Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 patch brings mod support, barber shop, and over 1,000 changes like this: "Mutt can no longer enter the fighting arena in the Jewish quarter"
News He's a gentile
After a landmark RPG, Disco Elysium mobile wants to "captivate the TikTok user," which is maybe the worst thing I've ever read in my entire life
news Disco is dead
Dev of unhinged open-world game where you parry everything says "f*** it" again, adds something farming life sims like Stardew Valley need: a way to fight the fish you catch
news Absolutely wild
I've found my Assassin's Creed Shadows playstyle, thanks to this clip of Yasuke smashing dudes with a huge club instead of sneaking around
news Nice hidden blade, nerd. Now check this stick out
4 years after shutting down, this dead sci-fi MMO is being brought back to life, but there's no word on its canceled TV show tie-in
News I can't believe I'd never heard of this
Retiring Insomniac boss says developers should still tackle new genres, but it's much riskier these days due to time and money
News Investors and shareholders don't love risk
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has another secret skill, and this one is an absolute game changer - looking down makes you duck under branches while riding your horse
News So simple, yet so effective
World of Warcraft guild cheats its way to winning Race for World First, gets caught, banned, then reverses its name and does it all over again
News Everyone deserves a second chance... A second chance to cheat, that is
After stepping away from Balatro for 3 months, the developer only resumed work "because I was bored but the internet was out so I couldn't play Rocket League"
News Breaks are important
Minecraft Pocket Edition got its name because one of its devs was a big "Nintendo nerd" who wanted to pay homage to the Game Boy Pocket
news It's still the Pocket Edition in my heart
Balatro creator says it's "useless" for him to give advice to other devs because "I only have one data point" and it was a 5 million-sale success story
news This industry moves too fast to follow anyone's footsteps
"You can't rewrite the past just because of a bad breakup": Legendary indie devs' feud is going public
news The devs are fighting
I just watched the first 10 seconds of this indie roguelike’s trailer, and it's not even trying to be subtle about being an unlicensed 40K game
news Wearing its inspirations on its sleeve
The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann sounds like he's contemplating the end of his career: "When is it time to stop?"
News "It's not a free will issue," says 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland
An AI's mission to 'teach' itself Pokemon Red is going as well as you think - after escaping Cerulean City after tens of hours, it went right on back
news Even fish can play Pokemon better
Erenshor, the 'MMORPG' with fake players that's not actually an MMO at all, gets an imminent release date
News Massively offline role-playing game
Warzone's original map is returning next month, but it's still not enough: "We don't just want Verdansk back. We want everything back"
News Reject modernity, embrace Verdansk
You can look like Solid Snake with this Death Stranding 2 watch, but it'll cost you over $1,500
news It ain't cheap
GTA publisher is suing a GTA Online website that lets you buy hacked accounts, which "risks upending the GTA 5 player experience"
News The only crime Take-Two encourages is fictional
Daredevil: Born Again immediately earns its title with a foundation-shaking opening that sets it apart from its Netflix predecessor
Feature Matt Murdock is reborn after that shattering opening 15 minutes in the new Marvel TV show
Monster Hunter Wilds is slowly recovering from a rough PC launch, finally hitting 60% positive reviews on Steam – but some big issues remain
news A new patch is coming out next week
The follow-up to a weird RPG with Undertale energy and over 10,000 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews is, you guessed it, another weird RPG that's already flying on Steam
news Sign me up
Battlefield dev reveals more of his Bad Company 3 script and confirms the plot would revolve around the squad getting kicked out of the military and brought back for a final suicide mission
news I would like to see it
