Eric Van Allen

Eric Van Allen

Eric has been writing about games for just over a decade, with bylines at USgamer, Destructoid, IGN, Polygon, and more. When he's not freelance writing about the wide world of games, he can be found playing them, or chatting about them on Axe of the Blood God and Normandy FM. One day, he'll get that Triple Triad mount in FF14.

Latest articles by Eric Van Allen

Colorful key art for Wildgate showing spaceships flying towards one another at speed while exchanging laser fire, smaller crew members circling around them - in the background, purple-tinged space warps and distorts

"We have to earn it": Wildgate is a frenzied sci-fi shooter from former Blizzard devs, but this multiplayer isn't riding any coattails

By Eric Van Allen published

Hands-on Hands-on | Wildgate is a PvPvE space oddity from Dreamhaven that impressively blends spaceship combat against rival crews with sci-fi treasure hunting

Hands-on
Alsynes attacks an enemy with a laser halberd in Mecha Break's Mashmak mode

"For mechas, this will be a breakthrough": Mecha Break impresses across its chaotic 6v6 action and revamped Mashmak extraction mode

By Eric Van Allen published

Hands-on Real steel – Mecha Break feels tailor-made for the mecha sickos

Hands-on

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