Rich Stanton
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United Kingdom
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Gobsmacked Microsoft president says UK's regulator blocking the Activision deal is company's 'darkest day'
The decision is "bad for Britain" says Brad Smith, not at all ominously. → Read More
If you die in PvP while playing Diablo 4 hardcore, you're dead bucko
Though Hardcore players can just dodge the PvP zones. → Read More
Man steals Pokémon cards on the job in 'largest' theft the game has ever seen, tries to sell his haul, but the law is super effective
Maybe not the most galaxy-brained of criminal schemes. → Read More
Counter-Strike skin sells for $400K, probably the most expensive gun in videogame history
And almost half that value is in the stickers on the thing. → Read More
Diablo 4 rogue almost solos world boss designed for 12 players, and would have if a necromancer didn't nick in and steal the kill at 1% HP
Diablo 4's beta came with a taste of one of the game's new challenges: Ashava the Pestilent, a world boss that can only be defeated once per week and spawns at limited times. It cropped up f → Read More
Valve's slow burn trolling of Counter-Strike fans continues with reveal of 'CS2' trademark
The Counter-Strike community has, for the last month or so, been convinced that a miracle is on the horizon. Exactly what that miracle will be is not yet clear, but the belief in a new version of Coun → Read More
Resident Evil 4 remake review
This is not the greatest game ever made: This is just a tribute. → Read More
Bloober CEO defends Konami: 'They do know what they are doing'
After a long period of silence, last year brought what can only be called a glut of Silent Hill-related news. There's a new title set in 1960s Japan, Silent Hill Townfall from NoCode, and then pe → Read More
Remember Human: Fall Flat? Turns out over 40 million humans paid up
Wibbly-wobbly platformer Human: Fall Flat came out in 2016, and its blend of funky physics, dreamlike floating worlds, and multiplayer support saw it quickly find an audience. Those that like this gam → Read More
In the year of our lord 2023, Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks to make the animatronic mouse dance
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre is a chain that has its origins in videogames. It was the passion project of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell who, flush with success in the 1970s, saw the opp → Read More
Why Counter-Strike players think Valve is about to announce 'Counter-Strike 2'
A perennial rumour in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ecosystem has been the theory that the now 10-year-old FPS will be ported to Valve's current in-house engine, Source 2. This past → Read More
Why are War Thunder images appearing in the background of Russian propaganda clips?
Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing conflict in the region has had knock-on effects all over the world. It's crossed-over into gaming from the start, with Ukraine's for → Read More
Dead by Daylight is inevitably becoming a horror movie
The schlock horror is getting the movie treatment. → Read More
Atomic Heart's lustful fridge has people grossed-out, confused, inexplicably thirsty
Atomic Heart is currently sitting pretty on Steam with over 5,000 reviews rating the game 'very positive', despite the wider controversy about the game's origins. The top review at the → Read More
RuneScape player finally pulls off ridiculous ironman challenge he set for himself 8 years ago: 'Life? No.'
A common habit among longtime MMO players is to set their own challenges. Outside of something truly emergent like EVE, even the best MMOs tend to become repetitive as the most dedicated players beat → Read More
The Future Games Show returns March 23, featuring over 50 games
The Future Games Show Spring Showcase returns this March with a game-stuffed lineup of some of year's most exciting titles, including Sega's upcoming Hyenas and The Expanse: A Telltale serie → Read More
Engineers teach their 1-milliwatt neural chip to play Doom, say this is serious work yo, everyone nods
The NDP200 is an ultralow power chip that was not designed for your gaming rig. This thing is designed to essentially monitor video via neural networks while using barely any power and, when it spots → Read More
Sure looks like the next Gears of War is ramping up production
A new Gears of War game is in development at the Coalition and, per a bunch of new job listings and a loose-lipped series veteran, production seems to be ramping up. It's on the one hand no surpr → Read More
Let's speculate way too much about the Elden Ring expansion image
The funniest thing about the announcement of Elden Ring's DLC is that it came two days after the game's anniversary, which gave the community just enough time to gnash their teeth en masse a → Read More
14 years later Resident Evil 5 finally removes Games for Windows Live and restores splitscreen
Out of nowhere Capcom has released an update for the Steam version of Resident Evil 5, released in 2009, the main function of which is to strip-out the zombified corpse of Games for Windows Live. The → Read More