Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
After 37 years, the best weapon in video game history gets a new life in Vampire Survivors
News The best part of the Contra arsenal is here
I've been waiting 10 years for this Wii U hidden gem to make a comeback, and an ESRB Switch leak says Nintendo's heard my prayers
News Finally, the spirit of NES Remix lives
9 years after becoming the second-biggest gaming Kickstarter ever, beloved Metroidvania Bloodstained is finally about to fulfill its last stretch goal
News "The final update" for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is upon us
After 3 years of playtests and delays, Ubisoft's free-to-play crossover FPS XDefiant is finally launching for real this month
News Somehow, XDefiant is still on track
Nintendo hits 8,535 clones of Switch emulator Yuzu with a DMCA all at once
News Nintendo's crusade against Yuzu continues
Starfield fans are convinced that the plot of the RPG's Shattered Space DLC is hiding in plain sight
News Is Shattered Space all about House Va'ruun?
Manor Lords publisher celebrates 500,000 wishlists for another medieval city-building strategy game with more sex, drama, and Game of Thrones-style backstabbing
News Long Jaunt's Norland looks like another big hit for Hooded Horse
Stellar Blade's director is unsurprisingly a big fan of 2B and Tifa, but his inspirations also include some of Tekken's leading ladies and a GameCube cult classic
News Listen, we all love Final Fantasy 7 and Nier
After 24 years, an infamous cute-em-up finally makes its English debut, but it has the devs struggling to define the difference between a remake and remaster
News Who knew this definition was so difficult to nail down?
Starfield's still getting some "major features" after the May update, including the RPG's "first land vehicle"
News Todd Howard once hinted that the RPG just wasn't built for cars
Todd Howard finally relents after calling out encumbered Starfield hoarders, as the May update will let you buff your carrying capacity without a mod
News Those new difficulty options look meaty
15-year-old kid demolishes the game of Tetris, obliterating every major world record and pouring cheese over his head to celebrate
News Alex T even accurately predicted this very headline
Xbox's Starfield-style "Redacted Direct" is almost certainly for Call of Duty
News It looks like Call of Duty is the "beloved franchise" Xbox is teasing for a Summer Game Fest deep dive
Endless Ocean Luminous is simultaneously too roguelike and not roguelike enough, and it only manages to capture the genre's worst problems
Opinion Opinion | Nintendo's latest is a bit of a dive bomb
Todd Howard says Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't some "overnight success" for Larian: "Have you played their previous games?"
News Larian didn't spring up out of nowhere
Todd Howard says Starfield's Shattered Space DLC launches this fall, and a "big update that's coming really soon" has city maps and shipbuilding improvements
News The update "should be" properly revealed this week
Nintendo finally recognizes the most hardcore retro gaming sickos with Switch's latest N64 games, which you've probably never heard of
News It's time to recognize Iggy's Reckin' Balls
Fallout 4's big next-gen patch isn't going over well, especially on PC: "I had very low expectations but this is MUCH less than I expected"
News Fallout 4... Fallout 4 never changes
The wildest kart racer I've ever played might just be this Sonic fan game so mechanically dense it opens with a 45-minute tutorial
News Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers pulls no punches
BlizzCon is canceled again, and Blizzard hasn't really explained why - but says it's coming back "in future years"
News BlizzCon 2024 is canceled, but the concept of BlizzCon is not
Garry's Mod dev responds to rumors that mass Nintendo takedown is fake: "I have been assured that the takedowns have been verified by Nintendo as legit"
News Facepunch Studios has investigated reports that the DMCA was fake
After shutting down its American operations, veteran Japanese studio behind beloved JRPGs launches cult action RPG in English to zero buzz and confused fans
News This is Square Enix-level marketing
After selling 1 million copies, Balatro creator admits it's "held together with hopes and dreams" as game devs rally around the roguelike's beautifully nightmarish code
News "If it's dumb and it works then it's not dumb!"
