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
Footballer Ronaldo faces $1bn+ class action lawsuit for promoting Binance to unwary customers, and he's still doing it
By Rich Stanton published
news The forward says he and Binance are currently "cooking something up".
Activision felt 'now was the time' to put Call of Duty's DMZ mode out to pasture, says play zombies instead
By Rich Stanton published
news Is this the end of the extraction shooter trend?
That new version of Ark has disabled crossplay for Windows 10 users because you're a big old bunch of cheaters
By Rich Stanton published
news Welcome to Jurassic lark.
Datajack 2020 is the lo-fi hacking fantasy of my dreams
By Rich Stanton published
News Something is making me want to say "Mister Anderson."
Lost Isle is an open-word survival game that just makes me want to plunder
By Rich Stanton published
news Loot, loot, and oh yes: more loot.
Triumphant OpenAI CEO spends a whole interview dodging questions about why he was fired like he's in The Matrix, but does suggest the nonprofit board is in for some big changes
By Rich Stanton published
news "Clearly, our governance structure had a problem. And the best way to fix that problem is going to take a while."
Fallout TV series first look: it's 'dramatic and dark' but with 'a little bit of a wink,' says Todd Howard
By Rich Stanton published
News Plus Walton Goggins with no nose.
Wannabe supervillain pulls AI 'heist' to steal competitor traffic, but really just shows how unchecked AI is going to ruin the internet
By Rich Stanton published
News Stealing from the collection plate, 2023 style.
With Sam Bankman-Fried in the slammer, now the fugitive crypto 'Lunatic' behind 2022's $40B crash is being extradited from his Montenegrin getaway
By Rich Stanton published
news The question is whether he goes to South Korea or the US.
Hideki Kamiya breaks out the tiny violin for the 9 Bayonetta games he once imagined: 'I may have to take the full saga to the grave'
By Rich Stanton published
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Take a break from deal-hunting with the most bamboozling Cyber Monday deals of 2023
By Katie Wickens published
The strangest and worst Cyber Monday deals out there.
Self-described gay furry hackers breach one of the biggest nuclear labs in the US, and demand it begin researching 'IRL catgirls'
By Rich Stanton published
news "We are cats, intricacies such as 'why' do not concern us."
Another one bites the dust: Binance CEO quits as both he and the company plead guilty to money laundering charges and accept whopping $4.3 billion fine
By Rich Stanton published
news Changpeng Zao founded the company in 2017, and it's since become the world's largest crypto market.
Fortnite adding multiple career-spanning Eminem skins alongside a live event blowout that 'marks a new beginning'
By Rich Stanton published
news Will the real Slim Shady please stand up.
OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away
By Rich Stanton published
news Don't mess with Microsoft.
Pokimane called a viewer 'broke boy' for complaining about her overpriced snacks, and now the internet is mad about miniature cookies
By Rich Stanton published
news That's how the cookie crumbles.
Elon Musk claims he was once one of the best Quake players around, everyone laughs, but wait: The actual best Quake player ever says Musk 'wasn't very good, but he's still an OG'
By Rich Stanton published
news Nailgun-tinted memories.
WoW's telegraphs are so cluttered that even the best guild in the world is using darkening potions during raids so they can fight more effectively
By Rich Stanton published
news "It's damn near impossible to tell where the hitboxes start and end."
Microsoft immediately hires ousted OpenAI co-founder, as OpenAI staff begin publicly calling out the company's management
By Rich Stanton published
news CEO Satya Nadella wasted no time in ensuring Sam Altman would remain working for Microsoft.
8 things we want from GTA 6
By Christopher Livingston published
wishlist Better NPCs, less sprawl, a well-written female character, official mod support, and more.
Rocket Arena sputters out, not with a bang but a whimper
By Rich Stanton published
news The studio behind the game also recently suffered big layoffs.
Man found guilty of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer testified that his radicalisation began with Gamergate
By Rich Stanton published
news David DePape said an interest in videogames led to him to conspiracy theories.
They're back: Doritos code thieves awaken from their long slumber to pilfer the codes off Xbox chip bags
By Rich Stanton published
news Bite me.