Latest articles by Austin Wood
Slay the Spire 2 announced, the roguelike card game that spawned countless deck builders gets a gorgeous and expanded sequel in 2025 with new class Necrobinder
news The king of roguelike deck builders returns in Slay the Spire 2
"We want it to feel a little broken": The Final Shape lights Destiny 2 on fire with a new subclass combining all abilities and 2-in-1 Exotics with random rolls
news Every build in Destiny 2 may well be replaced by Prismatic
Looks like Battlefield is finally returning to "single-player experiences," and EA brought in the Dead Space Remake devs to help get it right
news Devs from Motive join DICE for "connected multiplayer experiences and single-player"
Holy Grail NES Castlevania sells for over $90,000, losing bidder predicts "a $250K flip" but the buyer says he wanted "the first game my mom ever bought me"
news "The search is over after 23 years"
Helldivers 2 rocked by "rogue item" promising new Stratagems, dev tells players to avoid "Catalog Expansion" upgrade or who knows what could happen
news I'm honestly not sure if this is a leak, a bug, cut content, or a teaser – but probably a bug
The latest unexpected Steam hit is a $3 must-play and it may still hit greater heights after nearly 7,000 glowing reviews as the dev looks to add multiplayer
news Buckshot Roulette is an ingenious, tabletop-esque experience
After 13 years, one of my favorite romance anime is miraculously getting a new season on Netflix – and the first trailer is so good it hurts
news Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You is back with a season 3
What's next for Honkai Impact 3rd, the Genshin Impact dev's original hit RPG: Girl friends, aerial combat, and a "point of entry for newcomers" after 7 years of lore
Features Interview | Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2 is a comprehensive update for a surprisingly old game
After 11 years, Minecraft's biggest MMO is tackling the genre's biggest problem: making enough endgame content when MMO players always want more
Features Wynncraft faces the same challenge as giants like World of Warcraft
Destiny 2 is bringing back some of the most broken guns in the MMO's history, but Bungie says they're less broken now
news Recluse, The Mountaintop, and Luna's Howl are back
New Helldivers 2 Warbond coming next week, and it's got a grenade pistol, explosive crossbow, and a Booster for shorter Extraction times
news I need that Extraction Booster immediately
Helldivers 2 dev offers rare insight into how Major Orders and the Galactic War get written: "It's not as fun of a story if we just steamroll the Automatons and win"
news "No matter what happens with the MOs, there's going to be a fun narrative set up"
The new roguelike from the Dead Cells devs looks like an incredible co-op Hades where the dodge is intentionally overpowered
news In an extended preview, Windblown looks like exactly what I was hoping for
Oh no, Helldivers 2 players are also getting wrecked by new Automaton Factory Striders that are built like Star Wars AT-ATs and apparently spawn waves of Devastators
news You'll want to kill them quick, but they aren't easy to take down
Ori boss on why the studio's new action RPG isn't $70: "We're not hiring hundreds of people just to create an illusion for shareholders that we're growing"
News "And we have a history at Moon of charging a bit less than we probably could"
After weeks of attrition, Helldivers 2 players took Malevelon Creek in just hours following a new Major Order – but the bots already want it back
news We've liberated the Creek at last – now we have to defend it
The Witcher 4 won't be "The Witcher 3 in new clothing," CDPR says "we will be adding new gameplay elements and new mechanics" to the RPG
news Expect things "that you have not seen in our previous games"
After a failed Major Order, Helldivers 2 boss says the devs are "talking about" making planets clearer, one player-made idea is "surprisingly close to what we had"
news Sometimes managed democracy needs some extra managing
Dev on my most-anticipated open-world game talks about the exact things I was hoping for: roguelike build-crafting and cool hoverboards in Hyper Light Breaker
news Hyper Light Breaker is the latest from the Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash studio
Helldivers 2's war on Automatons is going way too well, and new signs point to a major twist from Game Master Joel coming soon
news There's no way the latest Major Order is going to end cleanly
Helldivers 2 devs got a letter from Alan Wake himself, and it's great: "Their righteous crusade had spread like wildfire, gained thousands, millions of followers"
news Alan Wake is a fan, now let's get him on the frontlines
It's time, Helldivers 2 community: Malevelon Creek is a liberation target next to the new Major Order to take out an Automaton factory in Game Master Joel's latest plot
news We're off to storm Tibit to shut down the bots, and the Creek is right next door
"You're an idiot," Baldur's Gate 3 boss says of studios firing critical technical artists, and "anyway, we're hiring them to come work for us"
news "They can define so many things and they know your games"
