Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
World of Warcraft got a $90 dupe of a mount worth $475 around 6 years ago for the MMO's 20th anniversary, and fans reckon Blizzard made at least $15 million off it
News That's a lot of cash
Xbox bringing its exclusives to PS5 has a precedent set by Sega, but "it makes the conversation harder to create the FOMO," says former PlayStation boss
News But with development costs so high, who can blame Microsoft for wanting more eyes on its games?
Following Black Myth: Wukong's success and hype for games like Phantom Blade, Japanese devs say Chinese games are winning thanks to "crazy" ideas that "would never get approved in Japan"
News "Every aspect of the animation is far superior"
The hottest new Marvel Rivals challenge is No-Hulk Bruce Banner - and everybody hates it
News Banner smash
Beloved Bethesda actor from Skyim, Fallout 3, and more shares heartfelt thanks after waking up from a coma and discovering hundreds of people have donated to his medical bills
News "I'm grateful to each and every one of you"
As layoffs reportedly hit BioWare, Former Dragon Age writer tells fans not to worry: "DA isn't dead because it's yours now"
News Some developers may have moved on, but their story is still in your hands
No Man's Sky is back in Steam's top-sellers chart after massive update: "This is humbling"
News The game just keeps growing
Path of Exile 2 director "really sorry for how this went down" as he announces new Path of Exile 1 expansion has to be paused: "How could I justify taking some of the most experienced developers we have off PoE 2 when it's on fire?"
News Update 3.26 is delayed until Path of Exile 2 is in better shape
A battle in this WW2 MMO went on for over 2 months and killed 9 million players, so devs stepped in to end it early, only for "one last hurrah" to win it anyway
News War, war never changes
Monster Hunter Wilds has the creepiest octopus nightmare fuel I've seen since Bloodborne, and its director is "incredibly proud"
News Bit of lemon and salt and I bet that'd be delicious
The Future Games Show Spring Showcase is back and will have a new live segment from the GDC event floor
News It's back and better than ever
GTA 6 will run at 30fps on console, former GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 animator expects, and your best shot at 60fps may be hoping for PC
News Just be grateful the game is finally coming out
Pokemon TCG Pocket players are furious at the new trading system: "They should probably remove 'Trading Card Game' from the title screen"
News At least people like the leaked Ex cards from the upcoming Space-Time Smackdown expansion
A modder is daring to recreate GTA 6's map in GTA 5, despite Rockstar owner Take-Two's recent spree of fan project shutdowns
News They are "always worried" they'll be told to stop
GTA 5 Trevor actor wants the fan-favorite to be in GTA 6 just so Rockstar can kill him off immediately
News A fitting end given what he did to Johnny
Bethesda fans raise $140k for prolific VA's medical bills as Bethesda describes him as "an incredibly talented and instrument part of our games"
News Wes Johnson's iconic lines feature on Skyrim, Fallout, and as Oblivion's famous guards
Veteran GTA dev says Rockstar should make a GTA 4 remaster, but "it would be better" if it was a "quality remaster" this time
News If Rockstar did it we wouldn't need to take matters into our own hands
Elder Scrolls co-creator is "super-grateful" for fan remakes, but says their existence is bittersweet: Daggerfall might have been "flaky and weird," but "no one had to recreate Casablanca"
News Well, Casablnaca still runs at a consistent 24fps
Donkey Kong designer reveals his biggest problem with his Rare redesign, and explains how his childhood breakfast cereal ban shaped Diddy Kong, too
News "We'll get somebody good to model it, to draw it properly when the time comes. But the drawings are just concepts."
Skyrim Special Edition is about to beat its concurrent player record 9 years after launch thanks to a huge sale
News I can't believe there are people out there who didn't own Skyrim already
Former GTA dev weighs in on Rockstar's attempt to silence Vice City mod that ports the whole game to GTA 4: "This is what companies are supposed to do"
News The modders have retaliated by making the mod standalone, meaning you don't need a legit copy of GTA to play it
Nintendo Switch 2 may be getting more Xbox titles as Phil Spencer is "really looking forward to supporting them with the games that we have"
News He also congratulated the Nintendo boss for the console's bigger screen
In a rollercoaster week for Horizon Zero Dawn fans, its MMO is apparently not cancelled: "The 'H' that I mentioned has nothing to do with Horizon"
News Some good news
