Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Cult text-based zombie MMO Urban Dead is shutting down after "a full 19 years, 8 months and 11 days" because of new UK legislation
News "I've reluctantly concluded that it doesn't look feasible for Urban Dead to be able to continue operating"
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 launches this July with new parks for "for the first time in 10 years," and you can pre-order to get a demo in June
News It also launches day one on Xbox Game Pass
"Both Marvel Rivals and Overwatch are excellent superhero shooters" says the Chinese publisher behind both games as they make the move to China: "The market is large enough to accommodate both games"
News Do too many shooters spoil the broth?
Sonic fans are leading the charge on a new preservation tool that can help give any Xbox 360 game a native PC port
News This could be just the start of a whole new era for Xbox 360 preservation
"You are incorrect": John Romero has been correcting Doom history for the past 4 years, and he's not about to stop now
News "Hi Sandy, hope you’re doing well"
"We got heel Cena before GTA 6": Even John Cena himself is comparing the 20-year wait for his WWE heel turn to the 12-year wait for the next Grand Theft Auto
News The WWE superstar himself is in on the memes
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't the classic turn-based RPG I've been longing for, but its combat is somehow even better than what I wanted
Preview Preview | This gorgeous tribute to classic Final Fantasy defied my expectations, but I can't wait to play more
After 32 years, Mortal Kombat 2 has finally been ported to the one hyper-expensive '90s console that could actually do it justice
News The 3DO shows its muscle
I went from "I hope this is good" to "this might be GOTY" within 5 minutes of picking up the Steam Next Fest demo for this ridiculous stealth game
News Skin Deep is like a slapstick Dishonored and it's suddenly one of my most-anticipated games of 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds PC players make Steam reviews their 15th weapon as Capcom's RE Engine delivers another Dragon's Dogma 2-sized disaster: "Very immersive game. You can cook a well-done steak on your GPU"
News "This game is absolutely amazing - but has the worst optimisation I've ever seen"
The Terminator 2 game we should've got in 1991 is now coming from one of the best retro studios around, complete with a buff Sarah Connor and a fully nude playable Arnold
News James Cameron's sci-fi classic gets the action game "we should've had back in our youth" with the best pieces of Contra, Metal Gear, and Battletoads
Dwarf Fortress devs "apologize for destroying your food-based economies" after nerfing meal prices: "Didn't realize so many of you were living that way"
News In Dwarf Fortress food can be more valuable than gold
Metroid Dread dev channels that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow energy in a new action game with "almost infinite" ways to build your own weapon
News Blades of Fire will have you constantly forging new weapons to overcome "tactical combat"
This slick roguelike deckbuilder is shoulder-to-shoulder with Balatro and Slay the Spire on Steam top sellers, and its dev is feeling the pressure: "The definition of walking among giants"
News "We couldn't have asked for a better launch, thank you!!"
EA is "releasing the fully recovered source code" for 4 classic Command & Conquer titles, and it's the best thing a major publisher can do for game preservation
News 5 years after part of the Command & Conquer and Red Alert source code was made public, it's now been "fully recovered" and released alongside the code for Generals and Renegade
The spirit of Burnout Paradise lives on in this fabulous bicycle racing game from the makers of my favorite indie fighting game – a true Steam Next Fest gem
News Wheel World is an immediate delight
Pokemon Legends Z-A launches "late 2025" on Switch, and Mega Evolutions are returning for the first time in 7 years
News Your Pokemon can even dodge out of the way of enemy attacks
SnowRunner fans think RoadCraft's Steam Next Fest demo isn't hardcore enough, but I just moved 3 logs 500 meters and it's one of my proudest gaming accomplishments ever
News It took about five minutes for me to get an SUV flipped upside down in 10 feet of mud
Open-world Wonder Woman and Lord of the Rings studio shut down alongside MultiVersus dev, Warner Bros insists it wants to focus on DC even as it kills a DC game
News Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego have all been shut down
PvP shooter Mecha Break is dominating Steam Next Fest with player numbers matching Marvel Rivals and GTA 5 even as it suffers mostly negative reviews
News Mecha Break is dominating every category at Steam Next Fest - almost
Original Fallout creator says he "pushed" for a happy ending with "cake and balloons" instead of the RPG's downbeat finale
News "At the time I was like 'I don't know if people are going to buy this'"
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 rumors have just been upgraded from podcast mentions and Call of Duty map teasers to a full countdown on the official Activision website
News The wait might finally be coming to an end
NetEase denies report that its CEO tried to cut Marvel from Marvel Rivals because he didn't want to pay Disney for the license
News NetEase also says its decision to cut ties with multiple global studios is not a "wide scale layoff"
