Latest articles by Iain Harris
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P assures that the MMO's mobile spin-off won't be a gacha game as "that's not what we're about"
News You won't be rolling for gear in Final Fantasy 14 Mobile
Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2024, hosted by Final Fantasy 16 favorite Ben Starr
News This year's Golden Joystick Awards 2024 stream is live at 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT on November 21
Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says chasing industry trends with Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem "starts to dilute your focus," so he wanted to get back to BioWare's "very real strength"
News Character building and storytelling remains king
Final Fantasy 14 is coming to mobile so sprouts can experience the "grandeur of the original's story and combat," and card game sickos like me have another way to play Triple Triad
News Thank The Twelve
Stalker 2 release time – the countdown to the horror-soaked FPS is finally on after 14 years
News Here's when Stalker 2 releases in your time zone
Palworld's best defense against part of Nintendo's lawsuit could be an 8-year-old GTA 5 mod, according to one patent expert
News It's all down to timing
The Game Awards nominees prove that 2024 is the year of the JRPG, with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Metaphor ReFantazio leading the field
News Astro Bot is no slouch, either
Dragon Quest 3 remake producer would "love" to do more HD-2D JRPG remakes, but with 9 releases in 7 years, he worries fans may get "bored" of them
News "It’s something that even my supervisors are constantly unsure and mulling over"
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator slams AI "fraudsters'" influence over the manga industry after seeing a drawing so eerily reminiscent of his work he thought it was his
News Hirohiko Araki worries AI-generated fakes will be accepted as the real things if AI isn't regulated
After 20 years of WoW updates, will Blizzard ever need to wipe the slate clean? Maybe "at some long, distant point," but the MMO has already been totally "rebuilt"
News "We're constantly tearing out some old foundational system and replacing it"
WoW lead says "big bets" with World of Warcraft: The War Within were worth it – "Of course, yes, if I could catch that scaling bug, I'd love to go back"
News Blizzard's Ion Hazzikostas says, "At a very high level, there aren't too many regrets for me as a game director"
Recreating a 36-year-old JRPG classic put a mountain of pressure on the Dragon Quest 3 remake devs: "If this fails, I won't be able to stay in the industry"
News "I’ll have to live my life branded as the man who failed to remake a legendary game"
WoW Classic is getting Mists of Pandaria servers next year, and Blizzard is "staying true" to the 12-year-old MMO expansion "pretty much across the board"
News "I can't think of any real diversion points that we've talked about or made a decision on"
World of Warcraft is finally getting player housing: the Midnight expansion adds a feature that MMOs like Final Fantasy 14 have had for years
News There's no place like home
As Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P hopes upcoming patches "show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great," patch 7.1 makes a start by redubbing one of Dawntail's most memed-upon scenes
News Yoshida also said the abuse the voice actor has received "breaks his heart"
After 5 years of radio silence, Valve's all-but canceled game re-emerges with 6-seconds of rare gameplay footage, and I mourn not getting to see these incredible water shaders in real life
News Pour one out for In The Valley of Gods
Hideo Kojima reveals he did most of the Death Stranding concept work on his phone as he confirms that he's the hand behind the game's logo
News Someone give him a hand
Final Fantasy 14 soloist completes Heaven-on-High after 100 hours using the MMO's "squishiest" class, all as practice for an even worse challenge: "I'm still in for a world of hurt"
News "You're simply playing a glass cannon without the cannon attached"
Stardew Valley creator says Haunted Chocolatier isn't just a "copy and paste" of his iconic farming sim: "They haven't played the game, so they don't really know"
News Those bosses aren't there for nothing, thank you
World of Warcraft devs set about rebuilding "core parts" of the 20-year-old MMO's infrastructure, accidentally making some of its raid content unplayable
News Thankfully, fixing that "is a top priority"
Microsoft's decision to close Arkane Austin was "stupid," says founder: "Recreating a very special group like that is, I would dare to say, impossible"
News Raphael Colantonio reckons team green will regret that decision soon enough
Dragon Age: The Veilguard release time – the countdown to BioWare's next RPG is finally on
News Here's when Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases in your timezone
After "personal attack" of Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail English VA, MMO boss Yoshi-P says if you have "any sort of criticism, bring it to me, I'm the one approving this material"
News Yoshida also hopes upcoming patches "show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great"
