In 2019, Andrew Lakeman was arrested by Cambridgeshire police over suspicions of robbing nearly half a million from his employer. Sort of. Known as “Mod Jed” by the RuneScape community, Lakeman used his access as a developer to steal and resell in-game items and gold. After a lengthy investigation, the…

The dream to revive Scalebound still endures, as game director Hideki Kamiya stated he was open to pitching the idea to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. Originally directed by Kamiya, Scalebound was first revealed at E3 2014 as a new IP developed by PlatinumGames and published by Xbox. As an Xbox…

Published Sep 5, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT Drew Swanson is a News Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, his love of digging into game lore and history naturally…

Hardware is getting more expensive. Games are becoming pricier to make and buy. Employment numbers ain’t looking so hot. Also there’s this lil war disrupting the economy. It’s not the exact recipe we had for the original video game crash of the 1980s, but in the latest issue of Edge…

Published Sep 5, 2026, 3:46 PM EDT James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a third-generation Texan who has written professionally…

As a TGA Game of the Year winner, it’s no surprise that It Takes Two has proven influential to indie developers across the world. Not only are there co-op projects being worked on with similar gameplay styles, giving players control of two distinct characters with different objectives and roles in…