Latest articles by Issy van der Velde
Over 4 years after its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 hits 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam: "Never dreamt it will be possible"
News The mother of all second chances
Horizon Forbidden West is region-locked on PC 10 months after release for some reason, subjecting millions to Sony’s shenanigans
News Why does PlayStation keep doing this?
Helldivers 2 player proposes new stratagems to restock vehicle ammo, and they're so good even the creative director seems on board
News A very democratic idea
Palworld dev refuses to be baited into Helldivers 2 comparison: "I don't like you. Console war baiting in 2025 is beyond stupid"
News "We just didn’t make a PS5 version, that's all"
The success of Black Myth: Wukong reportedly led to a surge in investment in games like the stylish action RPG Phantom Blade Zero
Issy We also got a look at some incredible new combat and weapons
Rockstar literally just took down a Liberty City GTA 5 mod, but that's not stopping these modders porting Vice City into GTA 4 - and they might just get away with it
News It looks gorgeous
Death Stranding 2 actors are finishing filming and getting gifts from Hideo Kojima, but "the game still remains in development," so don't expect it out any time soon
News It's slated for release sometime this year
Nintendo Switch 2 expected to launch by September according to publisher Nacon, which "already has compatible games and a full range of accessories" for the new console
News What could it have in store for us?
The Horizon Zero Dawn MMO has reportedly been scrapped, following close behind God of War and Days Gone dev multiplayer cancellations
News A number of NCSoft games have reportedly had their development halted
As some analysts "hope" GTA 6 will normalize $100 games, one Baldur's Gate 3 dev points out that "prices haven't risen with inflation"
News Are we playing robbers or being robbed?
After years in Discord's shadow, Teamspeak is coming back with a huge Discord-style overhaul, and it's encouraging you to purge your Discord accounts
News Teamspeak isn't here to play
Palworld's roadmap includes a final boss and crossplay, but fans still want bigger bosses and more quests
News We have a list of demands
Monster Hunter Wilds devs are "looking at" lowering the recommended GPU specs, but a free hardware benchmark tool isn't coming just yet
News Good news for those of us with older hardware
Nintendo Switch 2 launch price won't "really matter," analyst says, because early Nintendo buyers "aren't very price-sensitive" anyway – if it's not "egregious," it will sell
News I'm certainly hoping to buy one
Nintendo Switch 2 leaks "essentially ruined the reveal" according to one analyst: "It was very unfortunate for Nintendo"
News The company is holding a lot of information until the Direct
The Hollow Knight: Silksong ARG turned out to be us clutching at straws, but dev says: "the game is real, progressing and will release"
News Fooled again
Marvel Snap is also down due to today in a "surprise" bit of collateral damage amid the TikTok ban, probably because they're both owned by the same company
News Now this is a strange development
Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered restores some cut content to hopefully make Angel of Darkness a little less hated this time around
News Second try's the charm
Devs behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series take "strict action" against nearly 3,000 pieces of content made for "adult purposes" every year
News That's a lot of horny fanart
Call of Duty dev's Dino sword fighting game that started out as a joke secures 10k wishlists in its first day
News I want it and I want it now
Veteran analyst expects Switch 2 to be "a massive success," but doesn't see it matching the "outlier" that was the Switch 1: "It could happen, but it's not likely"
News Lightning doesn't strike twice
Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatability was "almost unavoidable" because players have a total catalogue of 1billion+ games they still want to play
News That's a lot of games
Nintendo's stock price fell after the Switch 2 reveal due to a lack of information on price, launch date, and more, says analyst: "Without these details you can't establish earnings forecasts"
News Seems counterintiutive, but what do I know about economics?
