Latest articles by Anna Koselke
Valve boss Gabe Newell made a $9.5 billion net worth off everything from Steam to Half-Life and Portal, but he says his success all comes down to "luck" and "great people"
News It's all about "having the roll of the dice" go his way
Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor thinks it was "so much fun" to play a Dark Justiciar, but she's "team white-haired Shadowheart all the way" herself: "Get her adopting those owlbears"
News Take the high road in the RPG, says Jennifer English
Former Stardew Valley dev's new farming sim boasts animals that "produce multiple types of items," like sheep milk usable for pecorino cheese – and the carbonara lover within me is thrilled
News Sunkissed City is set to be a baa-nger
Oblivion Remastered players are using math to figure out if it truly is "highly likely" Bethesda's RPG remake has just 57 gates "instead of the 60 in the original"
News The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads follow up meeting their JRPG idols at Square Enix to exchange "visions and ideas" with praise from another genre icon over dinner: "My favorite game"
News Sandfall Interactive developers have been busy
"Yes, it's an open world game with a variety of biomes": Ex-CD Projekt Red devs' new vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker sounds just as massive as The Witcher 3, and I can't wait
News Expect "a variety of NPCs and points of interest," too
Don't play Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3, says Shadowheart actor, or at least not as an Origin character: "Don't do that, because then you lose loads of my conversational dialogue"
News "My lady Shar tasked me with a mission of such secrecy that I surrendered great swathes of my memory"
A Dune: Awakening player at the center of an MMO manhunt is now Dune canon, or he at least appears in the latest patch notes: "Ben, if you're reading this, your base power is out"
News Patch 1.1.17.0 is for you, Ben
With "gracious permission from Valve," Garry's Mod update adds "most of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2 Episodic content" to remove "majority" of infamous pink and black missing textures
News A welcome GMod patch after 19 years
Sony acquires 16 million shares of Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco for around $464 million in new partnership "aimed at strengthening engagement among anime and manga fans"
News And also "creating new and emotionally moving experiences"
My favorite indie game of 2024, a perfect mashup of Sailor Moon and Stardew Valley, just got a massive new update adding romance – and I already know who I’m dating
News Fields of Mistria 0.14.0 is here
Dune: Awakening falls to "Mixed" Steam reviews as hoarders find yet another way to dupe items, Funcom releases a patch to flatten the exploit and promises another ban wave is "happening already"
News A new hotfix for 1.1.15.0 is here
As Monster Hunter Wilds' recent Steam reviews plummet to just 12% positive, Capcom slams the big red button and deploys swimsuit skins in a new summer event
News Festival of Accord: Flamefete starts July 23
"The era of game mechanics is over": Shadow of the Colossus director says games have explored so many ideas that "whether you like it or not, it's better to sharpen the existing mechanics"
News There's no need for innovation in "every single game"
Valve billionaire Gabe Newell says businesses should "listen to your customers and focus on them," putting employees, partners, and customers before capital
News The lead behind Steam gives potential entrepreneurs advice
After 7 years and the "increasingly likely" chance it'd be sold off, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room is once again an independent studio
News The devs wanted to "scratch the creative itch of continuing to work on new, original intellectual property"
Ghost of Yotei has a "similar" time commitment to Ghost of Tsushima, and another 25-hour open-world RPG sounds heavenly to my swelling backlog
News It shares the same "scale and scope" of the original
After a sterling run of 20 beloved games, remasters, and spin-offs, Atlus finally finds something bad enough to make Persona devs apologize and "ask for your patience": gacha
News Changes to Persona 5: The Phantom X are underway
Valve confirms pressure from banks and card companies is to blame for the storefront axing adult Steam games: "Loss of payment methods would prevent customers from being able to purchase other titles"
News The company is removing "certain" titles only
Ghost of Yotei is an open-world game, "but there's still a linear story structure" as Sucker Punch wanted to make sure protagonist Atsu's journey "tears at the heartstrings"
News Said structure is "very important"
Ghost of Yotei leads praise "exquisite" open-world games like Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as "bar-setting" examples of the genre
News The two are "great" at capturing the magic of open-world games
It's Balatro all over again: a $5 plinko roguelike from a new solo dev is one of the top-rated Steam releases of 2025, and 10,000 reviews agree looking like a pre-installed Windows XP game is a plus
News Nubby's Number Factory boasts an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating
Witchbrook dev Chucklefish reignites excitement for the cozy life sim with a series of first looks that are giving serious Stardew Valley vibes: "EVERY citizen has their own look, name, and home"
News Mossport is like a witchy Pelican Town
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