Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
Latest articles by Rich Stanton
![The TF2 spy looks shocked!](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LNZLzH4PLEZ5m7nvPGAJcR-320-80.jpg)
'Not a hoax!'—Valve writers confirm the official Team Fortress 2 comic will continue, after over 7 years on ice
By Rich Stanton published
news Oh Mann!
![Pharaoh](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J59HBaXke6tkyBTusWNhmF-320-80.jpg)
After fans declared total war on Total War, Creative Assembly completes the apology tour with a major free expansion for Pharaoh this month
By Rich Stanton published
news Dynasties will be the last expansion, but is going all-out and nearly doubles the game's size.
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Bioshock 4 studio is now 'recruiting like mad' but the game's nature remains a mystery
By Rich Stanton published
news It does, however, look like there's still always a lighthouse.
![metal gear rising revengeance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BPJKkX9wK4GCkTLTve4Tvd-320-80.jpg)
Konami releases Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on GOG but bizarrely stops the Japanese game being sold in Japan
By Rich Stanton published
news Perhaps due to an old exclusivity arrangement, the PC version is only available outside of Japan for now.
![Helldivers 2 Discord header image - four Helldivers celebrating side by side on a large rock](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VvK79UXJVGgSN8YCEVyhxn-320-80.jpg)
The Helldivers smash their latest MO and for some reason have taken against anti-tank mines, but 'can finally go back to killing bugs in good conscience'
By Rich Stanton published
news Better weapons? Screw that!
![Abstract image with a wireframe humanoid face on a digital art background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yLUJefzpgZfJpEoPzUUMXU-320-80.jpg)
Google's AI visionary says we'll 'expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045' thanks to nanobots, the tech will resurrect the dead, and we're all going to live forever
By Rich Stanton published
news Forget a pinch of salt, this guy's predictions need the full shaker.
![Helldivers 2 two characters hugging as an explosion detonates in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3srkMzCrgBNVs2PK5WwMN-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 players realise you can survive ludicrous falls by doing a Hug emote while flying through the air
By Rich Stanton published
news Embrace for victory.
![David Hasselhoff poses next to KITT, the car from Knight Rider.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XiSTex6J3Zv74vduK4JZA4-320-80.png)
David Hasselhoff cracks out the old leather jacket and KITT from Knight Rider to tell gamers to 'grab your joysticks' and fight global warming
By Rich Stanton published
news Even if an 80s supercar arguing for climate action feels a tad ironic.
![A wielder of a Lightning Perfume bottle in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree charges up for a vicious attack.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cNDkKMFriMCnZz89NLSmdT-320-80.png)
The first Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree patch nerfs the boss-melting explosive perfumes into the ground
By Rich Stanton published
news You can no longer Chanel true power.
![Google campus sign](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uyEje6YtnET6euVcPGbG3P-320-80.jpg)
Google's dumb AI answers increased its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 50% in the last 5 years
By Rich Stanton published
news The company claims that AI will help solve the AI emissions problem.
![StarCraft's Kerrigan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2kepUFtQ2fW2LpF5WhYmdG-320-80.jpg)
Expansions are the best
By Wes Fenlon published
Packing Heat In this era of bite-sized DLC and season passes, we appreciate giant, game-changing expansions more than ever.
![Carlo Acuti, who is being canonised as a saint by the Catholic Church.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RFcyzZ5vnBvmAccNcjUwVY-320-80.jpg)
Catholic Church prepares to canonise its first gamer saint—and yep, one of his favourites was Halo
By Rich Stanton published
news Carlo Acutis died in 2006 and has been credited with multiple posthumous miracles.
![A majestically mundane Frank West from Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HxNUaX4CnUXTcHfNvzPcMN-320-80.jpg)
Capcom's somehow come up with the *deep breath* Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Digital Deluxe edition
By Rich Stanton published
news Let me be Frank: GOTY.
![Smiling Heavy in TF2.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WW3FdhaiUipygzkTZykW73-320-80.png)
Team Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No'
By Rich Stanton published
news "Another endless W."
![GTA Online](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2pJjZvWpQUqwCMgyYHAc7n-320-80.jpg)
GTA Online adds a quality-of-life feature players have wanted for years then upsets everyone by paywalling it: 'One of the slimiest things they've done in a while'
By Rich Stanton published
news Thoughts are inevitably turning to where the next GTA Online is going with this stuff.
![Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ymuhRumoFyf9UfSs3GkRZg-320-80.jpg)
Player laments the fall of Soulcalibur, Tekken director Harada responds with a literal essay about it: 'I don't think the fire of Project Soul has been extinguished'
By Rich Stanton published
news And calls Project Soul "an elite group, a sophisticated development team."
![FBI 10 Most Wanted poster.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Brz4YCuxj9Ls4FKuBmWe37-320-80.png)
FBI puts a $5 million bounty on the missing Cryptoqueen—'We will probably know within a few weeks if it's worked'
By Rich Stanton published
news "The FBI are now refocusing their efforts on the people around [Ignatova], trying to tempt her close associates to get in touch."
![Donkey Kong rolls a barrel at Mario.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9F3CRQYPVNPngULsdut8Zf-320-80.jpg)
1980s court documents show Nintendo considered 'Kong Dong' and 'Kong the Kong' before settling on the name Donkey Kong
By Rich Stanton published
news Also: Funky Kong is sadly much more canon than we ever realised.
![A Tribes 3 soldier in red armour with their rifle raised all menacing like](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XhVTSjdqwtbcoCgGdXErrg-320-80.jpg)
The latest attempt to revive Tribes looks cooked after three months
By Rich Stanton published
news Ah shazbot.
![Albert Einstein in New York, 1900.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWdeVKjCcR6fYxjjtnKFLj-320-80.jpg)
Late Microsoft co-founder's treasure hoard of artefacts to be auctioned, includes a letter Einstein sent to Roosevelt that ultimately led to the Manhattan Project
By Rich Stanton published
news As per Allen's wishes, all proceeds will go to philanthropy.
![John Romero and John Carmack: To Hell and Back livestream on December 10 (headshots)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wW8U58BtorykXvm8gdC99m-320-80.jpg)
John Romero says that what set Wolfenstein and Doom apart 'was our speed—the speed of the game was critical'
By Rich Stanton published
news "That's what really differentiated them from everyone else."
![Van Buren menu background, industrial decay](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jU4DQDo2HQcaSh2xseHLpF-320-80.jpg)
Tim Cain reveals his involvement in the cancellation of Interplay's Fallout 3: 'I don't think it would have been a game you would have liked playing'
By Rich Stanton published
news All aboard the Cain train for a tale of what might have been.
![War Thunder](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yqB4mdex4NGWtVGpZ9rm4e-320-80.jpg)
War Thunder somehow released official art with the debris cloud of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster as background
By Rich Stanton published
news Really not a good look.