Latest articles by Austin Wood
Amid Risk of Rain 2 DLC blowback, the roguelike's creators say "it sucks" for fans and the new devs at Gearbox, but those new devs say fixes are coming and this is "just the beginning"
news "It's great to see new content for the game, but it's hard to see growing pains," says Hopoo co-founder
"My poor baby": As Risk of Rain 2's first Gearbox-made DLC takes a hammer to the beloved roguelike, the game's original programmer fears it "must have been rushed out"
Feature Risk of Rain 2 programmer weighs in on Seekers of the Storm
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 makes a huge change to weapon camos and "takes inspiration" from previous games: no more gun level requirements, saving a ton of time
news The camo grind starts as soon as you pick up a gun
Arthur Morgan actor shares his personal "canon ending" for Red Dead Redemption 2, and reckons half the endings don't make sense for Arthur anyway
news Roger Clark shares his Arthur Morgan head canon
And you thought the Borderlands movie's $90m flop was harsh: Gearbox is getting eviscerated for botching the first Risk of Rain 2 DLC it's made after buying the IP
news Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm is the only negative mark on the series' Steam record
The "largest ever" DDOS attack was reportedly the "carpet bombing" of a Minecraft server weathering 3.15 billion packets per second from Russia and 17 other countries
news A reported Minecraft DDOS attack shattered packets per second records
As World of Warcraft: The War Within paid early access ends, Blizzard makes leveling slower in the MMO's new expansion, and the community's not loving the timing
news The War Within's "leveling difficulty changes" seem poorly timed
Amazon Prime gives out 3 free Lord of the Rings games to celebrate The Rings of Power season 2, but you might not be able to play one of them
News Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Lego The Lord of the Rings are free on GOG
Genshin Impact 5.0 Mualani release time – Here's when the new Natlan 5-star Hydro character comes out and who's on her banner
news Genshin Impact version 5.0 brings Natlan, the debut Mualani banner, and also Kachina
Poker roguelike Balatro gets a free update featuring iconic indie games like The Witcher 3, Vampire Survivors, and Among Us, and yes you read that right
news The Witcher 3 has come to Balatro – surprise!
Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed vet says sequels rule because that's when devs "can make the game they really wanted to make the first time"
news "Long live the second game!"
Why doesn't Monster Hunter Wilds bring back underwater combat? Former series producer reckons it's like making a whole extra game: "It's really, super hard"
news At least we're getting some more leviathans in Monster Hunter Wilds
Dying Light dev says we're all too obsessed with "the number of hours a game can offer" and shorter games like the 18+ hour Dying Light: The Beast feel like "the future"
news "It gives you those shorter development cycles, and also the ability to try different things."
Nintendo isn't big on generative AI, and with Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was careful with automated art – "The game could potentially end up losing something valuable"
news Nintendo wanted lots of caves in Tears of the Kingdom, but wanted them to feel special
New Genshin Impact character Xilonen announced for update 5.1 – the open-world RPG's next Natlan hero and latest Geo 5-star is also another cat-girl
news Genshin Impact update 5.1 will be the second chapter of the Natlan region
After 6 years living as a monk and a total of 19 years later, MMO player returns to Old School RuneScape and proves the classic phrase: you don't quit, you take breaks
news "Bro's 99 Prayer IRL"
I've never seen a survival game like this mountain climbing sim from the developers of Furi, one of my favorite boss rush games of all time
news Cairn is a "survival-climber" with a few bits of Resident Evil under the hood
"Unfortunately indie devs need to eat": Dev on bizarre-o dungeon-crawler learned "next time, make a roguelike" since many players won't buy new ideas over "safer choices"
Feature Some of the most exciting indie games are also among the riskiest to make
Space Marine 2 lead says Doom 2016 was a big inspiration, just as the original Doom inspired Space Marine 1 which in turn inspired Doom 2016: "It's a grand circle of coolness"
news "A lot of gamers, I believe, do not understand how influential Warhammer 40,000 was"
Dev of slept-on tactical RPG says it "sold badly" despite glowing reviews: "My next project will be more focused on 'Does this sell'"
news "Making under minimum wage is embarrassing. Even if it means you get to make games."
Helldivers 2 creative director holds surprise Discord Q&A, says "the criticism is valid" and "the worst thing would have been if we f**ked up and no one cared"
news Johan Pilestedt fields a lot of questions from the Helldivers 2 community
Monster Hunter World turned a cult classic into a phenomenon, and Capcom wants Monster Hunter Wilds to go even further beyond: "There are certain things you have to have in place to be a global level hit"
news Monster Hunter series lead Ryozo Tsujimoto says Monster Hunter Wilds is in a better spot
As Borderlands 4 eyes Steam, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford addresses prediction Steam may be "dying" by now: "I’m a Steam customer, but sure wish they had more and better competition"
news Pitchford reckoned Steam would feel more pressure from stores like Epic
