Latest articles by Iain Harris
As development times spiral, Assassin's Creed Shadow lead producer says that 4 years is the perfect amount of time to bring a game from conception to completion
News Let 'em cook
Indie 'sequel' isn't a sequel at all, says solo dev behind the original cult JRPG: It's using the name without permission, but they "have no strength to fight" it
News Elona 2~Pixel Art x Isekai x Adventure RPG isn't quite what you think it is
Diablo 4 Season 5 is kicking up some deliciously broken loot and I can hear the demons shrieking out in terror from here
News Behold, my stuff
Assassin's Creed Shadows' dev time is even longer than the massive Assassin's Creed Valhalla - as Ubisoft wants the RPG's depiction of Japan to be "as authentic as possible"
News Let 'em cook
Infamous World of Warcraft damage fiend returns to the MMO after 1 year to sink 2 raid bosses with 300 million damage - by using a bug Blizzard thought it fixed
News Fret not: it's actually fixed now
Palworld dev hits back at claims that the survival hit is a "meme game" that has "burned up," and defends Helldivers 2 while they're at it: "As long as someone is enjoying them then surely it's a win?"
News "Is Palworld really a meme game, though? Is Helldivers?"
Helldivers 2 CEO says devs get "tons of feedback" but have "no good tools" for dealing with it, as yet another update has some players up in arms over nerfs
News Escalation indeed
2 years and 800 hours later, solo Final Fantasy 14 grinder finally completes one of the MMO's most punishing challenges, immediately starts another run that's just as bad
News After beating Palace of the Dead as a measly Conjurer, Aurora Moon faces doing the same as a Thaumaturge
Baldur's Gate 3 on Honor Mode is apparently one of the hardest RPGs of all time, with over 1.2 million deaths and barely a 10% success rate
News Apparently a lot of you "honorably" deleted your save after
Stardew Valley and Sailor Moon mashup launches to 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews, teases that this is just the start with an Early Access roadmap promising pets, marriage, and more
News Fields of Mistria already has 40 hours of content, and it's only just beginning
Silent Hill 2 remake devs are "dreaming that gamers will trust us" after a mixed run, but know that "trust is earned through actions"
News "Give us a chance"
GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 actors come together to host the next Future Games Show at Gamescom virtual showcase
News It's on like Gamescom
Diablo 4 Season 5 release time – countdown to Season of the Infernal Hordes is on
News Here's when Diablo 4 Season 5 releases in your timezone
10 years after a World of Warcraft bug robbed them of rare legacy mounts, MMO fans are thrilled to discover that Blizzard has finally fixed it
News Chop, chop
Phantom Blade Zero dev debunks claims it said "nobody needs that platform" over Xbox release reports, says it hopes to be "accessible to everyone"
News There's hope for Xbox fans yet
Creator of iconic puzzle game says anniversary remaster "sold like dog s**t," and now his company "can't afford to pay anyone"
news Also, most of those platforms it released on are "f***ing dead now”
JRPG preservationists are resurrecting a 19-year-old Final Fantasy 7 prequel that's been lost media since 2018
News Final Fantasy 7 Before Crisis may finally live beyond Japan
Final Fantasy 14's big Dawntrail balance patch is here to "raise the DPS of certain jobs rather than lower them" as Pictomancer mains survive nerf free and Vipers only get sort-of simplified
News Please look forward to it
Skibidi Toilet creator pleads innocence as sandbox icon Garry's Mod gets Nintendo-style DMCA over 'unauthorized Skibidi Toilet games' created in his engine
News "The cheek"
Ubisoft veterans behind stylish turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "all have a love" for JRPG classics like Final Fantasy, "but also want to see something fresh done with the genre"
News An RPG that melts your PC but also has turn-based combat? We're so back
Diablo 4 Season 5 Campfire stream kicks off in 9 days to "go over all changes post PTR"
News The plan is August 1
Inside Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred and the series' first new mainline class in 10 years: "Maybe I can mix my Barbarian and Rogue together"
Preview Preview: The Spiritborn is good enough to tempt me into breaking one of my worst RPG habits
Love for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's new freak Bakool Ja Ja gets so intense that Square Enix asks the MMO's community what's going on
News Cat boy season is over; it's time for a Mamool Ja
