Latest articles by Anne-Marie Ostler
As if by magic, Hogwarts Legacy has managed to end FIFA's decade-long domination over the UK's boxed game charts
news The Harry Potter RPG flies to number 1 in the UK's physical game charts for 2023
It took barely 12 hours for the first Mickey Mouse games to appear after the Disney mascot entered the public domain
news Play as Mickey in a top-down shooter or be hunted by him in a terrifying new horror title
Massive Skyrim Cyrodiil mod claims to have more voiced lines than the base game itself, and 116 fully implemented quests
news Beyond Skyrim modders say they've "already surpassed the amount of voice lines in vanilla Skyrim"
As Peter Pan and Steamboat Willie hit the public domain, all eyes are on the Lies of P devs
news There's plenty of scope for sequels to the Pinocchio-inspired Soulslike
Lae'zel's voice actor recorded her Baldur's Gate 3 dialogue faster than any other Origin character, which the directors say was "to her detriment"
news "She does like to be told that she's the fastest and the best one"
Hogwarts Legacy Switch update comes in hot with 3,500 words worth of bug fixes, prompting fans to call the patch notes "longer than the Harry Potter books"
news "Hogwarts Legacy devs, if you are reading this, please get some sleep"
Larian pushes Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix 14 during its own Christmas party
news "Team building is doing a hotfix together at the Christmas party"
Can't wait for the new game from the Dead Cells devs? This stunning 2D action roguelike is giving me similar vibes and has been a hit with fans
news Astral Ascent launched last month and the response from Steam players has been "overwhelmingly positive"
Disney gaming boss gives new hope for the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake
news "Not a lot I can say on that point for some hopefully obvious reasons"
Fortnite creator Epic Games wins antitrust case against Google, says it's "a win for all app developers and consumers"
news "It proves that Google's app store practices are illegal and they abuse their monopoly to extract exorbitant fees"
Warzone streamer complains that they can't kill someone in the water, devs tell them that's how physics works, actually
news The battle royale's bullet physics are too realistic for some
This catastrophic, lava-spewing Minecraft world is such a disaster that it only happens once every 500 million seeds
news A sinkhole this dangerous, this close to spawn, is very rare
Shadowheart is the glue that holds this 'throw only' Baldur's Gate 3 run together
news Even without Guidance, Shadowheart still manages to save the day
Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan actor tells 'GTA 6 Joker' to "use the notoriety" instead of demanding money from Rockstar
news "They've had people like you trying to sue them for decades"
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 didn't win any of its 7 Game Awards nominations, and fans think it's because the sequel played things too safe
news "SM2 was great, but it didn't really bring anything next level to the table"
No Man's Sky fans playfully plead with Hello Games not to "overpromise" as lead dev describes new game Light No Fire as "the first real open world"
news "Looks amazing, Sean. Now, just make sure not to overpromise again"
Chinese myth-inspired soulslike Black Myth: Wukong is out next year
news We'll be able to monkey around next summer
Following the Dragon's Dogma 2 showcase, criminally overlooked RPG Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is just $5 on Steam
news Get 84% off the classic action RPG from now until December 12
Baldur's Gate 3's Honour Mode is a whole new RPG, and even Tactician veterans are struggling
news The game's punishing new difficulty option is "breaking" players
Starfield lead designer reacts to the RPG surpassing 12 million players: "It’s hard not to feel pretty great about that"
news "As a game dev, your one true goal is for fans to play and love your game"
As controversial survival MMO The Day Before approaches early access, its devs have a message for the doubters: "We made this for you too, we don't hold a grudge"
news Fntastic says it has no hard feelings towards those who've been critical of the game
Bethesda fan adds up the 'unique' points of interest in Starfield and Skyrim, reigniting debate over encounter quality and quantity in RPGs
news Starfield player claims that it has far more unique POIs than Skyrim, but does that make it better?
Baldur's Gate 3 fans spot a bunch of additional combat changes added in patch 5, including one that lowers the effectiveness of Warlocks
news Larian has snuck in some extra changes in the latest update
