Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
I never thought Astro Bot would dethrone Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth as my GOTY, but then I found out it has the JRPG's legendary main protagonist turned cute
news Cute Kiryu for life
As Astro Bot emerges as a 2024 GOTY frontrunner, its director says "12 to 15 hours of condensed fun" beats 40 hours with parts "you feel like skipping"
news In a year of live-service flops, Astro Bot is a refreshingly low commitment romp
It's official: "Concord servers are now offline," just 2 weeks after one of the worst launches in recent memory
news Pour one out for those who missed Concord's now ultra-rare Platinum trophy
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi can't stay away, says he's taking back his retirement plans because making games "may be more of a pleasure than a job"
news Sakaguchi is working on a new game with the team behind the 2021 mobile RPG Fantasian
Deadlock players find new in-progress hero Slork, some sort of shark man who chomps people and resembles a Dota 2 hero, and I already know he's my main
News Slark, meet Slork
Report: Concord is still going to be part of Amazon's new anthology TV show Secret Level despite its abrupt cancellation
news That's gonna be an awkward watch
PS5 Pro design seemingly sneaks its way onto PlayStation website as Sony celebrates 30 years and teases "announcements in the near future"
news The new PS5 design looks a lot like the recent leak
Yakuza has seen "a large increase in new fans, including women", but the JRPG series will continue being about "middle-aged guy things"
News "We don’t plan to do anything like deliberately changing conversation topics in order to cater to new fans"
Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 Illuminate reference spotted on in-game map is "fake news" caused by "organic tissue degradation on electronic equipment"
News Helldivers 2 gets its closest look at the Illuminate yet
After 6 years, State of Decay 2 is getting its final update this year as dev focuses on making State of Decay 3 "the greatest zombie survival sim in the franchise"
News Update 38 will fix "longstanding issues" and unlock all seasonal content permanently
Silent Hill 2 Remake lets you disable "all UI elements" for "the most immersive experience", and you'll be told where to go by visual, sound, and character cues
News Bloober Team scores another W
Even as Concord dies a fast death, Sony exec says PlayStation doesn't have enough original IP and "that's an issue for us"
news "Whether it's for games, films or anime, we don't have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning"
This Stardew Valley-inspired indie where you manage a nerdy board game café is blowing up on Kickstarter with 500% funding in 7 days
news "Just like Stardew, Dragons Brew will offer players a rich, colorful environment where every detail adds to the overall experience"
The first update of Helldivers 2's 60-day rescue plan won't be the "biggest patch of all time", but it will push the game in the "right direction"
News Helldivers 2 won't be fixed overnight
Concord is being taken offline this week and everyone is getting refunds as PlayStation tries to "determine the best path ahead"
News "Concord sales will cease immediately"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says there's an "extremely low" number of Xbox players in Japan, but Dawntrail is the "starting point" of more Square Enix games on Xbox
News "We do want to release more Square Enix games on Xbox, and there will be more of our titles released on Xbox"
Metal Gear Solid 4 still hasn't been confirmed for modern platforms, but a Konami producer says "you can probably connect the dots"
news It sure sounds like Metal Gear Solid is coming to the next collection of games
My favorite part of this stunning PS1-style indie inspired by Silent Hill and PT isn't that it takes after the all-time horror greats, it's that it only lasts as long as a movie
news Roost has an atmosphere so thick you could slice it with a cleaver
Baldur's Gate 3 cut content breakthrough turns up 15 minutes of "impossible" scenes including more Shadowheart hugs and some surprisingly relevant Minthara dialogue
News As if Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't already big enough
God of War star Christopher Judge brings the hammer down on Amazon exec's "we don't really have acting" in video games AI defense, praises The Last of Us 2 performance
news Boy...
Shigeru Miyamoto would get "angry" during Zelda: Twilight Princess development and ask things like "who put this stone here" – now Tears of the Kingdom has a tool for that
news What Miyamoto wants, Miyamoto gets
After flopping at the box office, the Borderlands movie is officially giving up on theaters and heading straight to digital home video this week
news Lionsgate has confirmed the Borderlands movie's digital release date
