Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
Helldivers 2 CEO says industry layoffs have seen "very little accountability" from executives who "let go of one third of the company because you made stupid decisions"
News "Who among these executives is stepping down? Or slashing their salaries?"
Not for the first time, workers at Fallout, Doom, and The Elder Scrolls parent ZeniMax threaten strike at Microsoft: "Paying your employees a livable wage as a multi-trillion dollar company is the least they could be doing"
News Microsoft says it's "deeply committed to reaching a fair and equitable resolution that acknowledges the teams' contributions"
After 24 years, one of Capcom's greatest fighting games finally gets a definitive English patch featuring the 5,100 win quotes the devs never bothered to translate
News The team behind this new Capcom vs. SNK 2 translation has gone above and beyond
The Switch 2 Pro Controller seemingly adds a headphone jack, and that's such a godsend I'm almost willing to forgive Nintendo for being 12 years behind PlayStation and Xbox
News Another early detail arrives from an FCC filing
Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because "the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan"
News "We really tried to push back on the AI stuff specifically"
Super Mario Bros 2 player crashes the game, casually posts the clip online, and accidentally makes "the biggest 2D Mario speedrun discovery in years"
News "I genuinely can’t believe a random crash I had with this game actually helped discover a new speed run trick"
The Baldur's Gate 3-themed Stardew Valley mod that Larian boss Swen Vincke called "amazing" gets DMCA'd by D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast
News Clearly, Baldur's Village was too well-loved for the IP owner to let people enjoy it
"Should JRPGs be considered a distinct genre?": Lunar icon Kei Shigema reflects on the genre with new remasters on the way and how RPGs have changed 33 years later
Interview Interview | "The time I spent working on this game was the happiest and most fulfilling period of my life"
The PS5 stutter issue is real, and players are still begging Sony for a fix months later as even more extensive testing proves it
News Elden Ring, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and both parts of The Last of Us are among the many games affected
"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!'"
