Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
"30 years of history reside in our tape backups": PlayStation's building a game preservation mineshaft vault with 200 million files going back to a 1994 build of PS1 JRPG Arc the Lad
News "There's people who probably don't know what Gex is – that wounds me personally"
"Are the 8-year-olds and 10-year-olds dreaming of owning a PlayStation 6?": Netflix gaming boss thinks consoles and controllers will "restrain us"
News "I'm not wanting to quote Marshall McLuhan saying 'the medium is the content'"
Nintendo Today just told me how to beat World 1 of Super Mario Bros 40 years too late
News "Goombas and Koopa Troopas stand in your way in challenging courses above and below ground"
The surprise theme of today's Nintendo Direct was classic PlayStation franchises getting a comeback without Sony's involvement
News Bandai Namco, I'm begging you: please do Tokyo Jungle next
Unannounced Hogwarts Legacy DLC reportedly canceled, partly because the studio wasn't sure it'd be worth players' money
News The expansion was reportedly being co-developed by Batman and Suicide Squad studio Rocksteady
Ubisoft reaches deal with Tencent to create $4.3 billion mini-Ubisoft subsidiary to "spearhead development" on new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six games
News The new subsidiary will "remain exclusively controlled and consolidated by Ubisoft"
Rhythm Heaven Groove has one of Nintendo's longest-suffering fandoms absolutely feasting: "AFTER 10 YEARS WE FINALLY WON"
News "F*** SWITCH 2 – ALL I CARE ABOUT IS RHYTHM HEAVEN GROOVE"
There's a Nintendo Direct app now: Miyamoto himself reveals Nintendo Today to beam "daily" Switch 2 news straight into your eyeballs, and it's out today
News The publisher's mobile dreams weren't limited to Nintendo Music and a handful of games
10 years later, in a post-Baldur's Gate 3 and Avowed world, Obsidian is giving its own throwback CRPG Pillars of Eternity a turn-based combat mode
News "We’ve been hard at work delving deep into the code grimoire"
5 years after Avengers, 2 years after its last layoffs, and who knows how long before Perfect Dark and Tomb Raider return, Crystal Dynamics announces another round of layoffs
News The news "does not alter our current project plans"
"AI is not as effective as it might appear": Dev of AI-focused Soulslike RPG says they didn't use any AI-generated content and it can't match "genuine creativity"
News "The copyright issues associated with AI tools remain a highly contentious issue"
Schedule 1 is Steam's latest viral hit – an open-world drug dealing simulator with 98% positive reviews, co-op, and a free sample to get you started
News Maybe this is the Breaking Bad game we always needed
A surprise bonus Nintendo Direct is coming a week early: "There will be no updates about Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation"
News Expect 30 minutes of info on new games for Switch 1
"Will today’s players still enjoy a game from 30 years ago?": JRPG icon Kei Shigema says he was thrilled to see Lunar getting a remaster even after all this time
News "When I saw Grandia being remastered first, I thought, 'That’s so nice. I’m jealous!'"
Despite releasing exactly zero new games, CD Projekt bagged $120 million in profit for 2024 – the Witcher and Cyberpunk studio's third-best result ever
News "These resources enable us to remain independent in both financial and creative terms"
Assassin's Creed Shadows' first title update is a hotfix with three lines of patch notes and a download size up to 9GB
News "Some global issues" have been fixed
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 "is done," but it's been delayed again to October for "bug fixing, stability, and performance"
News "We believe that ensuring great technical quality is more important than sticking to a specific date"
Monster Hunter Wilds' first major update rights its greatest wrong by adding a proper Palico cooking animation, and it's letting you change Alma's glasses
News Alma gets a whole new look
Dune Awakening launches for $50 without a stay in early access, and while the survival MMO "will not have a monthly subscription" it will have "optional" paid DLC
News The game will also "receive regular free updates"
Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red won't make survival games just because they're popular, but Netflix's Edgerunners anime is fueling dreams bigger than RPGs
News CDPR's CEOs used to dream of making the world's greatest RPGs, but that dream's gotten bigger over the years
Beloved PS1 JRPG Legend of Dragoon wasn't meant to be a Final Fantasy 7 killer, Super Mario RPG's battle designer just said "I want to make a new RPG"
News "No one told us to make any kind of game. We wanted to make this game."
16 years after Minecraft first released it's getting a modern visual upgrade with a retro lighting trick that Mojang hasn't seen "in any other game"
News Minecraft's massive visual upgrade was inspired by community shaders
Devs behind beloved destruction-focused racing game Wreckfest launch the sequel in early access with a trailer full of physics glitches and fatal error messages
News Wreckfest 2 is now in early access - very early access
