywhere on the screen
Destiny 2 lead insists divisive Star Wars-inspired expansion Renegades "is in-canon for the Destiny universe" as players worry the MMO is pulling a Fortnite
News Some Destiny 2 players aren't vibing with the idea of folding in another universe
Nintendo Switch 2's huge third-party support is something "we haven't seen" from Nintendo "maybe ever, but at least for a long time, maybe even since the GameCube," analyst says
News Circana's Mat Piscatella reckons third-party support is one of the most interesting aspects of Switch 2
$475 for one character in a video game: Genshin Impact adds new gacha disclaimers after FTC orders it to make costs and currencies less confusing
News An exclusive 5-star character can range from $1.98 to $475.20 USD
FromSoftware warns "the same strategy won't always work" in Elden Ring Nightreign, which is bad news for me because I used the same strategy in all the Souls games
News What do you mean I can't use the same magic sword?
"Oh, you don't like hentai on your Switch?": Dev says Switch 2 needs to fix Nintendo's "pathetic" eShop, and he's not the only one who thinks so
News A Steam-caliber experience the eShop is not
Bungie reveals what's next for Destiny 2: "Multiyear" Fate Saga starts with Edge of Fate expansion in July, "Star Wars-inspired" Renegades expansion with LucasFilm in December
News Plus free, Into the Light-sized "major updates" in between
Grand Theft Auto creator reacts to GTA 6 trailer 2: "Now that's more like it. That environment is lovely, and things are moving much better"
News "It's even more impressive they took the decision to delay it," says Mike Dailly
GTA 6 trailer 2 drops out of nowhere, putting Lucia and Jason in the spotlight once again
News Indulge in crime in Rockstar's open-world sandbox
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 head was "bored" at Ubisoft and hungry for a JRPG, and made the highest-rated game of 2025 – "Somehow it worked, which still makes no sense to me"
News "We have, I think, an amazing team mostly of junior people," Guillaume Broche said
Nintendo Switch 2 anticipation partly fueled by "palpable desperation" in the world, analyst says, and people wanting "something to bring joy" no matter the launch games
News The world is hard and cold, but the Nintendo Switch 2 has Mario Kart World
Even John Romero is worried about Joy-Con drift on Nintendo Switch 2, so here's hoping those "not Hall effect sticks" hold up better than the originals
News Please don't rip and tear, analog stick sensors
Naughty Dog won't do it, so this AAA dev and his wife made their own Jak & Daxter-inspired retro platformer – it feels great and crushed its Kickstarter goal
News GearGrit is about as Jak 2 as you can get without digging out your PS2
