Latest articles by Austin Wood
Monster Hunter Wilds won't add a 15th main weapon but the devs talk about one all the time – one problem is the 14 weapons we have are a hard act to follow
news The Monster Hunter team hasn't written off a new weapon type
The new co-op roguelike from the Dead Cells team launches this month, and there's an unmissable demo coming soon too
news Windblown hits early access on Steam in just a few weeks
Oh no, the Dead Cells dev's new co-op action roguelike Windblown is so good that I'm already struggling to put it down
feature Preview | I was kind of hoping it would take longer for this to happen
"Any Bethesda developer who has been around since the horse armor days knows that by this point, if we understand one thing, it’s DLC," studio design director says of Starfield Shattered Space
news "Our fans don’t want to play our games – they want to live in the worlds we create"
Bungie says Destiny 2's new "medium-sized expansions" are about as big as Rise of Iron from the original Destiny, and the first is a Metroidvania inside the MMO
news "But this is happening twice a year"
Skyrim mirror mode mod flips the entire game, dealing psychic damage to the RPG's biggest fans: "Weirding out most anyone that plays has just been an unforeseen bonus"
news Skyrim's Mirror Mode mod makes it a whole new RPG
MMO dev says it's the "perfect time to grab a shower" after tearing servers down over economy-destroying potion dupe found in Old School RuneScape
news Jagex takes OSRS trade offline, then knocks the servers down and rolls them back
Helldivers 2 devs promise to let players literally fight with democracy through a "cutting-edge voting system" tied to their in-progress "gigastructure" space station
news Just tell the Democracy Space Station where to go
Starfield and Bethesda lead says "Morrowind and its themes and overall vibe were a big inspiration" for the Shattered Space DLC's main planet and city
news "I think it’s really unique fictionally and aesthetically," Emil Pagliarulo says of Dazra city
I'm not saying Monster Hunter Wilds will be GOTY, but your custom character hits the legendary anime Akira slide on a giant bird and I don't see any other games doing that
news Monster Hunter Wilds lets you drift your Seikret, and man is it cool
Todd Howard reflects on Starfield development: "How do we generate these planets? Is that even a good idea? OK, maybe at the time, no, but we made it work"
news Starfield was a uniquely challenging RPG for Bethesda
Genshin Impact 5.1 adds Xilonen, one of the strongest characters this RPG has seen in 4 years, and a new source of free Primogems to help you get her
news The next Natlan patch brings a meta contender to Genshin Impact
Helldivers 2 publisher PlayStation wants to know how much you like the new buffs, with its latest survey gauging what Stratagems and guns you're using the least
news Are you playing Helldivers 2 on a higher difficulty post-buff?
After admitting Chaos isn't that fun to fight, Space Marine 2 devs make Chaos easier to fight – and tone down Veteran difficulty for a "better single player experience"
news You should run into fewer Chaos enemies in Operations
Capcom drops the best Monster Hunter Wilds video yet, plus an extended trailer confirming the return of a 20-year-old monster we haven't seen in 7 years
news The official Monster Hunter Wilds beginner's guide is actually pretty good
Genshin Impact mobile review: "Quite simply some of the most and purest fun you can have on a phone in 2024"
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Making "solid" games isn't enough when you have "gamers expecting extraordinary experiences," Ubisoft CEO says after Star Wars Outlaws
news Good ain't good enough, Ubisoft finds
Ubisoft responds to Ghost of Yotei and Assassin's Creed Shadows comparisons as its own open-world samurai game slips to 2025, stressing its dual protagonist approach
news "All the focus" is on polish and delivery at Ubisoft
Zenless Zone Zero is toning down its divisive "TV mode" after "a lot of negative feedback," which means I can finally try this painfully gorgeous action RPG
news "We all think the TV Mode had many issues at release," ZZZ dev agrees
Ghost of Tsushima follow-up Ghost of Yotei announced for 2025, Sucker Punch's next open-world game is set over 300 years later and stars a female lead in Hokkaido
news Ghost of Yotei stars new Ghost Atsu
Monster Hunter Wilds release date officially set for February 2025, pre-orders open today
news Pre-order bonuses include outfits and a PS5-exclusive lore book
Helldivers 2 takes a big swing in its Galactic War by letting players choose the home of a "Democracy Space Station" which "could change the course of the war"
news Now that's a Major Order
Stellar strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord, my 2024 Game of the Year, has sold 1 million copies nearly 7x faster than its developer's previous game
news Unicorn Overlord is outpacing 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim by some distance
