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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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.
Yes! Quake Champions is ditching loot boxes for a battle pass
Just quad we wanted.
FeatureTroubling GOG tweets, a fired CD Projekt employee, and the spectre of GamerGate
A behind the scenes look at a messy affair.
French Revolution courtroom drama We. The Revolution gets a release date
Beheading for March.
The Battle of Geonosis in Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks better than in the film!
You Kenobi serious.
Bard's Tale 4 whopper-patch addresses some of our biggest concerns
I amb excited about it.
Frostpunk's much-longed-for Endless mode is imminent
UPDATE: It's live! Snow joke!
Third and final paid expansion for Pillars of Eternity 2 gets a release date
There's Aloth in it.
Enter the Gungeon dev cancels expansion to work on new game
"We need to move on."
FeatureInXile acquired by Microsoft: the interview
"We've had one hand tied behind our back; now, no longer."
Seven-day free Overwatch trial next week
Ashe hit you not.
PlayStation 4 worldwide sales reach 86.1 million
The most popular controller colour REVEALED!
Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski unsuccessfully demands more money from CD Projekt
UPDATE: "The issue is an open one," adds CDP.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales hasn't done as well as CD Projekt hoped
GOG exclusivity didn't really work.
New Overwatch hero Ashe playable on Public Test Region now
UPDATE: Ashe is now live.
Kingdom Two Crowns release date announced for PC and consoles, including Switch
Co-op! New campaign settings! No more permadeath!
Oh my RPG, Microsoft is buying Obsidian Entertainment and inXile
"To fully realise their creative ambitions."
Lord of the Rings Online hops on vanilla bandwagon and takes you back to launch
Pippin WOW to the post.
FeatureWorld of Warcraft and the masterplan for Sylvanas
"I've heard on the internet 'she's going off the rails', but is she?"
FeatureHow World of Warcraft is changing Warcraft 3: Reforged
A simple remake wouldn't have taken Arthas long.
How World of Warcraft: Classic's patch content will roll out, and more
The Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj!
FeatureDiablo Immortal is surprisingly good, what little consolation that may be
UPDATE: Lead designer delivers personal message, reiterates "multiple projects".
FeatureThe big Overwatch BlizzCon interview with Jeff Kaplan
"We have our next six heroes planned out right now."
It's our first look at Henry Cavill as Geralt in Netflix's The Witcher
UPDATE: Triss Merigold actress revealed as well.
EverQuest is getting another expansion - guess how many we're up to now?
Refuses to Faydwer way.
Star Citizen's face mo-cap used to make music video for Bowie's Space Oddity
The stars look very different today.
Chaps! It's the best Red Dead Redemption 2 leak yet
Is saddle you got?
Don't get your hopes up for Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales on Nintendo Switch
I can't Mahakam if they don't want to.
I don't beerlieve it, there's an RPG tavern management simulator
How inntriguing!