Latest articles by Ashley Bardhan
After Arc Raiders AI voice actor controversy, owner Nexon says people should just assume "every game company is now using AI"
News That's probably true
Arc Raiders Hidden Bunker map puzzle feels like the Mount Chiliad mystery all over again, and players are breaking the laws of physics to solve it: "I found a non-corporeal wall on accident and fell out of the map"
News Don't do that
Fallout 3 remaster reportedly in production as Bethesda boss Todd Howard confirms the developer is working on Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 76, "and some other things"
News How many shadow drops do you think we can handle, Todd?
The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off," Todd Howard says, but Bethesda is working on it more often than Fallout 76: "We did a big play test yesterday"
News Hm, very interesting
Halo Infinite is finished with "major" updates after its next release as devs focus on Halo: Campaign Evolved, fans lament it's "going out on a whimper"
News Not so infinite now, huh?
After another GTA 6 delay he called unlikely, Take-Two CEO says "bad things happen" when games are rushed and breaks out his favorite phrase: "I'm highly confident on the new date"
News Sure, man, whatever makes you feel better
JRPG grind is dead, the advanced Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake auto-battle system killed it – though devs say players may still "be in trouble if they get careless"
News Watch out!
"Printing money": Rockstar reveals GTA+ membership will now let anyone play GTA Online – and it's not trailer 3, but it does bode well for GTA 6 Online
News Could GTA 6 Online be included in membership too?
Baldur's Gate 3 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard are both "very LGBTQ+ friendly," former EA dev says, "but one handled it perfectly and one fumbled it"
News "Baldur's Gate 3 just supports you"
It: Welcome to Derry shares an important similarity with some of the scariest horror movies ever made, and it's all thanks to Stephen King
opinion Opinion | Shows like Welcome to Derry and movies like Black Phone 2 remind us what it's really like to be a small, fragile thing in the world
Rockstar accused of "ruthless" firing ahead of GTA 6, cutting over 30 employees tied to dev union: Take-Two claims "gross misconduct," labor group says "we won't back down"
News Take-Two says, "We fully support Rockstar's ambitions and approach"
Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and more Japanese companies demand OpenAI avoid unauthorized use of their IP: "There is no system allowing one to avoid liability"
News "Respond sincerely"
Helldivers 2 is "starting to break at the seams," game director admits, since Arrowhead kept choosing new content over bug fixes: "Now we're paying the price"
News "We will avoid this going forward"
The most unsettling horror game of the year is the Mouthwashing publisher's No, I'm Not A Human – Junji Ito meets Papers, Please with a monstrous twist
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette publisher Critical Reflex has another crusty, narrative horror hit on its hands, and it's all I want to play this Halloween
Nobody told Octopath Traveler 0 devs they'd make an extreme town building system, so they guessed it was a mistake before the JRPG's producer said it "absolutely" wasn't: "I thought it would be only logical"
News If you say so!
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "basically nothing" from the original JRPG's development survived: "We're talking about the mid '90s... There's almost no documentation left"
News "Game development back then was a lot more Wild West"
Fallout leads debated making the original game 3D like Tomb Raider, but couldn't get "the amount of detail" they wanted – something Bethesda eventually achieved in Fallout 3
News It wasn't meant to be for Leonard Boyarsky
I just died and went to Rhythm Heaven: Slay the Princess publisher reveals visual novel inspired by Nintendo's cult rhythm game series and cute puppies
Puppergeist might be one of the cutest spooky games ever
"Mad Max ... Payne": Former Just Cause boss's new studio channels Max Payne in apocalyptic teaser trailer showing a grungy open world
News Mad Max Payne, yes
Hideo Kojima pitched OD as a "really scary game" to Xbox boss Phil Spencer – and he was right, this looks terrifying
News Really, really scary
Battlefield 6 players rain chaos by literally taking a sledgehammer to the game, devs respond with weapons-grade exploit hunting: "Yeah. It won't work anymore"
News Bye bye buggies
Civilization 7 update brings pirates and "powerful" Ocean Tiles, but developer Firaxis won't say much more: "You'll notice smaller, less frequent updates while the team shifts into testing"
News Ahoy, Civilization
Forgotten for nearly 20 years, Nintendo DS exclusive Silent Hill-like is back with an inexplicable PC remaster creeping up Steam horror charts: "I'm surprised someone still remembers this franchise"
News Dementium: The Ward is out now on Steam
