
Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he ed the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
Latest articles by Andy Chalk

An all-new Thief game was announced during State of Play, but it's a VR game so who cares
By Andy Chalk published
news More than 10 years has ed since the botched Thief reboot and this is what we get.

Silent Hill f is coming in September, so here's a deeply disturbing new trailer to give you something to think about while you wait
By Andy Chalk published
news Konami revealed the release date during today's State of Play showcase.

Balatro doesn't have microtransactions for a very good reason: 'It makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots and pans," LocalThunk says
By Andy Chalk published
news That also holds for in-game ads, season es, and other "nonsense that isn't actually the game."

Deltarune shoots to the top of the Steam best-seller chart as chapters 3 and 4 finally go live
By Andy Chalk published
news It's a hit.

MindsEye is set to launch next week, so it's probably not great that the studio's chief financial officer and chief legal officer have both resigned
By Andy Chalk published
news The MindsEye saga gets weirder.

Old School Runescape private server development is paused 'indefinitely' as Jagex says it has more important things to work on
By Andy Chalk published
news "There are other areas of the core Old School experience that deserve more attention right now."

Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios cuts 'senior management positions' because after all the other layoffs, 'the company had a lot of senior management in relation to our current size'
By Andy Chalk published
news Hi-Rez president Stewart Chisam said "the timing was finally right" for him to move on, while a handful of others are also being shown the door.

RuneScape studio Jagex confirms layoffs 'to reduce complexity, increase agility, and ensure we are fully focused on the areas that matter most'
By Andy Chalk published
news Jagex said the cuts won't impact ongoing development of its game.

Dead Take is a first-person horror game out to expose 'the darkest secrets' of the entertainment industry: 'I want players to think, I can't believe they actually did this'
By Andy Chalk published
news The new game from Surgent Studios will be out later this year.

Torchlight 3 studio Echtra Games, acquired by Zynga in 2021 to help it move into PC and console gaming, is being closed without doing that
By Andy Chalk published
news Echtra was working on a new RPG for Zynga, but it never saw the light of day.

Jonathan Joss, who appeared in Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption, shot dead in Texas
By Andy Chalk published
news The actor, who was best known for portraying John Redcorn in King of the Hill, was killed in what police say was a dispute with a neighbor.

A new Dungeons and Dragons 'singleplayer action-adventure' game is coming from the former director of Respawn's Star Wars Jedi games
By Andy Chalk published
news Stig Asmussen has finally revealed what he's getting up to at his new Giant Skull studio.

Ubisoft marks 10 years of trolling Splinter Cell fans with a new tease and I can't believe I'm saying this but they used the wrong picture of Sam Fisher
By Andy Chalk published
news That's not Chaos Theory!

Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic confirms layoffs: 'The landscape is shifting, and with it, so must we'
By Andy Chalk published
news Former employees began sharing reports of cuts at Playtonic last week.

ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more
By Andy Chalk published
news Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.

The Witcher 3 is getting 'one more patch' that will add cross-platform mod
By Andy Chalk published
news CD Projekt is busy with other things, but it's still got time for a little more Geralt.

A Concord commemorative wall plaque is being auctioned by Goodwill and bidding is already over $3,000
By Andy Chalk published
news It's somehow sad and cool at the same time.

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord's big naval expansion is delayed: 'After taking a hard look at where things stand, it became clear we won’t be ready'
By Andy Chalk published
news War Sails is now targeted for release in the fall.

Elden Ring Nightreign's first patch warns of possible PC performance problems on some setups
By Andy Chalk published
news Developers are looking into it but in the meantime, you may need to reduce your graphical settings if your PC is suffering frame rate drops.

MindsEye co-CEO claims there's a 'concerted effort' to trash the game ahead of its release: 'I do KNOW that there are bot farms posting negative comments and dislikes'
By Andy Chalk published
news The new game from former Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies is out in less than two weeks.

Electronic Arts cancels Black Panther game and closes the studio making it
By Andy Chalk published
news Cliffhanger Games, and the singleplayer Black Panther project, were announced less than two years ago.

Cyberpunk 2, which is now officially called Cyberpunk 2, has entered pre-production, but don't expect it out before 2030
By Andy Chalk published
news CD Projekt said the conclusion of the game's conceptual phase is "another important stage in our work."

Physics-based survival city-builder All Will Fall is having an open beta test in June
By Andy Chalk published
news Here's your chance to see what All Will Fall is all about before it launches later this year.
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