Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Arcane showrunners defend the League of Legends spin-off's reported $250 million budget: "The money is just a reflection of the amount of effort that was put into this"
News "Arcane is a really expensive animated series - which was the point"
Astro Bot has sold 1.5 million copies, but Sony says the platformer's real strength is grabbing people who didn't care about games like God of War Ragnarok or Marvel's Spider-Man 2
The little robot that could (get people to buy first-party games again)
2 years later, God of War Ragnarok PS5 and PS4 players finally get a solution to the game's most annoying 'feature' as it gets updated for PS5 Pro
Quiet, boy
PS5 Pro scalpers may be losing money on the console, but they're still making a profit on disc drives
Won't somebody please think of the scalpers
Death Stranding is finally on Xbox, but one of the console's best features triggers a game-ruining bug
There's a simple fix
Boss of Rockstar owner Take-Two says "never count Nintendo out" as Switch 2 inches closer: "We support successful platforms"
We're listening
Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Pro has "the best image quality I've seen in a console game," tech analyst says, and feels like "playing on a high-end PC"
A lot of bang for a lot of buck
Nintendo's Miyamoto says he isn't a genius and "I'd prefer not to work at all, but If I'm going to work, I want to do so as efficiently as possible"
He also expands on his video game design philosophy
I was already impressed by this nuke-parrying soulslike, and that was before I found out it has entire cities that you can just miss
News Make sure you explore as well as fight
As GTA 5 passes 205 million units sold, publisher Take-Two says hit titles "decay" and if they're not making new IP, they're "burning the furniture to heat the house"
"Everything degrades"
Manor Lords dev reveals more big changes to one of 2024's greatest city builders: "As some of you have requested, changes to ale and water distribution are finally coming"
News Hear ye, hear ye
Starfield update fixes its long-bugged answer to Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood quests, so now you can't rob your targets and then get paid extra for killing them
Now you must hunt with honour
Steam's new game recording feature is out of beta and fully available, so you can share clips of your best moments just like a Twitch streamer
News Clip that, clip that, clip that
The voice of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's most treacherous pirate wishes "more video game companies would use mocap, because I think the performance stuff in Black Flag is brilliant"
News His son has some choice words about how the series has progressed since
You would not believe how low the Balatro creator's expectations were for the roguelike: "My actual production project folder is called 'CardGame' and is still in my 'Learning' directory'"
News The indie roguelike is a hit, but developer LocalThunk didn't believe it would be
