Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Yasuke actor says that Naoe could beat his samurai in a fight: “Especially with that big a** helmet of mine”
news Might vs. sleight
After 14 years at Bethesda, Skyrim and Fallout veteran made his final settlement in just 2 days – but only because he'd made some rough ones before that
News I think they're all neat
Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada says he's spent decades "mentally preparing" for AI to overtake humans, but it's not happening: "If AI had really advanced, we wouldn't be pouring 10, 20, 30 billion Yen into making games"
news He's not worried
A year after Malevelon Creek became Helldivers 2's fiercest battleground, it looks like the Automatons are coming back for more
News Put me back in, Sergeant
Hollow Knight: Silksong gets unprecedented second update in 2 weeks, with a Steam page tweak pointing to a 2025 release
news We're not fooling ourselves this time, right?
Helldivers 2 players "became obsessed" with Malevolon Creek, but it was Gabe Newell who really kicked off one of Super Earth's bloodiest battles
news The rally we didn't know we needed
Assassin's Creed Shadows lets you add dozens of cute animals to your hideout, and all you have to do is pet them
News Can I pet that dawg?!
Assassin's Creed Shadows looks like the success Ubisoft needed as it tops Steam charts
News It needed a win
Biggest announcements from the Game Developers Conference 2025
Presented by Microsoft
From Helldivers devs potentially speaking at the UN to Netflix's first MMO to a new, industry-encompassing union
"Something for true collectors": CD Projekt CEO shares his nostalgia for the "super retro" Witcher comics that are coming out in English for the first time
news That Geralt has seen some stuff...
Assassin's Creed Shadows has an innovative accessibility feature for hard-of-hearing and neurodiverse players, and I hope it becomes the industry standard
news A real game changer
Assassin's Creed Shadows' day-one patch removes blood and makes shrines indestructible following backlash
news You can no longer destroy objects in shrines and unarmed NPCs won't show any blood if you attack them
Assassin's Creed Shadows draws attention of Japan's Prime Minister, who says "defacing a shrine is out of the question" in real life, but politicians acknowledge "freedom of expression must be respected" in the game
news Ubisoft has reportedly released a day-one patch that limits bloodshed and destruction in the sacred sites
Tech analysis finds Assassin's Creed Shadows is "one of the largest" PS5 Pro upgrades yet, and praises "a generational divide in lighting fidelity"
news It looks gorgeous
Split Fiction players defeat secret challenge so tough that some of the devs themselves can "barely" complete it, and get rewarded with the promise of an early peek at the director's next game
news With a free flight to Sweden thrown in, too
If these flying cars are anything to go by, development on the GTA 3 Dreamcast port is well on its way to becoming GTA Online
Look up in the Sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a glitched out car...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance had to add complex pathfinding for just 2 NPCs that owned horses: "If you want to do this feature, you have to support it"
News Worth it
Assassin's Creed Shadows reviews are in but the only thing I care about is all the adorable monkeys you can buy and have live in your hideout
News Who cares about fighting the Templars when you can chill with your monkey buddies?
'No-one wants to play a Match-3 game': Prolific indie dev made his Match-3 Metroidvania to "definitively prove" his publishers wrong
news I want to play this
Even as costs spiralled to $100m, founder of shuttered Wonder Woman studio says "I don't think I ever really considered the possibility that it would shut down one day"
news Monolith was around my entire gaming life
Microsoft says the gaming AI it showed off in Overwatch 2 last week will only be added if devs don't think it's "unfair"
news Devs will have the final say on Copilot integration
A new Portal game with Glados' original voice actor is on its way, but the catch is that it's a pinball machine that costs $12,500
News Another finger curls on the monkey's paw
Skyrim and Fallout veterans' new open-world RPG is now a roguelike that's not open-world, after funding issues brought the team "down to a skeleton crew"
news It's a tough industry
