Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
A canon spin-off of beloved JRPG series Xenosaga was once feared to be lost media, but 21 years later, it's been preserved and is finally getting a fan translation
News Xenosaga: Pied Piper lives
Palworld dev reckons "very few companies could survive" a launch like theirs: "A lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure, under the negativity"
News "Pocketpair really is a very, very friendly place"
No Man's Sky programmer shares the "first 3D world" he co-created at 18 years old, which was "a foundational step for me from there to No Man's Sky"
News "It might seem primitive and crude"
World of Warcraft's latest raid race ends in disappointment after 12 days with a final boss so lackluster the team who won was visibly confused to have beaten it
News Chrome King Gallywix has fallen
28 years after Final Fantasy 7 introduced a generation to the concept of waifus, Tetsuya Nomura says Tifa's popularity is "not just about appearance"
News "I believe Tifa’s good qualities are the combination of her character, expressions, voice, movements, combat abilities and all of her other charms"
Ubisoft's surprisingly ambitious King Kong game faced a sudden change because Peter Jackson's son didn't like the ape's face: "I had to rework Kong’s head, alone in the studio"
News The team had "less than two years to develop" the game
Horizon Zero Dawn star Ashly Burch responds to Sony's controversial AI Aloy by pushing for actor protections: "You have to compensate us fairly, and you have to tell us how you're using this AI"
News "I feel worried about this art form"
God of War's 20th anniversary announcement comes without a remaster, but PlayStation is giving us some sick new God of War Ragnarok skins and a 67-inch Jörmungandr plush
News The Dark Odyssey Collection isn't the PS2 and PS3-era remaster you might've been hoping for
Super Nintendo consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years, but it took until 2025 for the SNES fandom to notice
News Speedrunners are less excited about the revelation than you might expect
Vampire Survivors devs launch official wiki "free of ads, banners, and all of the junk that gets in your way," joining Stardew Valley and Terraria in community wikis with minimal intrusions
News The devs behind the viral roguelike are directly partnering with the community on this wiki
Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2's Collector's Edition 15-inch Magellan Man is part of his studio's "spirit and soul," so the crew went to China to make sure it's good enough
News Hopefully that means $230 (somewhat) well spent
Xbox's new gaming AI aims to "help you get good" at everything from Overwatch 2 to Minecraft by watching you play and giving you advice
News This version of Copilot could tell you why you suck in Overwatch 2: "Great picks with your ultimate, but diving straight into Ramattra was a death sentence"
After 20 years, a second Nintendo Store is set to open in the US this May
News As the Switch 2 looms, Nintendo's opening a new store in San Francisco
A 16-year-old pitch for a newly discovered first-party PSP game has me mourning the death of PlayStation's Japan Studio all over again
News Stamp may never have been a massive franchise, but it's a big taste of what might have been
Resident Evil and Witcher 3 mocap director says video game industry layoffs have made it so "nothing is guaranteed," but AI won’t be replacing real actors "anytime soon"
News As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, union negotiators warn that the latest proposal from the industry is "still filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse"
32 years after Star Fox hit the SNES, one of the shooter's original creators is building an indie spiritual successor
News Wild Blue comes complete with animal pilots and off-brand barrel rolls
Picking up where Chrono Trigger left off 30 years later, this love letter to the classic JRPG has me in awe of its stunning pixel art – and now there's even a sky pirate
News I can't think of a better way to celebrate Chrono Trigger's 30th birthday than with an updated trailer for Threads of Time
The $5 roguelike banger that turned Terraria into a sci-fi tower defense game is getting a bigger, deeper sequel
News After Dome Keeper proved "Terraria but tower defense" could be a whole genre, Wall World 2 is coming to prove the concept has legs
Stardew Valley Expanded creator is building an "even more ambitious" mod with a whole new city and "dungeons inspired by The Legend of Zelda"
News Not content with getting a job working on Stardew Valley proper, FlashShifter is continuing to mod in his spare time
Hideo Kojima says "it was very difficult to direct" Death Stranding 2's big kiss scene, but Norman Reedus thinks "it was niiice" locking lips with Léa Seydoux
News The big kiss between Sam and Fragile reminded Norman Reedus of going "face-to-face" with Mads Mikkelsen
BlizzCon 2026 is official, and after missing 4 BlizzCons in 6 years, Blizzard aims to "meaningfully elevate" the event
News The gathering for fans of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and more returns to the LA area
Despite Monster Hunter Wilds suffering monstrous performance problems on PC, it still outsold the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in the US
News "Launch week dollar sales were the largest for a title since the debut of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6"
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "a game about faith and religion," which Neil Druckmann jokes will surely get less hate than The Last of Us 2
News "You know what, let's do something that people won't care as much about. Let's make a game about faith and religion"
