Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
The 15 best VR games you can play right now
List Thanks to the best VR games, you can literally step into the shoes of your heroes
Former Xbox boss says Microsoft was "disadvantaged" before the Xbox 360 era where it was able to "flex its muscles" in third-party gaming: "Having developers feel good, make money on your platform was key"
news "Microsoft was a platform way before we started talking about platforms in video games"
Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P admits recent raid was "a misstep in development" that "wasn't meant to be hardcore," says Square is "trying to satisfy both" casual and hardcore MMO players
News "We made it too difficult for players to even get into" the Forked Tower: Blood raid
The Last of Us Part 2 is fast becoming Sony's Skyrim: Naughty Dog has come up with yet another excuse to revisit it – a "chronological experience" update that rearranges the story
news You can dress up Joel as Nathan Drake from Uncharted if you play The Last of Us 2's new story mode
Hideo Kojima's favorite vtuber found herself in Death Stranding 2, and her immediate reaction was a mix of happiness and self-cringe: "I'm so embarrassed. She's still yapping"
News Watch Pekora talk to Pekora
$700,000 in Kickstarter booty says Sid Meier's Pirates! sickos are fully on board with this first-person, open world, and "most importantly - authentic" take on nautical history that's lacking in Sea of Thieves and Black Flag
news Capstan Games aims to release Ahoy's closed alpha in 2026
Subnautica studio co-founder speaks on "shock" dismissal, says "we know that the game is ready" – "To find that I'm no longer able to work at the company I started stings"
News "And I also want you to know that this is not where the story ends"
The 20 best anime games to play in 2025
Best List From Genshin Impact to Dragon Ball FighterZ, here are the 20 best anime games to play right now
Phil Spencer reportedly had so much fun playing the Elder Scrolls Online dev's unannounced MMO that Xbox's Matt Booty had to take his controller from him — 4 months later it's canceled
news What could've been
The Mario Party developer's first new game on Switch 2 is already out: it's Welcome Tour, the weird and divisive tech demo
News Nintendo Cube has been in charge of Mario Party since Mario Party 9
"No subscriptions. No loot boxes. No battle pass": Subnautica 2 devs address concerns following major leadership changes, insist "it will remain a single-player first experience"
News "When it comes to Subnautica 2, the team that has been working on the game day-to-day over the last few years remains completely unchanged"
The best JRPGs to play in 2025
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
Of the 9,000 workers let go in Microsoft's layoff blitz, less than half were at Xbox specifically
News With numerous canceled games and a shuttered studio, the Xbox cuts were still less than half of the 9,000 lost jobs
"Phil is not retiring anytime soon": Xbox responds to rumors Phil Spencer is leaving after Microsoft's next console launch
News An unsubstantiated rumor said Sarah Bond would replace Phil Spencer has CEO of Microsoft Gaming
After 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"
News Zenimax Online's new MMO was canceled as part of the Xbox layoffs
Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff
News The Microsoft layoffs have ended Everwild, Zenimax Online's new MMO, and now Perfect Dark
25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn't gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: "It's like a newbie tax almost"
News "It makes me cringe every time"
In a massive shakeup, Subnautica creators and Unknown Worlds co-founders have been replaced by The Callisto Protocol studio CEO months before Subnautica 2's early access launch
News "While Krafton sought to keep the Unknown Worlds' co-founders and original creators of the Subnautica series involved in the game's development, the company wishes them well on their next endeavors"
Hey Blizzard, the best part of Diablo 4 Season 9 isn't even in the patch notes: a new wardrobe quality-of-life feature that changes the true endgame – fashion
News One-click outfit swaps are the Season 9 change I needed
Long before the Super Mario Bros. movie grossed $1.3 billion, Sega's president tried making a Crash Bandicoot movie but was told "video games is like a toy business"
news I feel robbed
Dave the Diver celebrates 2nd birthday by sharing messages from Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon and the Subnautica studio CEO, bringing back Godzilla DLC, and dang, delaying its next DLC
News It's mostly good vibes in here
Blizzard jumps out of bed, rushes to the desk, and slams the nerf button after Diablo 4 players find a way to use Season 9 powers to "teleport effectively infinitely" and speed farm with every class
News The Season 9 teleport Propulsion combo was "stomping on build identity," says Blizzard
The Sims competitor InZOI has one big issue beating every other problem in a new player survey: it's "lacking simulation content," which seems kinda bad
news InZOI players also say the game's "awkwardness" is a problem
Resident Evil Requiem director says Leon Kennedy is "quite a bad match for horror," and that's why he's totally, 100% not in the game even a little bit
News Uh huh
They'll do anything but make a new Friday the 13th movie: the first new image of a live-action Jason Voorhees in 16 years comes from a YouTube short sponsored by a cider company
news Sweet Revenge is a "bloody short-form vignette and the centerpiece of the franchise's bold 45th anniversary campaign"
