Latest articles by Ali Jones
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is taking up Animal Crossing's mantle, but that's tougher than you'd think: "we've almost gotten to the point where cozy games are overused"
Interview "These aren't just dollhouse games anymore"
You can't romance your Avowed companions because Obsidian didn't want the RPG's platonic relationships to suffer
News No fish guy bf
Baldur's Gate 3 streamer dials the RPG's most unpredictable D&D class feature all the way to 11, triggering a quintessential Sorcerer trick on every single spell cast
News Oops, all Wild Magic
Fallout fan film creator finally gets to work with Bethesda after 13 years, as Fallout 76 devs accidentally nab his artwork for the MMO's July 4 celebrations
News "Does this mean I'm officially a shill?"
Steam Next Fest's big strategy hit was made because its dev loves XCOM and played it for "hundreds of hours" - but also has "so many problems with it"
News Tactical Breach Wizards is the child of a love/hate relationship
Metal Gear Solid's 1997 reveal had dev behind rival spy game "despairing" because it did "everything that we were trying to do, better"
News E3 1997 was a tough time for the Syphon Filter team
Escape from Tarkov plans to counter cheating by giving in-game currency to players who successfully report opponents who are a little too good at the game
News Snitches get money
Elden Ring devs suggest a fix for PS5 framerate issues, but an expert FromSoft dataminer says it won't do a damn thing to help
News 'Rebuild Database' doesn't really do anything to your games
Mass Effect actor says he doesn't mind if you play as his female counterpart, because you'll be forced to listen to him anyway
News The voice of BroShep can be found all over the galaxy
Baldur's Gate 3 made D&D's lead designer change one of the RPG's deadliest NPC-killers because it was "excruciating" to use
News It's time for a new-look Cloud of Daggers
Red Dead Redemption 2 jumps back into Steam's top 10 thanks to a Summer Sale discount that's one of the lowest-ever prices on Rockstar's open-world Western epic
News 20 bucks will net you hours of gametime and a decent chunk of change
Indie game dev apologizes for having "stepped over the line with taking inspiration" from The Sims-style cozy game made by 'Asset Jesus'
News "It is definitely not my intention to make a rip off of his game"
Palworld dev begs fans not to argue about player counts as the survival game gets a boost from the Sakurajima update: "Palworld had 2mil, then it had 15k, now it has 140k"
News "It doesn't matter"
Shadow of the Erdtree nearly killed Elden Ring's best mod, but while it's "not perfect," it's finally back to help you carve your way through the DLC with a friend
News Seamless Co-op is back
9 years later, The Witcher 3 modders discover a brutal extended Yennefer ending that was cut from the RPG's climactic sequence
News It's bad news for the Lodge
Shigeru Miyamoto wants Nintendo to have a hit the size of Breath of the Wild or Animal Crossing: New Horizons every "3-5 years"
News The good news? The Switch already has 4 of them
A legendary twinblade might be Shadow of the Erdtree's "most-hidden weapon," but Dark Souls 2 Pickaxe fans would like to have a word about that
News I need to see a man about a pig
Baldur's Gate 3 hits its lowest-ever price in the Steam Summer Sale, in case you needed another reason to play this all-timer RPG
News Buying into a deal this smart might offer +1 INT
OG Life is Strange developer delays its new Life is Strange-style adventure to dodge the actual new Life is Strange game
News Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is giving Double Exposure "adequate space to shine"
Originally planned in partnership with a tournament in 2023, Rugby 24 has been delayed so long that it's now Rugby 25
News But the good news is that it's out in early access today
MMO Pokemon competitor dev in shambles as it realizes its new roguelike spinoff shares both name and genre with the new League of Legends game
News Temtem: Swarm, meet League of Legends: Swarm
Hello Kitty Island Adventure's open-world twist on Animal Crossing: New Horizons was "really risky," but now its devs are preparing to fix its only negative feedback
Interview Interview | "You can isolate folks on both sides and just not appeal to anyone"
I'm really good at Mario Kart, but this ultraviolent, freerunning alternative kicked my whole ass
Preview Preview | Deathsprint 66 is faster and more brutal than anything Mario has ever faced
