Latest articles by Andy Chalk
Insomniac games founder Ted Price is retiring after more than 30 years of making games: 'It was simply time to step aside and let others pave the way'
news Price founded Insomniac in 1994, and he's been there ever since.
Electronic Arts says 'Dragon Age and EA Sports FC 25 underperformed' as it revises its financial outlook downward
news Dragon Age: The Veilguard missed sales projections by nearly 50%.
'PC development has skyrocketed,' GDC survey finds: 80% of developers are now making games for PC, more than double the number working on PS5 or Xbox games
news Interest in PC game development is higher than ever.
Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle is 'really excited' to see Ciri star in The Witcher 4, but if you want to know why you'll have to read the books
news Reading is good for you.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 forum rules that banned racism, homophobia, and neo-Nazism walked back by the publisher, which now just asks everyone to please be nice
news Needless to say, people are not being nice.
GDC's annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of 'triple-A developers' are working on live service games
news It doesn't seem like big publishers are ready to give up on the live service chase just yet.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 reveals 3 expansions and a 'Hardcore Mode' coming in 2025
news Warhorse Studios has big plans for the year.
Action adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening was a 'failure,' says developer, which has cancelled a follow-up project and laid off staff
news Reflector CEO Herve Hoerdt says the game featuring The Witcher star Anya Chalotra "didn't come near the company expectations."
'You're not supposed to say this out loud!': Baldur's Gate 3 dev reacts to analyst who says some game makers 'hope' Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost up to $100 at launch
news Michael Douse says the fact that game prices haven't risen with inflation is "an uncomfortable truth."
'S**t's about to get real': The first Steam sale of 2025 is live, and it's all about strategy games
news RTS leads the way in Steam's Real-Time Strategy Fest, but there are also grand strategy games, 4X, tower defense, city management, and even a typing game.
Vertical extraction shooter Exoborne holds its first playtest soon, and you can sign up now
news Sharkmob's new extraction shooter promises to be a more accessible and forgiving experience than most other games in the genre.
'You deserve better customer service': Path of Exile 2 studio apologizes for long support wait times but with 545,000 emails received, it's kind of understandable
news Grinding Gear Games has reduced the Path of Exile support backlog but it's still working through a mountain of requests—and yes, it's looking for help.
FTC says Genshin Impact 'deceived children' and orders its publisher to pay a $20 million fine and stop selling loot boxes to kids
news The FTC says "Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning."
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Steam Deck verified
news Play it "on a train, on a plane, swaddled up in bed, in the bathroom… wherever you want."
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rolls out new forum rules to curb toxic behavior, which immediately sparks toxic behavior
news The new code of conduct lays out a "zero tolerance" policy against discrimination, hate speech, and harmful ideologies.
Jagex outrages the Runescape community yet again, this time with a survey hinting at big price hikes and worse service for those who don't want to pay
news The survey is strictly "research," Jagex says, but Runescape players are not happy.
Elon Musk and Asmongold are beefing over who the best gamer really is, and no matter who wins, we lose
news So this is what it's come to.
9 years after launching his own studio, former World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo finally reveals what he's doing with it
news Arkheron is a team-based PvP game, and Bonfire Studios is looking for more testers.
Arrowhead boss wants to get as many A-listers as possible for the Helldivers 2 film, 'as long as they all get killed violently'
news It's not the worst idea I've ever heard.
Romanian folklore, David Lynch, and heavy metal come together in a dark fantasy hack-and-slash action game 'with an even darker sense of humor'
news Moroi is slated to arrive in early 2025, and yeah, I'm interested.
Riot admits it 'screwed up' League of Legends' new reward system, because somebody forgot to add a big chunk of numbers in the new XP calculations
news It turns out the "First Win of the Day experience" is pretty important.
Terraria creator jokes that the 1.4.5 update may not be the last one after all: 'Terraria will never die as long as there is one last final update'
news Honestly, I don't know if he's joking here or not.
Hideo Kojima is 'tired' while crunching on Death Stranding 2 and wonders how long he'll be able to keep making games: 'Every day feels like I'm racing against the clock'
news Kojima calls this period of development "incredibly tough."
