Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Pokemon Champions is the Pokemon Stadium 3 we deserve, and it's out in 2026
news Close enough, welcome back Pokemon Stadium
EA casually confirms Battlefield 6 is getting an open beta, and better yet, you can decide if weapons should be locked to a class or not
news There's only one correct answer
A new Pokemon puzzle game got shadow launched during today's Presents stream, and it reminds me of all the iPhone games I used to play as a teenager
news Back to the good ol' days
Ori studio's new soulslike No Rest for the Wicked might skip Xbox Series X|S entirely and focus on the PS5 and Switch 2 due to "market conditions"
News "We'll have to discuss things"
Hytale co-founder wants to buy the IP because it's cheaper and easier than buying a whole company: "It's not like in the movies, it’s just a call and a purchase agreement"
News There's still some hope for the Minecraft-inspired PC game
Daredevil star Charlie Cox still can't escape Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 praise, so he's vowed to "play the game," his first since Super Mario 64: "I need to get a console first"
news He was so good, he has to become a gamer
Steam removing adult games shows "you can even censor another country’s free speech," claims Nier creator Yoko Taro
news This is about more than games
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot blames Star Wars Outlaws' missed sales targets on Star Wars itself being in "choppy waters," but hopes further improvements and a Switch 2 launch can revive the open-world game
news Will the game have a future?
Cyberpunk 2077 fans took CDPR's 'pay attention Reddit' diss seriously, immediately coming up with a theory that patch 2.3 is hiding a clue for yet another final update in plain sight
News Can you guess what it is?
Elden Ring Nightreign masters somehow beat every single boss and encounter in the entire map in one run: "To do this, I assembled my team of nerds"
news "It is very, very difficult"
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.3 has PS5 Pro owners living their best life as V can now slice through Night City in 40fps on Quality Mode and 80fps in Performance Mode
news Faster than a Sandevistan
"Sounds like I'll be a millionaire soon": Steam error sends game wishlist numbers to the moon, indie devs take a moment to celebrate their new massive audiences before Valve fixes it
news Don't count your chickens
Ghost of Yotei directors aren't worried about Assassin's Creed Shadows comparisons, they think it's "great" when they see more games like theirs: "We're big fans of feudal Japan"
news They're just glad to see more games
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director has "deep and inspiring conversations from all angles" with Stellar Blade head, notoriously horny fans trip over themselves asking for Tifa x Eve crossover
News Easy now...
Crash Bandicoot co-creator says the remake "got almost everything right, except the most important 30 milliseconds," and that's why it "feels worse than the 1996 original"
News There is a big difference
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.3's new driving modes are inspired by chill YouTube videos of people cruising through Night City, and the GTA 5 fan in me is thrilled
news Perfect for city boys like me who need ambient street sounds to fall asleep when they're out in the eerily quiet countryside
The dev who inspired Localthunk "to make Balatro" has a new roguelike out, and with 95% positive Steam reviews it's off to a good start
News Maze Mice is like Snake but also a bullet hell
Viral co-op game Peak used to have a fatal flaw - playing in French would "instantly crash the game" because of a code instructing it to "Frenchify"
news Sacré bleu!
Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar makes more changes to Social Club before seemingly taking down its dedicated site entirely
News The end of an era or a new beginning?
Dune: Awakening patch fixes the item duplication glitch hoarders discovered a day after devs removed the last one, and I think we all know what happens next
News Any guesses when the next one will be found?
"Don't make him a killing machine!": Hitman developer IO Interactive got the James Bond gig because its games are more about creativity and stealth than shooting
News Just because he has a license to kill doesn't mean he needs to go overboard
God of War director Cory Barlog's next big Sony Santa Monica game is reportedly "not a new IP but it might feel like one" – and where fellow PlayStation studio Naughty Dog pivoted to Intergalactic, it seems it's not sci-fi
News Just be a new old-school PlayStation platformer, please
Minecraft adds the viral Lava Chicken song from the movie into the game, but to get it you'll need to defeat a foe so rare I've not even seen one in my 16 years of playing
News Happy hunting
