Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Baldur's Gate 3 foreshadowed one of its biggest Act 3 twists with music even earlier than I thought—but don't worry if you didn't catch it: 'That was exactly the idea'
News I am a fool.
737 days since the last Silksong news, and not a whisper from this year's Nintendo Direct—I'd like to say fans are coping well but, y'know
News Skong (deflated).
Helldivers CCO Johan Pilestedt reminds players (twice) that he's not solely responsible for the latest good patch, and wants 'to clarify that I did not cook'
News "I've seen a lot of people give me lots of credit for this patch as if I am the sole person responsible."
'Work with the players ... otherwise you shouldn't be doing it': Heads at Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios say you ought to 'really mean it' going into early access
News "You've sold someone a game, they paid for the game, so you do need to maintain it."
To create its cast of Baldur's Gate 3 companions, Larian came up with 'hundreds and hundreds' of character concepts: 'It was a huge, huge list'
News Character classes were the last details finalized in the Baldur's Gate 3 party's long iteration process.
Dungeon Clawler is a roguelike claw machine game, which is just as frustrating and moreish as it sounds
News As some funny little aliens from Toy Story would say: The claw!
Karlach's infernal engine was a late addition to her character in Baldur's Gate 3: 'One of the last things that fell into place was the heart'
News The telling-tale heart.
Final Fantasy 14's healers have had enough and are going on strike, after streamer tears through Dawntrail's first dungeon preview without needing them at all
News What do we want? More damage! When do we want it? Ow!
Cities: Skylines 2 kills off its (virtual) landlords to save players from the cruelty of soaring rent prices
News Too damn high.
Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
Everywhere, an upcoming multiplayer sandbox game with a powerful creation suite under the hood, will be opening its toolkit to closed beta testers soon
News Everywhere, everywhere, but not all at once quite yet.
Helldivers 2's enormous balance patch means business—weapons are getting buffed, galactic map supply lines are here, solo patrols are sensible again, and the worst mission modifier is gone
News The new Warbond will also be released later today.
Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P implies that Dawntrail's story will have something to do with the Twelve and the Ascians still, and my brain is on fire
News What does it mean!
I played Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and talked to its creator about quests that 'don't give you the dragon money', Mass Effect 2 as an 'anti-reference', and making RPGs that aren't based on D&D
Sweet dreams "I want people to say 'I've finished Baldur's Gate 3', and for other people to say 'go play Citizen Sleeper 2.'"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's romanceable companions won't just wait around for you to woo them—also, they're all canonically pansexual
News Pan-ultimate.
FOMO is alive and well—Life is Strange: Double Exposure has a 2-week early access period if you cough up some dough for its Ultimate Edition
News Wanna avoid spoilers? You best avoid using YouTube for two entire weeks.
Obsidian's Avowed shows off a 25-minute deep dive—revealing a 3rd person mode, a first look at its RPG mechanics, and a flirty wizard in need of a vase
News There are thirsty Animancers in your area.
The Legend of Vox Machina, Critical Role's animated retelling of the D&D campaign that made it famous, gets a release date and trailer for its 3rd season
News Time to crush the Chroma Conclave.
Obsidian CEO confident Avowed will be out in 2024: 'There's a lot of work ahead in the next while, but it's not, like, 'Oh crap'
News A November release date appeared in a blog post and was scrubbed, but the plan remains to get the RPG out this year.
OutRage: Fight Fest is a nifty 16-player brawler that's trying to do punch-'em-up Fall Guys, but I'm just not sure there's enough depth to get people hooked
News Give 'em the old one, two, three. Now repeat that forever.
Phil Spencer continues to dance around Hi Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks' closure, says he has 'to make hard decisions that frankly are not decisions I love'
News The line must continue to go up.
Demonschool is a promising occult turn-based tactics take on Persona that's finally coming out this year, and I think we've got another Into the Breach on our hands
PCGS School's in for summer.
You can dance, dance, and start a revolution in All Systems Dance: a grooving adventure game where you reprogram robots by shakin' it
PCGS "The revolution will not be choreographed."
