Derek Strickland
Gaming News Reporter & Reviewer
Florida, USA
derekstrickland at tweaktown dot com
Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements, whether it's VR with the Oculus Rift or Augmented Reality. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the technology that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Derek Strickland has written 5551 pieces of content
- February 2020
- Halo: Infinite esports announced before actual gameplay reveal
- Sony cancels PAX East presence due to coronavirus risk
- Gamestop execs panic internally as business sinks, plummeting morale
- THQ Nordic buys World War Z, Switcher 3 dev Saber Interactive
- Dead Cells to get more paid and free content, Motion Twin says
- Nintendo ends drought with Animal Crossing Direct showcase
- Halo: Infinite to have weapon skins that're likely monetized
- Switch cross-save is a prime mover for third-party re-releases
- Witcher 3 PC saves loadable on Switch port, new graphics options added
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake install size requires colossal 100GB of space
- PlayStation 5 to sell 6 million units at launch, analyst predicts
- New PS5-powered PSVR headset is coming, but not at launch
- Call of Duty Warzone battle royale is free-to-play, coming in March
- How publishers will approach current-gen on PS5, Xbox Series X
- Coronavirus to stall Switch production in April onward, sources say
- Blizzard's cancelled Starcraft: Ghost shooter leaks online
- Capcom's next game may be called Pragmata, new trademarks filed
- Tony Hawk was paid a $4 million royalty check for Pro Skater games
- Someone recreated Fallout 4 in new PS4 exclusive Dreams game
- Quantic Dream will self-publish its future games
- Matrix 4's death-defying stunts spotted in San Francisco
- Activision-Blizzard heavily investing in new tech to power engagement
- Mass Effect writer: BioWare's new games are based on market research
- Disney offers game devs free reign on IPs for new innovative projects
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake's opener is mind-blowing
- Remedy's next AAA game is in pre-production phases of development
- Stardew Valley creator working on two new projects
- Control may come to next-gen PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X consoles
- Remedy only gets 45% of Control game sales
- FF7 Remake's carbuncle and chocobo chick are the stuff of nightmares
- Google paid $160 million for Activision esports exclusivity on YouTube
- Witcher game sales skyrocket over 500% thanks to Netflix series
- Square Enix wants to use AI to reduce stressful QA testing workloads
- Modern Warfare will eventually let you uninstall DLC you don't want
- New Prince of Persia VR game lets you manipulate time
- Ghost Games is no longer developing Need for Speed games
- E3 2020 takes big hit as Geoff Keighley skips E3 Coliseum event
- Nintendo could still be attending E3 2020
- PS5 icon listing on PlayStation website was probably faked
- Doom Eternal's FPS carnage is absolutely insane
- Modern Warfare's battle royale mode Warzone possibly leaked
- Gears of War dev Cliff Bleszinski almost made an Alien FPS game
- The Last of Us Part II is in final stages of development
- Modern Warfare gets 68GB update with season 2 and battle royale?
