Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk

Just two weeks after launch, 'extraction survival horror' game Level Zero: Extraction ends development: 'It's no longer feasible for our relatively small teams to sustain the game'
By Andy Chalk published
news Another multiplayer shooter comes to a premature end.

Epic gave away nearly 600 million games in 2024, and it's 'not slowing down' for 2025
By Andy Chalk published
news The Epic Games Store's slow, steady growth continues, as 1,100 more games were added to the storefront.

France's biggest game industry union puts together a 'Grève Bundle' to support striking workers
By Andy Chalk published
news More than 1,000 employees of France's videogame industry took part in a one-day strike yesterday.

Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway
By Andy Chalk published
news Ironmace dodged the copyright bullet, but the court said the studio did infringe on Nexon's trade secrets.

Despite everything, Assassin's Creed Shadows preorders are 'tracking solidly,' Ubisoft says, 'in line with those of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise'
By Andy Chalk published
news It's still very early but Ubisoft says the numbers so far are "really positive."

After years of running awkwardly close to the Winter Sale, the Steam Autumn Sale will start 2 months early this year
By Andy Chalk published
news Valve has made a big shift to the Autumn Sale dates to more evenly space out its big seasonal Steam sales.

Rockstar launched an official Discord server yesterday, and it's already a jungle in there
By Andy Chalk published
news Grand Theft Auto fans are very excited.

Josef Fares doesn't care what EA thinks, he'll never make a live service game: 'It will not happen with a Hazelight game, ever'
By Andy Chalk published
news The Hazelight chief knows companies have to make money, but wants to see more developers focusing on "what they believe in."

The sci-fi adventure game from Deus Ex's art director now has Adam Jensen's voice actor, a September release date, and more techno-freak horror vibes than you can shake an augment at
By Andy Chalk published
news Yes, that's Elias Toufexis in the new trailer revealed at Sony's State of Play showcase.

Tides of Annihilation looks like Elden Ring if it was based on Arthurian legend and set in modern-day London
By Andy Chalk published
news The new game from Tencent's Eclipse Glow Games studio was revealed today in Sony's State of Play showcase.

An all-new Five Nights at Freddy's game is coming in June
By Andy Chalk published
news Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic revealed itself at today's State of Play showcase.

Lies of P: Overture will take Pinocchio back in time to the beginning of the Puppet Frenzy
By Andy Chalk published
news The first Lies of P DLC was finally revealed during today's State of Play.

Diablo 4's second expansion won't be out until 2026
By Andy Chalk published
news The plan had originally been for annual expansions, but apparently Blizzard needs more time.

Jeff Minter is remaking another Atari classic, and yeah, it is definitely a Jeff Minter game
By Andy Chalk published
news I, Robot is expected to be out this spring.

The Alters is altered again: 11 Bit Studios' survival game about creating alt-universe versions of yourself on a hostile alien world is delayed
By Andy Chalk published
news Instead of coming out in the first quarter of 2025, The Alters is now expected later in the year.

Palmer Luckey says he wants to 'turn warfighters into technomancers' as Anduril takes over production of the US Army's IVAS AR headset from Microsoft
By Andy Chalk published
news Microsoft will continue to support IVAS functionality with "advanced cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities," but it's out of the hardware game.

Karlach voice actor offers a pre-emptive no thanks to Disco Elysium successors that don't include the original project lead: 'Miss me with that casting call'
By Andy Chalk published
news If your post-Disco project doesn't include Robert Kurvitz, Samantha Béart's not interested.

2 years into Unity's long downward spiral, even more employees are being laid off as CEO says it's still 'stretched across too many products'
By Andy Chalk published
news A year after laying off 25% of its global workforce, engine maker Unity is cutting even deeper.

The best Far Cry game of all time now has achievements on Steam
By Andy Chalk published
news Yes, you better believe I'm talking about Blood Dragon.

Elon Musk kicks off $97.4 billion effort to buy OpenAI by immediately starting social media beef with Sam Altman
By Andy Chalk published
news A group of investors led by Musk want to assume control over OpenAI.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has a secret dark ending for Bohemia's worst criminals
By Andy Chalk published
news Branding is bad, yes, but it could be a whole lot worse.

Civilization 7's new patch temporarily disables crossplay between PC and console so Firaxis can 'expedite updates to the PC'
By Andy Chalk published
news A new Civilization 7 patch fixes some UI issues, bugs, and AI problems, but crossplay between PC and consoles is off the table for now.

Take-Two chief says PC has become a 'more important part of what used to be a console business,' but he's still not committing to a Grand Theft Auto 6 release
By Andy Chalk published
news I get the feeling we might be waiting longer than we hope.
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