Derek Strickland

Senior Gaming Editor
Derek joined the TweakTown team in 2015 and has since reviewed and played 1000s of hours of new games. Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the tech that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Derek, currently based in Florida, USA, has written 11,720 items of content on TweakTown since his first content was published online in 2015.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
- February 2025
- PlayStation Network outage: PSN servers offline for 17 hours and counting
- GTA+ subscriptions are on the rise, here's what Take-Two thinks about the service
- GTA franchise may hit $10 billion revenue between GTA 5 and GTA 6
- Grand Theft Auto has made $9.54 billion since GTA V's launch
- Take-Two stock leaps 15% after GTA 6 release date 'reaffirmed' by CEO
- Sony guts PlayStation UI team shortly after the huge success of PS5 30th anniversary themes
- Take-Two hasn't made exact GTA 6 sales predictions, is confident in Rockstar's perfectionism
- GTA V sales reach 210 million as total Grand Theft Auto franchise breaks 440 million sales
- GTA 6 delay? Grand Theft Auto VI still set for Fall 2025 release date, Take-Two reiterates
- New Switch 2 JoyCon patent shows mouse functionality
- E3 goes private again with new invite-only trade show
- Nintendo Switch platform hits $85 billion in lifetime sales revenue, 1.3 billion games sold
- Switch 2 will be priced with profitability and foreign exchange rates in mind
- EA open to delaying Battlefield 6 to ensure the game is 'all it needs to be'
- EA to focus on 'highest-value opportunities' following Dragon Age Veilguard sales blunder
- Switch 2 launch to have 'head start' with ample supply, Nintendo says
- Nintendo to support original Switch as long as demand exists, President Shuntaro Furukawa says
- Switch sales break 150 million, Nintendo signals peak saturation
- Gaming titans ask Trump administration to consult ESA before tariffs are passed
- Nintendo holiday sales plummet to lowest point since Switch launch
- Nintendo drops annual forecast -22%, now expects to sell millions less games and hardware
- 'GTA is unlike any other game,' animator says Rockstar is likely fixing tons of bugs in GTA 6
- Battlefield 6's next-gen destruction effects will be first things tested in Battlefield Labs
- EA wants your help to build the next Battlefield game, EA invests big in direct player feedback
- January 2025
- Xbox to use PlayStation and Nintendo to build multiplatform, cross-network gaming empire
- Xbox Series S parity clause primes first-party games for Xbox handheld, Switch 2
- Xbox consoles are here to stay: 'Hardware is a critical part of what we do'
- WB to shut down brawler blunder Multiversus shortly after executive departure
- Ads are the key to reaching every gamer on the planet, Microsoft says
- Forza Horizon 5 is the latest Xbox exclusive coming to PlayStation 5 and it may not be the last
- Xbox Game Pass revenue could've beaten Xbox console sales in Holiday 2024
- Xbox hardware revenue down to second-lowest point in the last 10 years
- Xbox is becoming more profitable despite $530 million earnings decrease
- Xbox doubles down on profit, high-margin businesses: Xbox Game Pass, breaking exclusivity, etc.
- Xbox earnings hit $6.58 billion in Q2, second highest holiday quarter of all time
- Sony drops PSN login requirement for select singleplayer PlayStation PC games
- PS Plus to stop offering PS4 games in 2026: 'PS4 games are no longer a key benefit'
- BioWare pre-production team starts cooking up Mass Effect 5: 'Our full focus is on Mass Effect'
- Xbox CEO: 'It's game first, not platform first, our games will show up in more and more places'
- PlayStation gets new CEO as Sony shuffles executives
- SEGA makes big step in new Super Game global live service business strategy
- Warner Bros Games leadership to depart, is WB's $3 billion games target in jeopardy?
- Doom: The Dark Ages' teeming hordes were inspired by Sparta's last stand in 300
- Dragon Age Veilguard significantly underperformed, may have sold less than 1.5 million copies
- EA heavily slashes earnings targets as Dragon Age, FC25 underperform, shares drop by 16%
- GTA 6 for $100 reports have been taken wildly out of context
- Goodbye artificial scarcity: Nintendo can produce 20 million Switch 2 consoles in first year
- Microsoft clarifies Xbox revenue reports, says Activision has delivered growth
- Switch 2 JoyCons can be used as mice, new mystery button may be tied to fresh gimmick
- Nintendo officially reveals Switch 2, confirms features like top USB-C, magnetic JoyCons
- Ubisoft pursuing 'transformational capitalistic options,' may strike deal with Tencent
- Switch 2 reveal coming this week, reports indicate
- Nintendo officially responds to Switch 2 leaks, confirms Genki doesn't have Switch 2 console
- Switch 2 SD Express micro SD cards found in Gamestop database
- Nintendo Switch 2 will 'sell out very quickly,' analysts predict limited stock at launch
- Microsoft may have 'no choice' but to bring Xbox games to PS5, analyst says
- Analyst: Nintendo Switch 2 supply to be constrained in US, to sell 4.3 million in 2025
- A single Call of Duty game has outsold entire video game franchises
- Activision spent $640 million to develop 2019's Call of Duty Modern Warfare reboot
- Valve reveals the top-grossing Steam games of 2024 by revenue
- Switch 2's AI upscaling tech possibly detailed in new Nintendo patent