Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Google's AI visionary says we'll 'expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045' thanks to nanobots, the tech will resurrect the dead, and we're all going to live forever
news Forget a pinch of salt, this guy's predictions need the full shaker.
Helldivers 2 players realise you can survive ludicrous falls by doing a Hug emote while flying through the air
news Embrace for victory.
David Hasselhoff cracks out the old leather jacket and KITT from Knight Rider to tell gamers to 'grab your joysticks' and fight global warming
news Even if an 80s supercar arguing for climate action feels a tad ironic.
The first Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree patch nerfs the boss-melting explosive perfumes into the ground
news You can no longer Chanel true power.
Google's dumb AI answers increased its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 50% in the last 5 years
news The company claims that AI will help solve the AI emissions problem.
Expansions are the best
Packing Heat In this era of bite-sized DLC and season passes, we appreciate giant, game-changing expansions more than ever.
Catholic Church prepares to canonise its first gamer saint—and yep, one of his favourites was Halo
news Carlo Acutis died in 2006 and has been credited with multiple posthumous miracles.
Capcom's somehow come up with the *deep breath* Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Digital Deluxe edition
news Let me be Frank: GOTY.
Team Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No'
news "Another endless W."
GTA Online adds a quality-of-life feature players have wanted for years then upsets everyone by paywalling it: 'One of the slimiest things they've done in a while'
news Thoughts are inevitably turning to where the next GTA Online is going with this stuff.
Player laments the fall of Soulcalibur, Tekken director Harada responds with a literal essay about it: 'I don't think the fire of Project Soul has been extinguished'
news And calls Project Soul "an elite group, a sophisticated development team."
FBI puts a $5 million bounty on the missing Cryptoqueen—'We will probably know within a few weeks if it's worked'
news "The FBI are now refocusing their efforts on the people around [Ignatova], trying to tempt her close associates to get in touch."
1980s court documents show Nintendo considered 'Kong Dong' and 'Kong the Kong' before settling on the name Donkey Kong
news Also: Funky Kong is sadly much more canon than we ever realised.
Late Microsoft co-founder's treasure hoard of artefacts to be auctioned, includes a letter Einstein sent to Roosevelt that ultimately led to the Manhattan Project
news As per Allen's wishes, all proceeds will go to philanthropy.
John Romero says that what set Wolfenstein and Doom apart 'was our speed—the speed of the game was critical'
news "That's what really differentiated them from everyone else."
Tim Cain reveals his involvement in the cancellation of Interplay's Fallout 3: 'I don't think it would have been a game you would have liked playing'
news All aboard the Cain train for a tale of what might have been.
War Thunder somehow released official art with the debris cloud of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster as background
news Really not a good look.
Zero-G PvP shooter that sold 100K in a day is closing after a year—publisher blames developer, developer blames them right back, players just review bomb it
news Boundary met its limits.
Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks
news "What leadership do you have?"
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's release has busted the Seamless Co-op mod, but its creator has a fix incoming 'as soon as possible'
news "Please understand that I work long hours."
The original Counter-Strike mod is 25 years old, Valve calls it 'the greatest videogame ever made'
news I'm not going to argue with that.
Huh: SimCity 2000's library has an essay about cities written by Neil Gaiman
news Best SimCity remains best SimCity.
Monster Hunters can now flatten everything with the Sax-a-Boom, a toy instrument best-known for a Jack Black skit
news This is not the greatest hunting weapon ever invented… this is just a tribute.
Fetch the popcorn: US government sues Adobe, says it's 'trapped' consumers with a subs model that's 'absurdly hard to cancel' and 'ambushed' them with late fees
news The US Department of Justice alleges Adobe "hides" cancellation fees and makes it deliberately difficult to cancel subscriptions.
