Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall
The Legend of Vox Machina, Critical Role's first D&D campaign-turned animated series, quietly reveals a third season is coming later this year
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News Imagine: Dragons. Specifically, three of them.
Underfunded enthusiast too poor for mecha kits turns to smutty 'perfect waifu' game, remodels an innocent girl into 'a magnificent Destroy Gundam'
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News "If I can’t afford to buy model kits, why not just make them."
'Thank you so much for the second chance chooms': Cyberpunk 2077's developers enjoy a well-earned bask as the game finally hits Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam
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News "Started at the bottom, now we are here."
President of Xbox asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing
By Harvey Randall published
News Something something, long-term commitment.
'Everyone and their mum' is playing Hades 2, which is exactly why The Rogue Prince of Persia is delayed
By Harvey Randall published
News Honestly, fair play.
You can buy Prey, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 3 at just under $2 a pop right now—that's 3 games for less than I'll be spending on lunch today
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News The trinity bundle has a lot of other good titles, too.
Solo players, it's not just you: 1-player missions in Helldivers 2 currently have 4-player patrol spawn times
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News 2:45.
It's not over—reports warn of more cuts on the horizon at Microsoft, citing a company structure spread too thin
By Harvey Randall published
News Brace. Brace.
'We need smaller games,' says Xbox's Matt Booty, right after Microsoft shut down the studio that made Hi-Fi Rush—and was reportedly about to pitch a sequel
By Harvey Randall published
News The mixed messages go up to 11.
Arrowhead CEO says Helldivers 2 was going to have helmets with bespoke HUD elements like enemy outlines—but they were cut due to 'well, having to ship the game'
By Harvey Randall published
News Helm's weep.
Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are so tired, an April Fools'-worthy release window for December, 9998 sat mostly unquestioned for a month
By Harvey Randall published
News I went to the year 9998, not much has changed but Silksong's underwater.
Fortnite bans Yoda for turning into green spaghetti, crashing your game
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News Lego Yoda death sound.mp3
Hades 2 has a mean surprise tucked away in one of its boss battles—a sucker punch that shows Supergiant isn't afraid to go all Psycho Mantis on you
By Harvey Randall published
News Hold it in for Hades.
Hades 2's forget-me-not mechanic is so good that I think any game with a billion resources should be taking notes
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DON'T FORGET Who needs a binder when you've got magic.
Redfall's devs were reportedly building out its massively delayed Hero Pass content 'very recently'—before Microsoft closed Arkane Austin for good
By Harvey Randall published
News Don't (in fact, can't) call it a comeback.
Microsoft announces 4 studio closures—including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, creators of Prey and Hi-Fi Rush respectively
By Harvey Randall published
News "Great teams are sunsetting before our eyes again, and it's a f*cking gut stab."
Despite not having mod support, Manor Lords player adds Shrek to the delight of its developer: 'You can't deny the potential'
By Harvey Randall published
News It's all ogre now, milord.
'Operation Clean-up' begins for Helldivers 2 players as Sony's PSN plans lie in rubble, with over 70,000 (and counting) positive reviews landing on Steam
By Harvey Randall published
News Major re-order.
Sweet liberty, are Helldivers 2 players not happy about having to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation hive mind
By Harvey Randall published
News 10,000 negative reviews and counting.
'This is looking so good I can't NOT pay you': Fighting game YouTuber commissions modding 'god' to overhaul Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite's artstyle
By Harvey Randall published
News "Ryn is a god."
Fallout: New Vegas director reveals that game balance is 'mostly vibes based', says he only used a weapons spreadsheet 'for maybe a couple of months'
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Imperfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Alright, fun's over—Helldivers 2 wants you to link your Steam account with a PlayStation Network one, with Sony reminding players it was a 'grace period'
By Harvey Randall published
News I'm sure this'll go down smooth.
Baldur's Gate 3 initially had an entire mechanic where you'd go to the fugue plane if you died, but it was scrapped
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News "We had this entire thing built out for it."
Baldur's Gate 3 dev spills the secret sauce: Players love finding a place, then 'ending up 2 hours and 3 puzzles later in a sacrificial chamber of a cult that murders giraffes'
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News I wouldn't say I love giraffe murder, but I'm picking up what Farhang Namdar is putting down.