- Call of Duty vet working on new IP multiplayer game for 2K Games
- Nintendo explains why the Switch isn't very powerful
- Modern Warfare's season 2: Ghost, Rust map, new modes, and new guns
- Sony paid $229 million for Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games
- BioWare confirms Anthem reboot, promises big changes are on the way
- Tencent invests in Spec Ops dev studio Yager
- Sony patents guided microtransaction system to sell in-game shortcuts
- Stadia's free version will make or break the service
- No, Ubisoft didn't say PlayStation 5 will play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games
- New Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Watch Dogs games set for 2020-2021
- New Animal Crossing: New Horizons could have microtransactions and DLC
- Steam grew to nearly 95 million monthly active users in 2019
- Blizzard now refunds Warcraft 3: Reforged regardless of play time
- Call of Duty 2020 confirmed, expected to sell less than Modern Warfare
- Mobile is the apple of Activision's eye: 'It's our leading platform'
- Diablo II remastered may release in 2020 after all
- GTA V hits 150 million sales, breaks microtransaction records
- Take-Two's games pipeline includes new Rockstar and Hangar 13 projects
- Take-Two earnings slip 25%, but microtransactions and digital are up
- Activision made $3.36 billion from microtransactions in 2019
- BioShock 4 will be in development for several years
- Blizzard ramping up for new unannounced project
- Microsoft sees Sony and Nintendo as potential allies, not competitors
- Coronavirus may delay PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X launch past 2020
- Coronavirus to interrupt Switch production and stall console supply
- New Batman game concept art leak shows batcycle in action
- Gamers played 20 billion hours of Steam games in 2019
- Bethesda bringing Fallout 76 to Steam in attempt to recapture fans
- Google made $15.1 billion from YouTube ads in 2019, 9.3% of revenues
- EA rakes in 90% of earnings from digital
- Sony: PS5 price difficult to determine because we are competing
- Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is leaving in March 2020
- Google didn't mention Stadia a single time in its recent earnings call
- Blizzard apologizes for Warcraft 3: Reforged, pledges to fix game
- Xbox Series X may support CFExpress memory cards
- PlayStation earns $5.6 billion in Q3, makes 23% of Sony's earnings
- PlayStation 5 February reveal may not happen, Sony needs more time
- PS4 shipments top 108.9 million, actual sales at 106 million
- Blizzard, please don't remaster Diablo II...just leave it be
- The Wonderful 101 remastered Kickstarter hits over $600,000
- New PlatinumGames mystery teaser has fans buzzing
- Matter, Bungie's possible new IP, will have Borderlands-y humor
- Nintendo President: Switch is in the middle of its lifecycle
- Nintendo not worried about Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 in 2020
- Death Stranding turned into literal walking simulator with treadmill
- Mike Laidlaw leaves Ubisoft, mystery game's future remains unknown
- Taipei Games Show delayed by coronavirus outbreak
- Steam player count hits new all-time high of 18.8 million
- Nintendo keeps over-monetizing mobile games, adds new Fire Emblem pass
- Nintendo promises to add more 'features and fun' to Switch Online
- 1.18 billion PS4 games have been sold to date, Sony confirms January 2020
- Nintendo to double-down on DLC, expansions, and post-launch content
- Dragon Age, Mass Effect devs to lead new Wizards RPG studio
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake is one of the best-looking games of this gen
- New Switch Pro isn't coming in 2020, Nintendo says
- EA to release 8 major AAA games in 2020-2021
- Jedi: Fallen Order's success changed how EA makes Star Wars games
- SEGA Genesis Mini Review - Blast processing from the past
- Battlefield 6 to 'blow people's minds' on next-gen consoles
- Nintendo made $1.23 billion in profit over holiday 2019 quarter
- ESA: Earning back your trust and support is our top priority
- The Outer Worlds is digital-only on Switch
- Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 16 million copies in one month
- Coronavirus outbreak affecting Switch console production
- Switch sales have surpassed Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch sales smash 52.48 million with strong holiday quarter
- Microsoft doesn't need to sell consoles to make billions
- Halo Reach progression changes planned, new armor unlock system coming
