Latest articles by Hirun Cryer
After 20 years, one of the longest-running JRPG stories is "about 80-90% complete" and finally coming to an end
News We might yet see the end of Trails
Still Wakes the Deep's creature movements were created by a "technical glitch," and they were so good it immediately "unnerved everyone"
News They were almost too good
Baldur's Gate 3 writer labels Halsin's iconic bear romance scene a "watershed moment in game history," reveals the "Druid daddy" wasn't originally a romance option
News Baudelaire Welch breaks down their approach to romance
Dragon Age: The Veilguard director teases nudity and romance: "This is a mature RPG"
News The RPG's character creation has chest size options
Shadow of the Erdtree gives Elden Ring heroes 'Let Us Duo Her' a new way to wreck Malenia: Kick her into stun-locked mush for 35,000 damage
News Dryleaf Dane's new shoes are deadly
Psychonauts 2 was designed as the "complete opposite" of an FPS, because Tim Schafer wanted players to leave levels in a better condition than they found them
News Double Fine co-founder Tim Schafer looked to action games and shooters when planning out Psychonauts 2's levels
Tekken icon Katsuhiro Harada asks fans to stop sending him character concepts, because he doesn't want to be sued
News Whether he could win a theoretical lawsuit is missing the point
Cities: Skylines 2 woes continue with console ports delayed indefinitely due to missed "stability and performance targets"
News Colossal Order will review the ports again in August
Huge Witcher 3 mod offering custom characters with new combat styles and quests predates CD Projekt's own modding tools
News But it also utilizes AI voices
9 years after Metal Gear Solid 5, no one can decide if one particular scene is a piece of classic Kojima genius, or just a simple olfactory plot hole
News Can Big Boss canonically smell?
This fan-made Elden Ring anime teaser shows a greatest hits collection of the RPG's bosses, and it's out later this year
News The anime will cram everything into 5 minutes
Baldur's Gate 3 leads gather at the same place they considered how to finish the RPG 2 years ago to discuss "lift-off" for what's next: "Spirits are high"
News Larian previously confirmed two new games were in the works
Sekiro veteran beats infamous Isshin after 45 tries without running, jumping, or countering, and they're asking the FromSoftware community for other boss challenges
News And I thought Isshin was tough on a normal playthrough
Another Witcher 3 mod adds cut content back into the RPG, and this time it's boat races that have been lurking in the game files for nearly 10 years
News Wind's howling, but now that's a good thing
The First Descendant lead explains that the shooter's microtransactions didn't work properly at launch because too many purchases were made all at once
News Suffering from success?
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail players on PlayStation and Xbox get free game time as Yoshi-P apologizes for the bumpy launch
News Yoshi-P apologizes for disconnection and freezing issues
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has transmog for all the RPG's companions, and 'aspirational' armor so you can see what your Rook will look like in the "mid-to-late game"
News Aspirational armor preview is a novel new feature
Before Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one fan is archiving 15 years of BioWare's additional RPG series storytelling to prevent it being lost
News There's short stories, comic books, and even cookbooks here
Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far
Features There's still time for Hollow Knight: Silksong to surprise us this year
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail reached "a record number of concurrent users" for a total the MMO hasn't seen since the release of A Realm Reborn 11 years ago
News That record isn't without its caveats, though
Shadow of the Erdtree fans feel vindicated after Elden Ring patch reveals a Spirit Summon was actually healing bosses: "Tiche really was healing the f***ing enemy!"
News It was Black Knife Tiche all along
Elden Ring's busted Perfume Bottles and most overpowered weapon are no more thanks to a new Shadow of the Erdtree patch
News No more boss cheese for you
Helldivers 2 dev says "no new Warbond yet," reaffirming Arrowhead's commitment to slow them down and provide quality over quantity
News We don't know when we'll see Arrowhead's next Warbond
