Ivo Kuijpers
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Ivo Kuijpers writes about games, esports, and streaming culture with a direct, player-first approach. His work focuses on clear analysis, honest criticism, and the details that shape how games are played, watched, and discussed.
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Articles Written By Ivo Kuijpers
The GTA IV Cold Case: Why Rockstar Would Rather Leave a Masterpiece in 2008
Ask the man who played Roman Bellic and you get the same question millions of fans have been asking for years. In a recent interview, Jason Zumwalt, the voice and motion capture actor behind Niko's co...
The Cost of Perfection: How $300M Budgets Killed the Weird Video Game
At Gamescom Asia, former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden described a games industry with less room for risk. His phrasing was blunt: "AA is gone." He linked the loss of mid-budget games to rising p...
The EU Will Not Save PlayStation Discs
With Sony setting an end date for new physical PlayStation games, players have started looking to the EU for possible intervention. Brussels has forced hardware changes before, most visibly with USB-C...
Microsoft Wants Forever Games, But the ESO Layoffs Show the Real Cost
Every major publisher wants a game players keep returning to for years: regular updates, paid extras, subscriptions and a community that stays active long after launch. The Elder Scrolls Online alread...
Minecraft Drop 3: The 5 best additions in the release everyone's calling 'The Chair Update'
Minecraft players have built working computers with Redstone. They have recreated cities, made calculators, designed automated farms and turned the game into a playground for people with too much pati...
Xbox Just Cut the Veteran Behind Its Most Player-Friendly Feature
Microsoft's latest cuts at Xbox have mostly been about the numbers: 4,800 jobs across Microsoft, 3,200 expected inside Xbox, studios reduced, projects reassessed and another reset for the gaming divis...
State of Decay 3 Turns a Game Pass Promise Into Fine Print
In June 2026, State of Decay 3 looked like a clean Game Pass win. Xbox showed the game during its showcase with the familiar promise: day one on Game Pass. For subscribers, that put the game exactly w...
Bethesda's New Course Could Make Its Biggest Franchises Even Bigger
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, with Xbox expected to account for 3,200 of them. For Bethesda, this means fewer projects can get the same amount of time, budget and staff as before. In an internal me...
Fake GTA VI Early Access Scams Are Already Targeting Impatient Fans
With GTA VI finally real enough to pre-order and its release date set for November 19, 2026, the game has also become more useful to scammers. The closer GTA VI gets, the easier it becomes to dress up...
GTA VI Is Turning Bonus Content Into Locked Doors
When Rockstar opened pre-orders for GTA VI, one thing became clear very quickly: the game is being sold in two versions. The Standard Edition costs $79.99, while the Ultimate Edition pushes the price ...
Top 5 Craziest Things Fans Have Done to Get GTA VI Info
Last Thursday, June 25, GTA VI suddenly became a lot more real. Pre-orders went live, Rockstar confirmed the different editions, revealed the bonuses, and gave players the kind of practical informatio...
Black Flag Resynced Could Be Ubisoft's Best Argument Against Map Bloat
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced brings back one of Ubisoft’s most beloved worlds at a moment when open-world games are judged very differently than they were in 2013. Ubisoft has fram...
The 10 best characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2026
Super Smash Bros. has always been built on chaos, matchups, and arguments. Since 1999, the series has brought casual Nintendo fans, and competitive fighters into the same arena. Super Smash Bros. Ulti...
After 15 years Skyrim still makes getting lost feel worth it
Skyrim was once considered the greatest RPG of all times. But 15 years later it finds itself competing against a much stronger genre, and although it still has some of the strongest RPG gameplay, the ...