Latest articles by Jordan Gerblick
More than 1,000 classic RPGs, strategy games, and horror greats are wildly cheap in GOG's "Classics" PC sale, and are we OK with Skyrim officially being labeled an "old game?"
news I suppose 2011 was like 5 or 6 years ago now
The indie RPG blending Pokemon with Stardew Valley has hit 1500% Kickstarter funding, and to celebrate the dev is adding a uniquely Animal Crossing feature into the mix
news Monsterpatch is now getting fossils and a museum
Final Fantasy 14 and 16 composer says working on the MMO and a action-RPG at the same time was awful: "Every day was a really horrible hell"
news Masayoshi Soken says "I would just say no" if Square Enix asked him to work on Final Fantasy 17 and 14 at the same time
Cozy game nerds can keep their Stardew Valley, I'll take this "nightmarish life sim RPG" with Zelda dungeons from Celeste's pixel artist where you're "the immortal herald of a dead god"
news Neverway is my kind of cozy game
Naughty Dog really is coming for Skyrim's re-release crown as The Last of Us 1 and 2 get bundled together as the "Complete" edition, with a gorgeous physical launch on the way
news Jokes aside, if you're new to the games after watching The Last of Us season 2 on HBO, this is a good option to experience both
For the first time in 10 years, Elder Scrolls Online is adding Subclassing that'll let you kit out your build with skill lines from other classes
News You'll now have about "3,000 ways to mix and match skill lines"
11 years in, Elder Scrolls Online isn't going anywhere, but its studio head says it's "time to shake things up" so that the MMO can stay "fresh and modern for years"
News Zenimax Online studio head Matt Firor says "we've heard your feedback about wanting more variety and to shake things up"
Xbox channels PS2 era weirdness in a new commercial directed by David Fincher about rats finding their humanity through gaming
news David Lynch ran so... David Fincher could also run
PS5 exclusives: Every game released and confirmed so far
Feature Every PS5-only game you can (or will be able to) play on Sony's latest console
Former Sony exec says Nintendo can charge $80 for Switch 2 games because of its exclusives: "If it's the only place you can play Mario, then you get your wallet out"
News "And Donkey Kong and Zelda"
"I'm not sure where Diablo is going": Former Blizzard boss says Diablo 4 seasons "need to get off the cycle of shipping, spending 2 months to fix issues, then repeating"
News "Playing for a week to then 1 or 3 shot an 'uber' boss 500 times for a unique, then quitting until next season is fundamentally not fun"
"LocalThunk is really rich now": 2 weeks after winning yet another GOTY award, Balatro sends Final Fantasy 16 star to accept award in "suspiciously arousing" Jimbo attire
News "This is weird isn't it?"
Wildly successful Balatro publisher says more indie devs need funding "that isn't based on making a ridiculous amount of money back"
News Balatro recently crossed 5 million units sold
"This isn't Ubisoft": Former Nintendo PR managers say the company's mantra of "respect the value" is why Switch games "don't go on sale"
news "You're paying a Nintendo mark-up"
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser says FromSoftware's The Duskbloods is evidence of Hidetaka Miyazaki's faith in the Switch 2 hardware
News The Switch 2-exclusive Duskbloods is Miyazaki's next game
Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida gives the Switch 2 Direct a 7/10, and he says it would be even lower if FromSoftware didn't show up with The Duskbloods
News "I wanted to see more new game announcements"
Microsoft's AI-powered Quake 2 demo makes me sick, not just because it's wrong on every level, but because I literally felt queasy playing it
news If this is "a glimpse into next-generation AI gaming experiences," I'd hate to see the whole thing
Amid Nintendo Switch 2's $80 games controversy, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director reminds devs "you do not have to price anything according to retail norms"
news "It's a very liberating thing not having to worry about a shelf, and instead worrying about an audience you can very easily speak to"
Switch 2 is getting an even more co-op-focused spinoff of a massively popular survival space sim, but it's not replacing the original: "Astroneer will continue to live on"
news Starseeker is coming to Switch 2, Playstation, Xbox, and PC in 2026
Forget $80 games, this $10 indie RPG is being hailed as "one of the best if not the best" cosmic horror games ever, and thank Cthulhu, it only takes "10-12 hours" to beat
news Look Outside tackles cosmic horror, JRPG-style combat, and Undertale-style humor, and its 98% positive Steam reviews are calling it one of the best of all of those genres
31 years after working on the original System Shock, Arkane founder gave up on the 2023 remake because it was "too hard"
news "I got stuck in the cyberspace"
"I can promise my game will be significantly less than $80": Indie dev stunned by Kirby Air Riders Switch 2 reveal after working on their own Air Ride successor for months
news That is very unfortunate timing
Mario Kart World quietly fixes one of the series' longest-standing annoyances and I suspect I will get hit with 10% fewer red turtle shells because of it
news No more accidentally letting go of your back protection
