Latest articles by Rich Stanton
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.
Todd Howard says Bethesda won't be remaking the first Fallouts because 'some of the charm of games from that era is a little bit of that age'
news "As long as you can download it, as long as it loads up and runs, I think I'd like people to experience it the way it was."
Hero coder finds bug in Lunar Lander after 55 years—'I suspect everybody else was just happy to play the game and have fun'
news "Digging in, I was amazed by the sophisticated physics and numerical computing in the game."
As the newly released World of Warcraft was dominating the 2000s, Blizzard's then-president had his own priorities—working on StarCraft 1 patches
NEWS The Blizzard co-founder couldn't keep away from the RTS classic.
Bill Gates has written a book about his childhood called, you guessed it, Source Code
news He plans two further volumes, one about Microsoft and another about philanthropy.
Terraria creator has a new 'no questions asked' refund policy: 'Personally defeat me in PvP'
news Unfortunately he's quite good at it.
Metal Gear Solid Delta's producer is up for the challenge of reviving one of gaming's greatest series, and wants fans along for the ride: 'Please keep watching, and keep us honest'
news Kept you waiting, huh.
Helldivers players now have to choose between unlocking a sweet new weapon or going in to save a 'Hospital for Very Sick Children'
news We're going to save the kids, right? Right?!?
Our 13 favorite games from the 2024 summer gaming showcases
best in show After seeing what felt like hundreds of games, we've picked a few that really stood out.
Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but finds it mind-boggling some still take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
news "Quentin Tarantino talked to me for five hours about why Starship Troopers is one of the best movies ever made."
Casper Van Dien says Helldivers 2 may be 'a good tribute' but now he's Johnny Rico again, and Starship Troopers fans better 'come in here and help us kill some damn bugs—Yeah!'
news "This is what I'd be playing anyhow, because this is my world."
'83 is a milsim going for 'accessible realism' in a timeline where the Cold War exploded
PCGS From veteran devs behind the likes of Red Orchestra and Squad.
Fumes is Mad Max meets Robot Wars and I am very much here for that
PCGS Who doesn't want a car with a flamethrower on the roof?
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's latest showcase almost makes it look like they forgot to put a game in there
news And what game there is... well, let's reserve judgement.
I didn't want to get my hopes up about Metal Gear Solid Delta, but Konami's somehow done it
news I'm still in a dream.
Hogwarts Legacy has a director's cut coming, and it may well spell the end for Suicide Squad
news This will make sense, I promise.
Counter-Strike pro somehow gets banned for life twice after stealing other players' SSDs at IEM Dallas, blames the ganja
news Another one bites de_dust.
Trackmania players have been trying to complete a challenge map so ludicrously hard there's a $30,000 prize for reaching the top, and over a month after release no-one's done it
news Even watching someone race on Deep Dip 2 is rage-inducing.
MrBeast is now Mr Has The Most YouTube Subscribers
news You'll see this face over and over and over again until you die.
Developer of the latest anime gacha hit apologises 5 times for launch issues in a single letter and doles out in-game treats like candy
news You get some crystal solvents, and you get some crystal solvents too!
After the supposedly final flourish of 1.6, Stardew Valley creator says 'I could keep working on the game forever' and is 'not going to say the book is closed'
news "I'm not going to say [there's] no chance for future updates. That would be foolish."
Larian says it started 'pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4' but 'we didn't have the fire'
news "It feels like it should have been a harder decision than it was, but it wasn't."
Hyper Light Breaker dev opens up about the stress of depending on a publisher under the corporate carousel of acquisitions, layoffs and closures: 'I don't know who I'm going to be working with in a few months'
news "Sometimes you get caught in that crossfire."
