Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Switch 2 edition is coming next Spring, alongside a multiplayer expansion with tons of co-op games to play
news Run, Hide! Phanto Tag is my favorite
Nintendo finally wises up to Palworld, announces Pokemon crafting and building game Pokopia – starring a Ditto that thinks it's a real human
news Coming next year on Switch 2
Metroid Prime 4 is finally ready: Nintendo confirms December release date on Switch 2
news Our 18-year long wait is finally over
No Man's Sky's latest update "stretched our engine limits" on the 9-year-old game, but Hello Games dev says it's "satisfying to see the fruits of that labour"
News Dive! Dive! Dive!
Borderlands 4 "may be in a whole new level here," Randy Pitchford declares as the action RPG sets a series Steam concurrent player record within 24 hours of launch despite 'Mixed' reviews
News It's absolutely smashed the Borderlands 2 record
Borderlands 4 isn't even out yet and fans are already speculating about Borderlands 5, but Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says "We don't show how the sausage is made!"
News Don't expect news on that any time soon
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain acknowledges Bethesda made the franchise bigger, but he would have done things differently: "Did they expand it the way I would have? No, not at all, that's OK"
News Bigger isn't always better
Even Pokemon's former chief legal officer thinks Nintendo's controversial new patent is unenforceable: "I wish Nintendo and Pokemon good luck"
news When is broad too broad?
Battlefield 6 community lead reminds everyone "NDA applies" as the long-rumored battle royale mode heads to Labs, trying to get ahead of the leaks I'm sure are already brewing
News Good luck to him
Former BioWare producer says a lot of Anthem's problems "come from a misunderstanding about multiplayer games," which the Mass Effect leadership team weren't equipped to deal with
news Sounds like there were plenty of issues
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Legacy of the Forge DLC adds a new secret ending that fixes an infamous, immersion-breaking moment from the open-world RPG's main quest
News Now you can take matters into your own hands
Hollow Knight: Silksong borrows The Last of Us and Death Stranding's cruelest trick by making safe zones unsafe, and it's breaking fans more than any boss could: "This is the most anger I have ever felt for any game ever"
News Don't trust anything
Early look at Borderlands 4 disappears and reappears after fans spot "a huge spoiler" about a returning character, but somehow Conan O'Brien crashing the game was kept in
News Oopsie
Gearbox let one lucky gamer play Borderlands 4 days before the rest of us: Conan O'Brien, who hated Claptrap after exactly one minute – "He's my least-favorite trash can I've ever met"
news Instantly picking up on what fans have been feeling for years
The Road to Battlefield 6 battle pass in Battlefield 2042 is now quicker to grind through if you're willing to spend the money, and fans don't know how to feel about that: "There's the EA I remember!"
News Pay or grind, the choice is yours
Helldivers 2 CEO hasn't even unlocked the latest Warbond because he's "a man of the people" who chooses not to get it all for free: "I walk in the same shoes you do"
News "I'm 70 SC away from a new warbond!!"
GTA 6 continues a 17-year tradition with in-game parodies like What-Up and Ryde me, according to domains reportedly registered to publisher Take-Two
News There are also silly ones like myboyhasacreepycorndog.com
Sci-fi action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is taking inspiration from Mass Effect 2's suicide mission and making sure companions help even when they're left on the ship
News Everyone has to pull their weight
Helldivers 2 players were already getting obliterated, so now it just feels like game master Joel is taking their lunch money, kicking their teeth in, and spitting in their eyes
News "Genuinely, what are they thinking?"
Former Xbox exec says Game Pass causes "weird inner tensions" due to the subscription model usually coming at "the expense of retail revenue"
News What does success actually mean on Game Pass?
Helldivers 2 CEO assures divers he doesn't "have any say in AR balancing" over their beloved Coyote as they suffer through the Oshaune meat grinder
News The people are afraid of their glorious leader
Starfield anniversary post sends starving Bethesda fans to the whiteboard to find the formula for rumored new DLC
News What could it mean?
"Look at the wittle baby": Silksong players are struggling with an early boss, but that's fine because they love him
News "Such a cutie patootie"