- Xbox earns $3.3 billion during Holiday 2019 quarter, consoles down 43%
- Warcraft 3 Reforged betrays its legacy fans
- Halo 1 PC beta tests, Halo Reach PC fixes delayed to undetermined time
- February's free PS Plus games are great, includes BioShock collection
- Xbox Series X CPU is the key to next-gen frame rates, Spencer teases
- Stadia is still in early access, but gives away free games anyway
- Pokemon Home costs $16 a year, but there's a free version too
- Ninja was paid up to $30 million for Mixer move, or a AAA game budget
- Next-gen PSVR confirmation for PS5 was a mistake, VR dev admits
- Valve sold 103,000 Index VR headsets after Half-Life: Alyx reveal
- Nintendo's mobile games earn $1 billion in microtransaction spending
- Resident Evil 8 rumors: Wolf-like monsters, zombies, and first-person
- Leaked PlayStation 5 prototype was faked by Blender VFX expert
- China trade tariffs won't directly raise PS5, Xbox Series X prices
- Metro Exodus' final expansion takes us to irradiated Vladivostok
- Doom Eternal won't have microtransactions, game director says
- Doom Eternal is basically an RPG with tons of upgrades and progression
- Atari is making video game hotel resorts with VR, arcades, and more
- Torchlight III revealed, buy to play with no microtransactions
- Game devs still think Steam doesn't justify its 30% sales cut
- One of the best RPGs ever made is 10 years old today
- Half-Life: Alyx is an extremely dynamic and reactive VR game
- Valve: We never discussed Half-Life 3 because it wasn't in development
- Bluepoint expands to 90 devs, new PS5 game is their most ambitious yet
- Bethesda restores stolen Fallout 76 items to players
- Obi-Wan Disney+ series paused indefinitely
- New PlayStation 5 devkit revision possibly leaked
- Activision may use Google Cloud AI to personalize microtransactions
- YouTube is now the exclusive home of Call of Duty, Overwatch esports
- No, Rocksteady isn't making a Superman game for Xbox Series X
- New Alien MMO shooter might be doomed, devs are getting sold twice
- Hardly any devs are making next-gen PS5, Xbox Series X games
- Report: KOTOR spiritual successor RPG back in development at EA
- Stardew Valley is a massive success with 10 million copies sold
- Modern Warfare made $78.8 million in monetization in one month
- Hideo Kojima reiterates multi-game transmedia focus
- Resogun dev Housemarque to reveal big new AAA game in 2020
- New Everquest game is in development under fresh studio
- Ninja Theory's Project Mara is a cerebral nightmare into a broken mind
- Funcom welcomes Tencent takeover, will use funds on new Dune games
- Rumor: Cyberpunk 2077 isn't running well on Xbox One consoles
- New Switch Pro console may not support 4K gaming
- Xbox Series X SSD: DRAM-less PCIe 4.0 NVMe with up to 3.7GB/sec speeds
- First photo of an Xbox Series X prototype has leaked
- New Silent Hill games possibly in development at Konami
- Splinter Cell creative director returns to Ubisoft to shape new games
- All Half-Life games are free to play ahead of Half-Life Alyx's launch
- Doom Eternal is massively replayable, to expand with content updates
- Doom Eternal's hub has classic armor sets and demon target practice
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X to sell 6-8 million in 2020, analyst says
- Google buys timed exclusivity for Stadia, 120 new games coming in 2020
- New Switch JoyCon stylus patent is perfect for Mario Paint
- Rockstar could be working GTA 6 and other games
- Dying Light 2 delayed as Techland likely targets next-gen consoles
- PlayStation 5 devkit UI possibly leaked
- BioShock 4 may have Dishonored-like freedom and ingenuity
- Monster Hunter World PC and console updates will be synchronized soon
- Halo 1 PC testing starts this month, opens to more users in February
- Ubisoft's games are changing big time, creative teams overhauled
- Crunch is inevitable for huge games like Cyberpunk 2077
- CD Projekt RED is 'looking at' next-gen consoles, privy to inside info
- Leaked PlayStation 5 concepts show weird X-shaped case
- Rockstar has gotten a lot better at handling crunch
- GTA V is the top-selling game of the decade
- Rockstar may release games at a faster rate at Take-Two's behest
- Valve isn't making Left 4 Dead 3: 'We haven't worked on L4D for years'
- Sony's first-party PS4 exclusives are coming to PC
- PlayStation 5's new DualShock 5 may be usable on PS4
- Cyberpunk 2077's online multiplayer won't release until 2022
- New Witcher game not in development, CD Projekt RED confirms
- Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to September 17, 2020
