Latest articles by Iain Harris
Atomfall boss "very familiar" with Baldur's Gate 3 director's frustrations with publishers, as he recalls horror advice that games are "faster to make" if you "make fewer bugs"
News I don't think it works like that
Square Enix remembers that Chrono Trigger exists, announcing various new projects as it celebrates the Dragon Ball, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest royalty behind the cult JRPG
News I'd happily take a decent Nintendo Switch or PS5 port, please
Suikoden lead hopes to expand the cult JRPG series "beyond where it ended" and would happily follow Zelda to the silver screen: "If you have any friends in Hollywood, please let us know"
News In the meantime, you've got a mobile game, anime, stage play, concert, and manga to look forward to
Konami spent over 5 years bringing an iconic JRPG series back to life as reviving Suikoden "would be over" before it began if they released a "half-baked product"
News You only get one chance to make a first impression - sort of
Masahiro Sakurai says Super Smash Bros "might have died out" if not for late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata: "There's no doubt that he influenced me in many ways"
News Masahiro Sakurai owes a lot to Iwata, and one mean senior colleague in particular
Stardew Valley patch squashes Nintendo Switch bug that made your favorite villagers incredibly easy to romance
News Marriage seekers dealt a post-Valentine Day blow
Palworld dev endorses this sand-powered sim that looks like Terraria with automation, which already has 97% positive reviews in Steam Next Fest
News "It's rough but there is something special about it…"
This multiplayer dungeon RPG captures the fun of MMOs like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14 with no grind or subscription, and a killer Steam Next Fest demo
News Fellowship is worth a try if you want to get into one of the MMO genre's most time-intensive hobbies
Everything announced at Pokemon Presents 2025
News Pokemon Legends Z-A! Pokemon Champions! More!
Monster Hunter Wilds release date and times – here's when the behemoth action RPG unlocks
News The long-awaited follow-up to MH: World is nearly here, at long last
Pokemon Presents February 2025 time – hopes for Pokemon Z-A and Switch 2 updates run high as Pokemon Day stream draws here
News Here's what time Pokemon Presents 2025 starts in your timezone
Monster Hunter Wilds pre-load times – differences between PS5 and Xbox / PC explained
News Here's when you can pre-load Monster Hunter Wilds in your timezone
One of Elden Ring's best mods comes to Dark Souls 3 as a prolific FromSoftware modder gets seamless co-op up and running
News Dark Souls 3: Seamless Co-op lets you "play with friends throughout the entirety of the game with no restrictions"
BioWare co-founder dreamt of taking over EA "from the inside" if Star Wars: The Old Republic was, "like, $2 billion a year successful"
News Greg Zeschuk doesn't like big companies as they "exist to exploit properties"
Switch 2 will launch in June for not "too much more than $400", predicts former Nintendo retail strategist
News And if it launches for the holiday season, "something wasn't ready"
Months after porting GTA 3 to Dreamcast, the same devs are repeating the trick with Vice City, and they already have rough progress to show
News After 22 long years, the wait for GTA Vice City on Dreamcast might soon be over
Doom: The Dark Ages features "the largest spaces we've ever made,” but id Software knows you don't want to spend 2 hours in a single level
News Game director Hugo Martin says each level aims for that "sweet spot" of one hour to complete
Doom: The Dark Ages devs looked to everything from Star Wars to Batman Year One to shape the iconic shooter's next game
News "You follow the IP development rulebook that was created by a lot of great people"
Dragon Age and Anthem producer says stop harassing developers "because you don't know the circumstances that resulted in the thing that you're mad at"
News Former BioWare executive Mark Darrah says "be a human being, have some empathy"
Still plagued by Gwent memes, The Witcher 3 director's new vampire RPG makes you think twice about playing mini-games while the world burns
News Blood of Dawnwalker wants to retain some urgency
Sony finally managed to pry Final Fantasy 7 away from Nintendo thanks to a "schmoozer" of a former employee who hung out with Square Enix executives at his parties, according to one former PlayStation boss
News The Nintendo 64 sticking with cartridges over CDs certainly helped, too
Square Enix kills Final Fantasy game's mobile version after being unable to "completely fix" a bug stopping fans from accessing their additional paid content
News So long, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remaster (iOS)
Final Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game"
News "I think that respect for Nasir helped to make the first Final Fantasy an amazing game"
