Latest articles by Ali Jones
Steam's most-anticipated city-builder gets even more anticipated as Manor Lords adds another 500,000 wishlists in just six days
News Manor Lords is primed for a huge release
Fallout TV show appears to canonize unofficial map that New Vegas director Josh Sawyer drew 20 years ago for his canceled Fallout TTRPG
News The map is hidden in an unassuming weather broadcast
Marvel's Blade director points to Baldur's Gate 3 studio as an example of the multiplayer "potential" of immersive sims
News After Deathloop Dinga Bakaba considers the future of multiplayer imsims
For a moment, Fallout: New Vegas fans thought they'd found evidence of sequel plans, only to find Josh Sawyer's burrito order instead
News The 'FNV2' notebook isn't what you think it is
Baldur's Gate 3 CEO explains why Larian changed the D&D RPG's release plans to avoid Starfield: "They were the bigger boat"
News Swen Vincke says he has "a lot of respect for Bethesda"
After 10 million sales and record-breaking critical acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 CEO explains the secret to the RPG's success: "Treat your players as you would like to be treated"
News "We had the best marketing campaign in the world, which was our players talking about it"
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players spent 870 hours completing every shrine and exploring the entirety of Hyrule to create eerily beautiful footprint map
News The map of Hyrule has never looked prettier
Before it can even launch, Steam's most-anticipated city-builder is forced to patch an economy-busting 'exploit' by hard-nerfing sheep
News Baa-d news for the wool fans Manor Lords
Even though it's not Baldur's Gate 4, Larian's next RPG "will be our best work ever" says 'excited' Baldur's Gate 3 director
News "It’s hype because it really looks and feels good”
Hades 2 already plays like a perfectly ambitious follow-up to one of the greatest-ever roguelikes
Hands-on Hands-on| Even at this early stage, Hades 2 is ready to improve on its predecessor
No Man's Sky dev team featured in story on AI stealing jobs from coders, studio lead Sean Murray can only ask "wtf"
News Hello Games probably isn't using AI coding
After making an iconic puzzle game so hard he could barely beat it himself 11 years later, dev teases a new game that's even harder
News Antichamber's dev has "bad news" for some fans
Elden Ring streamer beats the RPG with morse code, gets skill-checked by notoriously bad Elden Ring player Elon Musk, then ratios him on his own platform
News "Try that with Malenia."
Slay the Spire dev says his "Chicken Soup" roguelike design is more Stardew Valley coziness than new mechanics or fancy graphics: "I don't care about any of that"
News "I'm most at peace when quietly playing the same game for a long time"
After making $8.5 billion from GTA 5 and saying it had "no current plans" for layoffs, GTA 6 publisher announces nearly 600 layoffs and $140 million in canceled projects
news As recently as February, Take-Two's CEO said no layoffs were planned
Beautiful open-world JRPG inspired by Persona and Xenoblade is set to smash its $50,000 Kickstarter in barely 16 hours
News Runa is a blend of classic and modern JRPGs
Helldivers 2's infamous Automaton Striders are back with a vengeance, just as players thought they were turning the tide against Game Master Joel
News AT-AT yer heart out
Helldivers 2 players say they'd give up a warbond to give devs more bugfixing time, but "it's not that simple, skipping a warbond is a huge company decision"
News Don't worry Terminid players, this is a very different kind of bugfixing
PS5 Pro developers will reportedly be asked to make an exclusive graphics mode for Sony's upgraded console
News The PS5 Pro will reportedly boast 'Enhanced' games
Steam's most-anticipated city-builder racks up another 500,000 wishlists - after solo dev's girlfriend guessed it would only get 7,000 total
News Manor Lords is going from strength to strength
Despite the Fallout TV show's success, Bethesda veteran says not to expect Fallout 5 any time soon: "We need time to make great stuff"
News Current estimates suggest we might not see Fallout 5 until the 2030s
Helldivers 2 patch confirms what must be wretched Automaton sabotage, because none of my weapons are working as intended
News Snipers, Arcs, Spears, and more are all just a little bit busted
After 300 hours in Slay the Spire, the 1,000-year gap with its unexpected roguelike sequel is exactly what I need to pull me back in
Opinion The deep lore of the Spire calls to me
