Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
It took a whole team to put an end to this unstoppable Overwatch streamer's 210-kill streak in a Marvel Rivals tournament
News Are you not entertained?
Years before Fallout 76, the RPG's co-creator had doubts about making a Fallout MMO because it "wasn't designed to have other players"
News There can't be 1,000 Lone Wanderers
Market research firm says either Sony or Microsoft will "struggle" with their next-gen consoles as Nintendo will be "the clear winner"
News This town ain't big enough for the three of us
Putting beta feedback into action, Monster Hunter Wilds devs show off improved hitstop and reworked weapons that feel how you remember them
News We're so back
After an overhaul that gutted Dauntless's core gameplay loop, devs of the Monster Hunter rival offer up in-game currency as an apology and a roadmap offering little of what fans miss
News It's still a far cry from the game it once was
After 16 years, a playable Nintendo Wii build for a canceled Star Wars: Battlefront 3 game appears to have been found, and modders are going to finish it
News I want it and I want it right now
Pokemon streamer beats the hardest challenge the RPG offers after 4,000 attempts over 15 months, all thanks to the Flareon that could
News The under-appreciated Eeveelution finally gets its time in the spotlight
Marvel Rivals devs are working on cross-progression but "a lot of platform-specific rules" are getting in the way
News "Players will be the first to know" once it's implemented
Astro Bot finally gets a Square Enix character, but it's Gex and not Final Fantasy 7's Cloud
News It should have been him!
Hideo Kojima was ready to quit the "passive-aggressive resistance" Konami before he even made Metal Gear: "Do I have to start beating people up?"
News Things were rocky right from the start
The new Borderlands 4 trailer's hidden messages have already been decoded, leaving the community with yet another riddle
News I still don't have a clue what they mean
As Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet locks comments on its trailer, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says 2025 and beyond will be an "extremely tough time to ship a game"
News The advice is to "anticipate, don’t ignore, or ridicule, or stoke"
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann says Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is about "what happens when you put your faith in different institutions"
News Actor Tati Gabrielle played a fanatical religious devotee in a past role, so she's perfect for this
Palworld's big Feybreak update adds the "harshest" island yet this month, and it's 6 times bigger than the last one
News New Pals, new guns, new everything
Elden Ring spinoff Nightreign is a co-op roguelike with battle royale and Monster Hunter juice, but FromSoftware says it's "not what we'd consider a live service game"
News "The focus was condensing this experience down"
The Last of Us gets yet another re-release as Part 2: Remastered heads to PC
News Do a Jak & Daxter sequel next Naughty Dog, please
FromSoftware's next game is Elden Ring: Nightreign, a "standalone" 3-player adventure coming 2025 – so was Hidetaka Miyazaki just kidding about no Elden Ring 2?
News As if Shadow of the Erdtree wasn't enough, more Elden Ring is coming soon
Shenmue lead Yu Suzuki has a new game coming next year with anime vibes cranked all the way up
News It's only available on mobile via Netflix Games
After misses like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director says BioWare decided to "look at what's worked in the past" for inspiration
News "We wanted to make sure that this one landed in a way that was satisfying"
Fallout creator wishes he made different genres in the RPG series like a "really good FPS" similar to Borderlands or an adventure game all about stealing from Vaults
News The possibilities are endless
Former PlayStation boss says "You're not going to see another PS1 to PS2 jump in performance," and believes we're nearing "a point where the console becomes irrelevant"
News The upgrades are far more incremental these days
Helldivers 2 claws its way back to "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam after Arrowhead puts the focus back on having fun, with over 13,000 positive reviews in the past week alone
News Democracy is back on the menu
As the PS1 turns 30 years old, former PlayStation chief reveals he knew nothing about making games when joining the team but was assured "none of us do either"
News They figured it out in the end
