Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
This dev's first Steam release, a $3 banger with 3 hours of fun, is now one of the highest-rated games of the past month at 1,639 reviews averaging 98% positive
News Short, sweet, and cheap? Sign me up
Marvel Rivals devs know Duelists are dominant, so they're nerfing the biggest offenders and giving Cap and Venom some help in Season 1
News "Shield-and-ranged hero combos seem to have become our first meta"
The Witcher 4's gorgeous reveal trailer was "pre-rendered" on Nvidia's $2,000 RTX 5090
News The long-awaited RPG "will launch with the latest RTX-powered technologies"
Assassin's Creed Shadows has "unclimbable surfaces" that force you to find physical handholds because Ubisoft wants to be "more thoughtful" about parkour
News "We had to be more thoughtful about creating interesting parkour highways"
Valve shuts down Steam Deck 2 speculation as AMD says it's building chips for a stronger handheld: "There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck"
News Whatever Valve's next-gen handheld is, we're gonna have to wait
After 12 years making custom Super Mario 64 levels, dev helps build an N64-style platformer whose demo sold me in seconds
News Kero Quest 64 crushed its Kickstarter goal, and it's easy to see why
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is "testing Borderlands 4 on Steam," and just wanted to check and see if you can tell
News Can anybody see Randy playing Borderlands 4?
Final Fantasy legends Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken reunite to turn one of the greatest wrestlers ever into the ultimate final boss
News Babe, wake up: new raid boss theme from Soken just dropped at Wrestle Dynasty
This slick Hades-style action roguelike with 92% positive reviews mysteriously vanished from Steam and the devs say they don't know why
News "Unfortunately, we are currently unaware of the specific reason for this action, but we are doing our best to resolve the issue as quickly as possible"
Borderlands 4 studio Gearbox gave the devs custom cast iron skillets for Christmas because "we f***ing cooked"
News That's one way to say you're proud of your team's work
2 months later, Assassin's Creed Origins is getting pounded with negative Steam reviews because the Windows update that broke it still isn't fixed
News "Ubisoft and Microsoft are working on a resolution"
Before Nintendo hired Shigeru Miyamoto, it tried to patent the kid's toy he made and brought to his interview: "I remember thinking, 'this is a shrewd company!'"
News "I mean, I was able to get the patent rights without filing the fee myself, so it was all good"
AGDQ 2025 kicks off this weekend promising Elden Ring on a saxophone and a 6-hour Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth speedrun, but I'm tuning in for two of the worst games ever made
News Keep your Elden Rings and your Final Fantasies, I'm here for Big Rigs
The Switch 2 news drought sent so many Nintendo fans to the page for a new AI upscaling patent that they seemingly crashed it
News Who knew the world was so curious about "systems and methods for machine learned image conversion"
Undertale creator Toby Fox brings a joyous New Year's reminder: "Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 will release this year in 2025!"
News "Don't forget"
These are the Game of the Year awards UFO 50's massive collection of roguelikes, Metroidvanias, and more missed out on by not actually being released in the '80s
Year in Review Year in Review | UFO 50 might just be one to play forever
Final Fantasy 14 devs would love to do a Monster Hunter Wilds collab: "There are many fans of the Monster Hunter series within the FF14 team, and I am one of them"
News "With the release date for Monster Hunter Wilds almost upon us, we will do our best to enjoy the game first"
How did Ciri end up the star of The Witcher 4? CD Projekt head says, "well, there's the story of The Witcher 4 to tell that tale"
News "A huge thank you for the respect and love for the lore created by Andrzej Sapkowski"
Turok: Origins devs are treating the series "respectfully" even as they take the FPS third-person with Space Marine 2-style co-op
News "We hope that a compelling narrative and great single player and co-op gameplay will also appeal to players who enjoyed Space Marine 2"
It took 18 years, but an Okami sequel is finally in the works at Capcom under original director Hideki Kamiya
News The beloved Zelda-like action-adventure is making a comeback
A 29-year-old PC racing game going cyberpunk anime with Troy Baker, Initial D drifting, and cutscenes from the Metroid: Other M studio sure wasn't on my Game Awards bingo card
News "Screamer immerses players in the clash between personal desires and external forces that seek to control them"
After 18 years, Capcom's classic PS2 series Onimusha has come full circle because the new one that was just announced looks kinda like Sekiro
News Onimusha: Way of the Sword revives Capcom's beloved action series in 2026
Borderlands 4 debuts at The Game Awards with a proper gameplay trailer showcasing the new Vault Hunters
News We've finally got a proper look at Borderlands 4
