Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
"It's so hard to balance a game for 14 million players ok": Peak devs ask for mercy after overpowered zombies rip players apart
News "Seriously some people got so mad"
Borderlands 4's launch "was a bit softer than we would've liked" partly because of PC performance issues, Take-Two CEO says, but "we're immensely proud of Gearbox" anyway
News "While we experienced some challenges with optimization of performance on PC, Gearbox has been addressing these issues"
Don't sweat the GTA 6 delay, Take-Two CEO says GTA 5 is "still the most technologically advanced title in the marketplace" after 12 years
News "GTA 5 has been the standard-bearer, not just for the company but for the industry, for three console generations now"
"I counted every box in Baldur's Gate 3": The real Baldur's Gate 3 completionist is the person who dug through the RPG's code to find every last crate, chest, and barrel
News "If a player could encounter a box under some set of conditions, I'm counting it"
Kingdom Hearts 4 hopium is in overdrive thanks to a single image of Sora's voice actor in the studio: "YALL IS IT TIME??? IS IT FINALLY TIME????"
news Haley Joel Osment is recording... something
Lord of the Rings superfan recreates Frodo's trek to Mount Doom in the world-accurate official MMO, and you can watch the whole journey in an Andy Serkis-narrated video that's as long as all 3 films combined
news "Lord of the Rings Online is the closest one can get to experiencing Tolkien's realm the way countless works of art, games, music and entertainment have attempted over the past half-century"
GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union"
News Rockstar has been accused of union busting, but the company says the fired employees were "distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum"
After trying live service with the canceled Last of Us 2 Factions, Naughty Dog commits to making more "story-driven, character-based games"
news "That is the core of our craft, is authenticity"
Bungie had an unspoken rule for Halo cinematics: "Never make the player in the cinematic feel more 'badass' than the actual game"
news A pair of ex-Halo designers are reminiscing on the series' golden years
The best JRPGs to play in 2025
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
Minecraft surprise drops a full-blown Dragon Ball Z fighting game with 1v1, 5v5, and co-op modes, voxelized Goku and buff Bulma, and skins for the main game
News Minecraft's Dragon Ball Z DLC is out now
Toby Fox is letting friends try out early versions of Deltarune chapter 5, and they sound pretty jazzed: "I am still thinking about it a lot and want to play it more"
News "It's kawaii when toby is worried about if it's good enough"
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined makes the original JRPG's choices actually matter with a brand new possible ending "that's never been seen before in previous iterations"
News "Even players who have played previous versions of Dragon Quest VII, they'll still get to have this fresh narrative experience with Reimagined"
World of Warcraft director says Blizzard has no plans to bring the MMO to consoles: "Our focus remains on the PC-based experience"
News "There is no reason for us to hide anything about this"
Rockstar co-founder says the studio's PS3 exclusive spy game Agent was killed because, unlike GTA, spy games should be "very frenetic" - "I question if you can even make a good open world spy game"
"An open world game does have moments like that when the story comes together, but for large portions it's a lot looser, and you're just hanging out"
Soulja Boy is selling video game consoles again, and he's already being accused of ripping off an existing handheld: "He does not have permission to rebrand our products and sell them as his own"
news The SouljaGame Flip appears to be a rebranded Retroid Pocket Flip 2
Another MMO dead: ex-World of Warcraft and League of Legends lead's new studio "will close its doors" this month without releasing its flagship game Ghost
news "Fantastic Pixel Castle will close its doors on Nov 17"
Activision clears the air: no Call of Duty Black Ops 7 early access despite rumors
News KontrolFreek just dropped new Call of Duty Black Ops 7 thumbsticks, and they even come with a free in-game weapon charm.
Sea of Thieves players are roasting Rare like Captain Flameheart for delaying season 18: "Seasons may be delayed but these 'season delayed' drops are always on time"
news Dang, no mercy
After 47 years, Halloween: The Game answers "burning questions" about John Carpenter's 1978 classic in a "sandbox-driven" single-player story with multiple endings designed to "prepare" you for multiplayer
News "IllFonic remains committed to delivering a compelling and authentic Halloween singleplayer offering that matches the meticulous cadence of the original film"
The indie horror I've been raving about for 2 years headlines an incredible $13 Halloween games bundle that includes 12 other spooky treats
news Humble Games' Indie Fears bundle is a Halloween treat without the tricks
Even the original Deus Ex art director isn't happy with the controversial remaster: "Oh, what the f*ck. No. This did not need to happen"
News "Sorry whoever was involved in this"
Silksong has been sent back in time to the N64 era with a fan-made demake, and I shudder to think of how hard it would be with 5th-gen controls
News What a harrowing thought