- GTA 6 listed for 2020 release by retailer Gameware, probably fake
- Xbox Series X SSDs may use Phison flash controllers
- Fortnite breaks fourth wall with Ninja skin
- Epic Store game sales made up 39% of total $680 million yearly revenue
- Nemesis gives us massive anxiety in new Resident Evil 3 trailer
- id: Doom Eternal is the best game we've ever made
- Gamestop's Q3 net loss is dramatically lower than last year's
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake delayed to April
- Sony skips E3 2020, has two major events planned for February
- New viking Assassin's Creed Amazon listing confirmed fake
- Game Pass gives devs freedom to take risks and get weird with games
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood now has RTX ray tracing support
- GTA IV removed from sale on Steam thanks to Games for Windows Live
- Microsoft wants new IPs to turn into long-running franchises
- Rumor: Next Star Wars game will spark new pre-Skywalker saga
- Awesome Games Done Quick raises over $3 million for charity
- Next Assassin's Creed isn't called Ragnarok, most leaked info is wrong
- WB Montreal's Batman game may feature batcycle, started dev in 2014
- A next-gen Metal Gear Solid should look like this concept art
- Switch and GameCube merge in unique custom JoyCon build
- Sony probably won't be at E3 2020, may hold its own event
- New viking Assassin's Creed leak: 4 player co-op, 2020 next-gen launch
- Next-gen console exclusives will be few and far between through 2021
- No, Xbox Series X won't run Steam or the Epic Store
- No one knows when the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo will drop
- Pokemon Home will cost money, coming in February
- That Prince of Persia sequel rumor is totally fake
- 200 classic Pokemon coming to Sword and Shield in $30 expansion pass
- Atari VCS currently in later testing and validation phases
- New Batman game gets mysterious cape on the night teaser
- PlayStation 5's biggest features have yet to be announced, Sony says
- Alienware's new dual-screen laptop takes cues from the 3DS
- PS4 has sold over 1 billion games and 106 million consoles
- Ex-Xbox VP won't buy next-gen Xbox, will play exclusives on PC instead
- New Xbox Series X renders show ventilation and back ports
- Phison and Enmotus reveal new MiDrive NVME SSDs
- Nintendo will benefit immensely from streaming, analyst says
- Xbox Series X HDMI pass-through currently not supported
- Alienware's new Switch PC hybrid is out of this world
- PlatinumGames now has total control over its future IPs
- PlayStation 5 backward compatibility should support every PS4 game
- Sony reveals the PlayStation 5...logo
- Seagate's new Firecuda Gaming external SSD hits up to 2GB/sec speeds
- Corsair K95 RGB Platinum XT keyboard comes with Stream Deck software
- New Switch entering mass production in 2020
- Big O combines PC, PS4, or Xbox in one box, on sale now
- New trapezoidal PS5 render is an expensive accident waiting to happen
- Analyst: $500 Xbox Series X will take wind out of Microsoft's sails
- In a parallel universe, Interplay merged with Lucasfilm Games
- No Man's Sky was one of Steam's most-played games four years in a row
- Final Fantasy game streaming subscription service might happen
- GTA V made half a billion dollars in 2019, was #3 best-earning game
- AR could be Nintendo Switch's next gimmick
- NPD: Gaming accessibility is most important for 2020s
- AAA games to earn record-breaking $19 billion in 2020
- PlatinumGames teases big things for 2020
- PS5 may only enhance PS4 games, legacy PS1, PS2 and PS3 games unlikely
- Hideo Kojima's next project may be an interactive film-game hybrid
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake install size takes up 73.7GB on PS4
- Game Pass just got the most popular game of all time
- 40% of Switch owners in U.S. also own a PS4 or Xbox One
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake leaks hint at PC port
- Respawn's Vince Zampella to lead EA DICE's L.A. studio, new IP coming
- Fortnite conquers 2019 with $1.8 billion earned
- PlayStation 5 to outsell Xbox Series X in 2020, analyst predicts
- Switch Pro with 4K gaming coming in 2020 at $399, analyst predicts
- Revised 16nm Switch Tegra SoC hacked with modchip
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo gets leaked, intro footage revealed
- Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5, Xbox Series X? It's possible
- Xbox Lockhart going digital-only at launch would be a mistake
- Xbox Series X may be more powerful, but will third-party devs use it?