John Schutt

Shacknews • 21st January 2026

Battlefield 6 maps Mirak Valley and Operation Firestorm return scale to a game that sorely needed it

The Battlefield franchise is nearly a quarter of a century old, but for almost ten years of that time, it’s been floundering. Caught chasing trends, hemorrhaging its core development team, or making just plain bad choices, only the most devout have found it in their hearts to keep the series limping along.

Destructoid • 25th February 2025

Maliki - Poison of the Past preview: A second is all it takes

Turn-based RPGs, especially those that stand on the shoulders of genre giants, need to either nail the fundamentals or bring a new twist to established mechanics. Maliki – Poison of the Past does both, mixing turn order manipulation with a solid mechanical core and a quaint, cozy-feeling story.

Destructoid • 23rd February 2025

The games you need to play to prepare for Elden Ring: Nightreign

The number of genres FromSoftware smashed together to create Elden Ring: Nightreign is frightening. Scarier still is how well it all works together. But because the game is such a mishmash of inspirations, you’ll want to play specific games to prepare for Nightreign before diving into the madness.

GameSkinny • 16th September 2024

HoYoverse & Legendary DJ Tiesto on How They Created ZENLESS, a Hit Single for the World of Zenless Zone Zero

HoYoverse games are no stranger to fantastic music, but for my money, Zenless Zone Zero takes it to a whole new level. That goes double for their collaboration with legendary DJ Tiesto, who I interviewed alongside ZZZ’s music producer Wutao Yang, and learned a bit about how the hit single came together.

GameSkinny • 8th June 2024

Destiny 2: The Final Shape Campaign Impressions

The great Destiny 2 Currant Error Disaster is behind us, and now every Guardian everywhere can enter the Traveler and help prevent The Final Shape. Preventing said Shape takes place partly in the story campaign. After the laughable Lightfall campaign, I review how the latest expansion narrative measures up.

GameSkinny • 15th April 2024

Is It Too Late to Get Into Genshin Impact?

Genshin Impact is huge. There are hundreds of hours of content alone before you’ve even seen the end of the map, and that’s not counting collecting characters from the gacha system, building them, and pitting them against the game’s (notably limited) endgame content. So, is it too late to start Genshin Impact?

GameSkinny • 23rd March 2024

Every Soulsborne Game, Ranked from Worst to Best

Every game in the community-named Soulsborne series is a modern classic. They’re games that defined or redefined what a quality product can be and even the least of them still stand heads above most other popular titles.

GameSkinny • 1st August 2023

Armored Core 6 Goes Beyond Mecha Souls, Channeling Its Sekiro DNA

The last Armored Core game came out more than 11 years ago. In the intervening time, developer FromSoftware put out some of the gaming industry’s greatest masterpieces: Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring. And a little game called Sekiro.