Robert Purchese
Senior Staff Writer
Bertie is senior staff writer and Eurogamer's Poland-and-dragons correspondent. He's part of the furniture here, a friendly chair, and reports on all kinds of things, the stranger the better.
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Tim Willits will leave id Software this month after 24 years there
"After QuakeCon I will announce my future plans..."
FeatureI've tried Lust, now I'm doing War: exploring Godhood
Seizing the deity.
FeatureWhy merely Attack when you can Riddle with Holes?
Flavour text, I love you.
FeatureTake a knight for a hop in Hoppenhelm
Prance a lot.
It sounds like People Can Fly would love to do Bulletstorm 2
"We want this IP to have its second life."
Henry Cavill flaunts his Witcher's bottom, and other photos from Netflix's new show
Yennefer unsee it now.
FeatureFive Polish indie games (and one from the Czech Republic) to keep an eye on
Hungry babies! Counter-terrorism! Competitive book fights! Genetics altering!
It sounds like Tequila Works' new Stadia game Gylt will come to other platforms too
"Rest assured, everyone will be able to play the game."
Why Minecraft: Story Mode episodes are a ridiculous $100 each on Xbox 360
"Please do not buy the content."
The Star Control feud is over and bees have a lot to do with it
Yep, you read that right.
Netflix is making a Pokemon Go-style Stranger Things game
Will wait for the Demogorgon.
Konami unveils a mini TurboGrafx-16 console
Ys a bit ugly.
Clarification amid backlash: Shenmue 3 will come to Steam
But it could be a year's wait.
Xbox Gamertags updated to support duplicate tags and more alphabets
Don't worry, no one can steal your name.
Ubisoft announces PC game subscription service Uplay+
Includes newest releases, DLC, betas and premium content.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is getting a PvP Versus mode
Get a squeak peak.
Chivalry 2 lets you keep fighting with missing limbs
It's just a flesh wound!
League of Legends reveals Teamfight Tactics, its new Auto Chess mode
In testing from tomorrow.
Devolver's bootlegging its own games and making a $5k arcade light gun machine
The zaniest E3 conference returns in full force.
Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon announces new game Deathloop
Time repeats itself for two rival assassins.
The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile game, is coming to Switch
With cross-play and cross-progression.
Microsoft's Xbox game-streaming xCloud service hits preview programme in October
A month before Stadia and free.
There's a brand new, redesigned Xbox Elite Wireless Controller coming this November
Bluetooth! Up to 40 hours of rechargeable battery life!
Finally, the campaign for They Are Billions
UPDATE: It's coming to PS4!
A separate Vampire: The Masquerade single-player narrative experience announced
I'll get my Coterie.
FeatureWhat's next for the Frostpunk studio
"This one is not sad and depressing..."
Beheady French courtroom drama We. The Revolution gets a console release date
Guillotine or not guillotine?
THQ Nordic acquires... Gothic creator Piranha Bytes
Sounds like Elex 2 is in the works.
Lords of the Fallen 2 ditches developer and hits the ropes again
CI Games and Defiant Studios at loggerheads.
World of Warcraft Classic gets a release date, and a beta tomorrow
And Blizzard is doing a Ragnaros statue!
Fantastic Fetus is a Tamagotchi-style pregnancy simulator and a protest
Against Polish anti-abortion laws.
FeatureOddworld: Soulstorm - the quintology is back on
"Today, there are more slaves on planet Earth than there ever were..."
You should give the Heaven's Vault demo a go this weekend
I beseech thee.
Free, simultaneous QuakeCon event heading to UK this summer
Doom come along.
FeatureThe Elder Scrolls: Blades is a bit naff
Fus Ro Nah.
BlizzCon 2019 dates and collectibles announced
Won't be able to get there on footman.
FeatureP.T., Guitar Hero, RPGs: people are making some cool games in Dreams
Duvet have talent!
Guild Wars 2 reveals a second flying mount: a dragon, the Skyscale
"The really cool feature that surprised us all was wall jumping."
John and Brenda Romero working with Paradox on new strategy IP
Doom doom doom!
Playable female characters finally come to Star Citizen
And cities the size of planets.
Warcraft 1 and 2 are on GOG today
Orcellent!
New XCOM-y Divinity: Original Sin game announced
Co-development with an external team.
Finally, a video game with an Arachnophobia Mode!
Very Satisfactory.
New Overwatch hero Baptiste goes live next week
Haitian to add.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is getting gift bags
They aren't loot boxes.
GOG and Blizzard bring Diablo 1 back from the dead
Warcraft 1 and 2 to follow!
Goat Simulator dev's promising new game Satisfactory hits early access very soon
Think No Man's Sky crossed with Factorio.
Dying Light 2 unaffected by Techland closing old distribution business
Insists everything else is absolutely fine.
Confirmed: the next Overwatch hero will be Baptiste
Some kind of combat medic.
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds explored in new videos
It looks like BioShock meets New Vegas in space.
New Star Manager review: Nintendo Switch reinvigorates the original, at a price
A carded recommendation.
FeatureHow a lifelong diet of games influenced The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
"I went to video games and did not realise I was doing it!"
Devolver delays Ape Out but only to the end of Feb
Think Hotline Miami meets Jazz meets gorilla.
Ubisoft sorry for "offensive" Division 2 marketing email flaunting "a real government shutdown"
"This was a grave breakdown in process."
FeaturePlaying True Dungeon: LARP, escape room, and D&D campaign all in one
I need some R&R after that.
FeatureThrough the Dragon Age: Inquisition tarot cards I found art
Keeping me warm in Tevinter.
Another central Overwatch character has an LGBT backstory
UDPATE: Ana's short-story skin released as part of special new challenge.
How a random indie game came out of nowhere to post the 10th highest Steam player count ever
Ever heard of Geneshift?
Sony's just released a new Lemmings game for mobile
And it's okay!
That's it for Minecraft updates on Xbox 360, PS3, Vita and Wii U
Ore on your own now.
Floss dance creator Backpack Kid suing Fortnite now too
Well, his mum is.
Nintendo Switch the fastest-selling US console this generation
But no longer the fastest-selling ever.
BioShocky horror Close to the Sun attracts a publisher
A potential scorcher?
After all these years, World of Warcraft adds a potion to understand your enemy with
Apparently it's been lurking in the game since launch!
Pillars of Eternity 2 will still come to consoles, including Switch, in 2019
Better tell Magran.
Rage 2 gets a May 2019 release date
Aaaarrrggghh!
A first look at Obsidian's new sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds
Fallout in space.