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‘There were a lot of disagreements across the place’: Former Marathon director Joe Ziegler on leading Bungie’s extraction shooter, playing Path of Exile for 3,437 hours, and why he’ll never uninstall Kingdom Hearts

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Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Joe Ziegler might be best known for…

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Clive Barker says he’s ‘genuinely astonished’ by Hellraiser: Revival: ‘I’m proud as f**k at the end result’

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Hellraiser: Revival’s commitment to being both gnarly and horny has already been thoroughly documented, with PC Gamer’s Wes Fenlon describing it as “nasty nasty” in his preview . This uncompromising attitude to both gore and kink went down well with fans, but it has also been celebrated by Hellraiser’s creator, Clive Barker. In an interview…

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Outlast designer says that one playtester was so upset by the horror series they ‘ran out of the studio to go cry outside’ and didn’t return

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Red Barrels’ Outlast series has long held a reputation for pushing the envelope further than most horror games, with depictions of violence, gore and nudity that can be shocking even within a medium well versed in delivering scares. But it isn’t just audiences who have found the studio’s games shocking beyond the virtual horror norm….

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The King’s Return Is a New Medieval Platformer Available in Physical Form for Game Boy Color

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Soul Searching. A brand-new, sword-swinging adventure has debuted on Nintendo Game Boy Color. Developed by French studio Towea and published by the bravely-monikered Broke Studio, The King’s Return is a medieval platformer now available as a boxed, physical release. The King’s Return follows the exploits of The King of Towea, who travels home from his…

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Liquid Swords, developer of open-city crime sim Samson, has gone bankrupt following staff claims that they haven’t been paid in two months

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Liquid Swords, the developer behind Samson, has gone bankrupt just six months after its run-based open-city crime sim was released. As reported by Breakit (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun), a bankruptcy order was issued against the Swedish developer on October 12. According to Breakit, Liquid Swords’ staff—around 30 employees—have gone unpaid for at least two months,…

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