George Young

George Young

Freelance News Writer

Freelance writer, full-time PlayStation Vita enthusiast, and speaker of some languages. I break up my days by watching people I don't know play Pokemon pretty fast.

Latest articles by George Young

Lucia yells from the window in joy as Jason drives a stolen car down the highway, from the GTA 6 extended look
GTA 6 won’t let you switch between Lucia and Jason whenever you want because it would be "unnatural" for story progression

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News To switch or not to switch?

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A fridge in GTA 6 shows photos of Lucia and Jason and some stickers reference in-game locations, along with messages of affirmation
GTA 6 was too realistic for even Rockstar so the devs had to cut restocking Jason and Lucia's fridge

By George Young Published

News But how will I perfectly align everything now?

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A screenshot of the GTA 6 Extended Look. Jason looks out a car window while sitting next to Lucia.
GTA 6 "will be released on time," Rockstar North co-lead says

By George Young Published

News Rockstar is saying yet again that November is the final release date for the next Grand Theft Auto game

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Lucia leaves prison in GTA 6 trailer 2
Oh no, you can doomscroll in GTA 6

By George Young Published

News Just in case you were worried that GTA 6 wasn't enough of a time sink

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The party visit the elf queen in her throne room in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake
Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii realized his JRPG series was a "cultural phenomenon" after DQ3

By George Young Published

News The creator realized their suffering was his fault

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Tides of Annihilation protagonist Gwendolyn, a woman with long brown hair and glowing blue eyes, looks to the camera.
Tides of Annihilation team is "monitoring" AI but choosing to use the methods they "are the best at"

By George Young Published

News Feels like a very polite way to say they aren't using AI

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Goofy and Donald wearing outfits and looks inspired by Pixar's Coco in Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4 script "almost twice as big" as KH3's, Tetsuya Nomura says

By George Young Published

News More dialogue doesn't mean a bigger game though

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A pair of Heartless emerge in Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4 "will be ready well before the release date," Tetsuya Nomura says

By George Young Published

News "The release window won't be delayed," confirms Nomura quite confidently

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Tides of Annihilation screenshots
Tides of Annihilation devs took inspiration from Berserk, Final Fantasy, and, uh, JoJo

By George Young Published

News With inspirations like JoJo and Devil May Cry, Tides of Annihilation will have style

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Gideon talks to a tied up Leon in Resident Evil Requiem
Lies of P director says Resident Evil Requiem is one of the games he enjoyed most this year

By George Young Published

News Resident Evil Requiem has fans around the globe

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A screenshot from Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
Castlevania veteran delays spiritual successor Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement to 2027

By George Young Published

News "Your excitement and enthusiasm continue to motivate and inspire us to deliver the best possible experience," says Koji Igarashi

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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined
Dragon Quest 7 was going to be an open-world game, series creator Yuji Horii says

By George Young Published

News The JRPG's story was prioritized over the open world

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation screenshot
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation trailer at ONL just the "beginning of our information rollout," Naoki Hamaguchi says

By George Young Published

News This is just the beginning of the end

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Lies of P review
Lies of P director says he wouldn't settle for a Switch 2 game-key card because he's a "proud gamer"

By George Young Published

News A studio that creates "games by gamers"

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Dragon Quest 10
Dragon Quest boss says AI "hardly ever makes things up" anymore, even if it once made up that he works for Nintendo

By George Young Published

News Seems he has faith in the controversial tech despite his experiences

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Like Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss, Dragon Quest creator worries live streams don't sell games

By George Young Published

News But "I don't know if it works as a marketing tool," says Horii

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Goofy and Donald Duck hug each other in terror in the Kingdom Hearts 4 reveal trailer.
Disney isn't stopping at Kingdom Hearts 4 and an anime, as "there are so many things we want to do"

By George Young Published

News Things are about to get a lot more spicy

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The Duskbloods Zork in deep-sea diving armour walking through a swamp with a deep-sea cable and a speargun
FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskblood's Zork is the perfect example of his design philosophy

By George Young Published

News If Miyazaki says they're the same species then they're the same species

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In Pokemon Winds and Waves, the large whale-like Pokemon Wailord shoots water up from its blow hole on the surface of the ocean
Pokemon Winds and Waves may not have turn-based fights as Game Freak dev hints system "could change"

By George Young Published

News Winds and Waves are shaping up to be very different games

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The Duskbloods screenshot showing someone walking into a mysterious cathedral with red lighting
Switch 2's The Duskbloods closed network test had more applicants than Elden Ring Nightreign

By Catherine Lewis Published

News Nightreign being multi-platform didn't give it the edge here

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Captain Toad
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says "I don't really play games by myself anymore"

By George Young Published

News Miyamoto has passed the Master Sword down to his grandchildren

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Nintendo Switch with Super Mario Wonder on screen next to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom box
Shigeru Miyamoto dreams of Nintendo consoles becoming a rite of passage for everyone coming of age

By George Young Published

News "Now that you're six, I've got you a Nintendo"

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Nintendo designed the DS and Wii to normalize "being a gamer" says Shigeru Miyamoto

By George Young Published

News Heavy is the crown

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Palworld Pal with shocked expression
Palworld TCG cards are already selling for up to $4,000 as Pocketpair's tabletop game launches

By George Young Published

News A Cattiva card went on sale three days before the set was officially released

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Palworld pal Herbil has a surprised expression in official animated short Finders Keepers.
Palworld lead shrugs off "dead game" suggestions as its Steam concurrent player count is still huge

By George Young Published

News "Goofs aside, thanks again for making 1.0 such a success, gamers," says Bucky

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