Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Sponsored streams for former GTA dev's new game MindsEye aren't going to plan - sponsor apparently cancels one stream and another creator actually laughs while promoting it
News "The sponsor does not want to do this right now."
Stellar Blade beats God of War and Ghost of Tsushima to become PlayStation's most-popular single-player Steam launch
News Over 100,000 concurrents and counting
Dune: Awakening players are really getting into the spirit of things by hoarding water and blocking critical routes, but some have had a change of heart
News "You do not take from this universe. It grants what it will."
Yoko Taro jokes maybe he shouldn't have done the Nikke x Nier: Automata collab after all as cosplayers are now dressing up as Shift Up's characters instead of his own
news "Many Nier cosplayers – especially those in more revealing outfits – started switching over to Nikke cosplay"
Don't ask legendary former Mario actor Charles Martinet to say anything weird, because he still wants to "maintain the integrity of the character"
News "I just don’t improvise non-Mario phrases"
Elden Ring Nightreign player beats the final boss solo using nothing but a bell, after presumably giving the guy tinnitus by ringing it so many times
News Do not ask for whom the bell tolls
Helldivers 2 designer outlines Arrowhead's "trainwreck in slow-motion" design philosophy, and another essential guiding star: "The tingle in the ass"
News It's a winning formula
Helldivers 2 finally gives bugdivers something to do now the Illuminate and Automaton attacks are over, as "massive Terminid outbreaks have erupted simultaneously" across 5 planets
News Bugdivers, it's your time to shine
Elden Ring Nighreign patch makes the Nightlords fight fair, stopping one from tanking your framerate and another from performing a combo of "72 consecutive attacks"
News Now if you lose it's your own fault
Splitgate 2 director says it was "news to me" that the FPS launched with $80 bundles, blames former monetization head "who happened to come from Call of Duty"
News How did that get there?
"I bet they didn't crunch this in a year or 2": As Switch 2 gives Pokemon Scarlet and Violet a needed FPS boost, fans blast GameFreak one last time as it unveils its gorgeous new action RPG
News I can't believe the same company made these games
Bethesda-approved Skyblivion is suddenly more than just an exciting remake – it's a poster child for a potential game-changer for mods: one-click modding on GOG
News It's now easier than ever to mod your games
Hitman dev says 007 First Light isn't "just shooting and shooting and shooting," and spy gadgets will allow for "varied and spread out" approaches to missions in the James Bond game
News New hero, new rules
From serial killer to bad knees, The Outer Worlds 2 has some ridiculous perks even by RPG standards, including one that just "makes the game pretty unplayable if you happen to choose that"
News These are so silly, I love them
Splitgate 2 dev says he made his FPS because he hates Call of Duty, loves Halo, and wants Titanfall 3 – and his new battle royale is "f***ing awesome"
news And the cringest moment of the show award goes to...
Ex-GTA 5 dev remembers he's about to launch a game, announces Mindseye collab with Hitman's Agent 47
news No one saw that coming
New strategy game Chronicles Medieval has you fight third-person battles with Tom Hardy narrating in a surprisingly normal accent for once
news Boots on the ground strategy, how I've longed for you
"Is this the best Nintendo could do?": Repair expert gives Switch 2 a 3/10 for repairability, citing "probably still drifty" Joy-Cons and "tamper-proofing hidden in plain sight"
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Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are less OK than ever after Team Cherry confirmed a 2025 launch, with fresh Steam updates pre-Summer Game Fest provoking doubters and believers: "We've come full circle"
News Are you ready to believe?
Don't write off a Red Dead Redemption 2 remake or remaster, Arthur Morgan actor says: "We've already started to see it for GTA 5 and the original"
news One of the best-looking game ever made, but could it be even better?
After surviving 3 robberies, a dead game, and burnout, crabby indie studio says 'oops' and makes 2 more games: "You can't stop us, we're gonna keep making s**t"
News "We're calling these games an Aggro Crab side hustle"
You can stop pretending you played Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 now – they're on Game Pass, a year after a leak predicting this, so now you have no excuse not to try them
News Now available at no extra cost
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