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

A screenshot from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen shows a male player character on a bike in a town.
Pokemon lead gets "nostalgic" about FireRed and LeafGreen, recalls being "thrilled" by its wireless multiplayer

By George Young Published

News "This is so nostalgic!!"

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An orange car in The Crew.
Stop Killing Games optimism is at an all-time high as 2 official organizations are established to take part in lobbying

By George Young Published

News "I did not see that coming"

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Shadow of the Colossus
"Devastating": Game devs send an outpouring of love to Sony's latest closed studio Bluepoint

By George Young Published

News "I would have thought Bluepoint would be *the exact* studio you want to bolster your first party line-up"

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Screenshot of Monster Strike
Street Fighter and Mega Man producer spends $500,000 on his own game to make sure players "don't feel dissatisfied"

By George Young Published

News Well, he must be doing something right

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The Duskbloods screenshot on she Nintendo Switch 2, showing a limp hand from someone who appears to be dead, with a strange symbol carved into the hand
The Duskbloods hopium is out as FromSoftware fans spot ad for online following the emergence of a new eShop listing

By George Young Published

News It's the third sign that's appeared this week

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A screenshot of Swampert in the Pokemon anime series.
Pokemon Emerald speedrunning has been changed forever after the discovery of a very specific lonely Mudkip

By George Young Published

News Are you more lonely or naughty?

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Todd Howard
The AI boom is "certainly not a fad," Elder Scrolls boss Todd Howard says, but Bethesda is "being incredibly cautious"

By George Young Published

News "Ask me in six months"

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A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, that's a really close up image of Gustave that's distorted so his nose is massive
New Clair Obscur Expedition 33 photo mode had some “unexpected” issues and other “things we don’t want to show”

By George Young Published

News It shows a side of Gustave we never knew we wanted to see

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Overwatch's Jetpack Cat hero, a ginger cat sitting on a floating blue vehicle, looks into the camera.
Determined not to lose the Overwatch players it just won back, Blizzard turns on the free loot tap

By George Young Published

News You get a lootbox, and you get a lootbox

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Discord
Discord competitor experiencing "incredible surge of new users" following the leading platform's age verification reveal

By George Young Published

News "Thank you for your patience as we scale to meet the growing demand!"

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A header for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined showing Kiefer flexing
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined convinces Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to do the unthinkable and drop FF14 for now

By George Young Published

News If he's keeping up his 12-hour-a-day FF14 habit, then he must be forgoing sleep

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Moltres flies onto the screen in the Pokemon anime
Proving the universe has favorites, Pokemon Blue player accidentally catches a shiny legendary they couldn't even see

By George Young Published

News Shinies have just a 1/8192 chance of appearing, but this catch is even rarer

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth screenshot showing Aerith, a young woman with long fair hair and a flowing white gown, singing with her arms spread wide
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says PC is the "highest-end gaming" platform and the "foundation" for development

By George Young Published

News "Speaking in purely technical terms, we categorize PS5 and PS5 Pro as 'mid-range platforms' internally"

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A screenshot from the Pokemon Pokopia trailer shows Ditto transformed into a human.
Pokemon Pokopia features persistent private servers with unlimited member caps, but you'll have to "swap in and out"

By George Young Published

News Players will need to form an orderly queue

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Death Stranding 2
Death Stranding 2 lead says Kojima Productions gambled on Horizon studio's Decima engine for "long hoped" for features

By George Young Published

News "Decima enables us to accomplish many things that would be difficult to achieve elsewhere"

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Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 fan accidentally deletes his fiancée's save file, pays Arthur's actor to apologize on his behalf

By George Young Published

News "Can you say some words of support for this devastating loss?"

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Pokemon Pokopia screenshot showing Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle all gathered around a Ditto in human form between two green trees
Pokopia feeds Mystery Dungeon fans as the life sim's devs "really focused" on conveying each one's "unique personality"

By George Young Published

News Mystery Dungeon fans can finally eat good, or at all, really

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A screenshot from Pokopia of a ghostly Pikachu called Peakychu
Pokopia's new Pikachu form was dubbed "unfortunate Pikachu" by co-dev Koei Tecmo, but it comes from a place of love

By George Young Published

News Pikachu passed away waiting for Colosseum and XD to come to Switch Online

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A Snorlax covered in moss sits in a dark room with moonlight streaming in from above. A screenshot from Pokopia.
Pokemon Pokopia director thought it up while placing grass and he wanted to give players the same experience

By George Young Published

News "My job was to place the grass"

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Cropped Helldivers 2 art from the official 'Save Cyberstan' poster.
Helldivers 2 players cheated so hard that Arrowhead had to "disable the Galactic War" and change a Major Order

By George Young Published

News Super Earth is once again asking for your aid

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The title character of Mina the Hollower looks over a note
Shovel Knight developer's Game Boy-style Mina the Hollower will be larger than "the entirety of Shovel Knight"

By George Young Published

News "The end is now in sight"

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Fallout 3 helmet
Todd Howard gives Fallout 3 an "average grade" as the RPG's "hated" ending took several DLC to fix

By George Young Published

News "I’ll give us an average grade on that to make the story continue"

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Team Fortress 2 Scout in a hat and headset smiling
Valve trials new Steam reviews option including your hardware specs so everyone knows if performance is a you problem

By George Young Published

News It will be easier than ever to silently judge people

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A still from Beyond Good and Evil 2, showing a woman, a man holding a gun and a monkey with an eye patch.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 lead promises to deliver "a remarkable game for our players to enjoy" after "changes" at Ubisoft

By George Young Published

News Fawzi Mesmar is "saddened by the cancellations" elsewhere within Ubisoft

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A screenshot of Yoko Taro in the "Message from NieR: Automata director Yoko Taro" Square Enix video announcing Nier: Automata's Steam release.
"I'm just such a warped person": Yoko Taro says he's "insufferable" and feels jealous of devs with "a place to belong"

By George Young Published

News "I'm the worst. Even I acknowledge that"

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