Business Insider • 3rd August 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Ubisoft fires exec Tommy Francois after he was accused of sexual harassment | Business Insider

Tommy Francois, vice-president of editorial and creative services at video game giant Ubisoft, has left the company after facing allegations of sexual harassment...

Business Insider • 24th July 2020

Current and former staff at gaming giant Ubisoft make new allegations of sexual harassment and HR failures, warning senior staff exits won't alter 'deep-rooted, toxic' culture | Business Insider

More than a dozen current and former employees told Business Insider that misogyny was deep-rooted at the firm, which has 18,000 staff and offices around the world...

VICE/Waypoint • 8th May 2020

The Creator of 'PUBG' on Where Battle Royale Started and Where It's Going | VICE/Waypoint

“Essentially it's poker, right?” says Brendan Greene. “You all start with the same deck, and it's the decisions you make that get you to the end. I didn't invent the idea of...

New Statesman • 7th April 2020

The comforting economic delusions of Animal Crossing, quarantine’s most popular game | New Statesman

The local supermarket is out of lentils and kitchen roll, but in Nook’s Cranny, the fictional shop in Nintendo’s new videogame Animal Crossing: New Horizons, shelves overflow with...

EGM • 13th March 2020

Mark Healey’s Wildest Dreams | EGM

“Oi, you, what you lookin’ at?” sings Mark Healey over a lively electronic beat, his voice rasped and over-Cockneyed...

EGM • 28th February 2020

The Coronation of Meghna Jayanth | EGM

The 80 Days and Sable writer opens up about her “mystical” process, rooting out white supremacy, and being a reluctant role model...

Edge • 17th February 2020

Inkle: The 80 Days developer on burnout and reinvention | Edge

Around a table in Scott’s All Day café near Cambridge station, staff from 80 Days developer Inkle are arguing about Mercury’s orbit...

PC Gamer • 29th February 2020

Razer Deathadder V2 review | PC Gamer

A new sensor, scroll wheel, and wire arguably makes this the best wired mouse available today. But it’s a lot pricier than others that are nearly as good...

Vice • 7th February 2020

Why 'Mass Effect 2' Was the Series' Pinnacle, and What to Learn from It | VICE/Waypoint

In late 2009, Casey Hudson told a studio-wide meeting at BioWare’s Edmonton, Canada base that Mass Effect 2 would be the company’s best...

New Statesman • 6th February 2020

Why game developers are giving up on guns | New Statesman

He may not be a household name, but Alex Hutchinson was behind some of the most popular entertainment products of the last decade...

Vice • 22nd January 2020

How a Compromised RPG Prepared Larian Studios to Take On 'Baldur's Gate 3' | VICE

The first five hours or so of Divinity 2 are a slog. Even with the difficulty dialed way down, the early...

PC Gamer • 29th February 2020

HyperX Cloud Alpha S review | PC Gamer

The HyperX Cloud Alpha S is a souped-up version of the Cloud Alpha, which we reckon is the best gaming headset you can buy right now, and I therefore had high hopes for it when I tore the box open...

TechRadar • 7th January 2020

BioShock revisited: unpicking the complex, messy legacy of 2K's knockout franchise | TechRadar

The “would you kindly?” twist in 2007's BioShock remains one of gaming's best: you can't see it coming and yet, when...

EGM • 6th January 2020

Pauline Jacquey’s World Tour: The unlikely journey of Ubisoft’s punk nomad fixer | EGM

Watching Pauline Jacquey clamber up the rusty red dumpster makes my nerves jangle. It’s nearly as tall as...

PC Gamer • 29th February 2020

Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed review | PC Gamer

The Basilisk X Hyperspeed is Razer's latest stab at the affordable wireless mouse market...

PC Gamer • 16th December 2019

30 little touches in The Witcher 3 that show its amazing attention to detail | PC Gamer

CD Projekt went all out bringing Geralt's world to life with details you may have missed, even after a hundred hours....

pcgamer • 16th December 2019

Razer Viper Ultimate wireless gaming mouse review | PC Gamer

Razer’s new Focus+ Optical Sensor puts the Viper Elite at the top of the wireless pile. Some of its buttons...

PC Gamer • 16th December 2019

Stormland review | PC Gamer

In small doses, Stormland soars above other VR shooters. As I scale its vast sci-fi bases, each vantage point makes...

Raconteur / The Times • 10th December 2019

Do video games have a social responsibility? | The Times / Raconteur

As the number of people playing video games grows, so does the appetite to create...

EGM • 9th December 2019

Everybody's Gone: Dan Pinchbeck on Rebuilding The Chinese Room | EGM

The secret to game design, Dan Pinchbeck says, is dinosaur poop...