Latest articles by Iain Harris
Metaphor: ReFantazio leads thought it would be shorter than Persona 5 but just kept adding content, so now we're matching the fan-favorite JRPG's 100-hour runtime
News A (welcome) war on my free time it is, then
GTA 6 has a lot to live up to, a former Rockstar dev says Vice City was so accurate he could use it as a map to get around real-life Miami
News Need directions? Former Rockstar Games writer Lazlow Jones might be your guy
IP expert says Nintendo probably doesn't own patents strong enough to "prevent Pocketpair from making Palworld," and this "may boil down to nothing but bullying"
News The House of Mario can be a scary place
Final Fantasy 16's Clive actor thinks the action RPG's brooding lead should make a comeback in something way more chill: "Stardew Valley, but with Clive. Why not?"
News That, or a "monorail driver in a dying world"
Palworld rumbles on with a "fatal bug" fix that stops wild and base Pals from moving and working, hours after Nintendo publicly announced its lawsuit
News Far from ideal, on both counts
Steam users give Final Fantasy 16 a 'very positive' score after 900 reviews, but suggest you don't play the action RPG without this mod
News Ultrawide support! Uncapped framerate on cutscenes! More!
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred isn't the only big thing on the RPG's horizon, as devs say Season 6 "does for progression" what Season 4 did for improving loot
News You've got my attention
As the first big Helldivers 2 patch of Arrowhead's 60-day plan wins back divers, the shooter's creative director agrees that "nerfing is an unimaginative way of tweaking a game"
News Buffs for all
As the PS5 Pro's $700 price tag continues to divide fans, Sony exec points out that PCs are difficult to set up and mobile games have ads
News Sony wants to expand its PC presence, but not at the expense of its flagship console
First major patch of Helldivers 2's 60-day plan is a huge list of changes designed to do two things: Keep divers alive for longer, and kill Bots and Bugs much quicker
News Oil will be spilled, and bugs will be squashed
Marvel vs Capcom 2's return plagued by matchmaking issues - specifically, a single fighting game legend whooping players so hard they refund the game
News There's plenty Capcom can do about the matchmaking, but Justin Wong? Not so much
Former Bungie lawyer says Sony "inflicting some discipline" may have forced the Destiny 2 studio to "get their heads out of their asses" as the MMO commits to a different kind of roadmap
News Destiny 2 says goodbye to annual expansions and hello to 2 "medium-sized" expansions plus 4 free updates a year
As Helldivers 2 prepares an onslaught of buffs to make the game more fun, one dev preps players for the inevitable: "Will there be more nerfs? Of course there will"
News "Anytime you balance a ton of things, others will need looking over as well"
Former GTA and Red Dead Redemption lead is teaming up with Immortals of Aveum veterans to form a new studio and work on an action-adventure game
News Absurd Marin follows a bumpy year for Ascendant Studios
Final Fantasy 14 fan soloing the MMO like it's RuneScape's Ironman mode finally finishes a 12-week boss grind thanks to a 6-week grind for 1 healing spell
News "Susano is leaps and bounds above anything else"
Helldivers 2 devs are rolling back some of Escalation of Freedom's controversial Flamethrower changes and buffing damage by 33%, putting bug barbequing back on the menu
News Arrowhead is also revealing a new change each day as we near the September 17 patch
Final Fantasy 14's resident controller modder is turning the MMO into a Bob Ross simulator with a paintbrush controller for the new Pictomancer job
News The joy of painting comes to the critically acclaimed MMO
Final Fantasy 14 devs just went ahead with their FF9 homage because otherwise they would have been "waiting and waiting" for the rumored JRPG remake to show up
News "When would we be able to incorporate that essence of Final Fantasy 9 and make our hommage?"
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred is bringing back the series-favorite mercenary system to cover the "soft spot" that Blizzard says exists in each and every class build
News Glass canon enthusiasts rejoice
Days Gone studio celebrates its cameo in “masterpiece” platformer Astro Bot, but one former developer says it’s a sad “way to protect your legacy”
News Call it a draw, then?
Astro Bot devs follow up a strong launch with free DLC teases including more VIP bots to rescue and speedrun levels
News Fans already have an idea of who those bots may be
Astro Bot devs ditched an "expansive" open-world game because a "two-course meal" beats eating "a lot of food at a buffet"
News He's right, and he should say it
Final Fantasy creator says returning to Square Enix after 20 years "was like returning to your home in the countryside, this old home that your parents always had"
news Square Enix is helping Sakaguchi bring Fantasian: Neo Dimension to PC and consoles this winter
