Derek Strickland
Senior Gaming Editor - Florida, USA
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.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
Derek Strickland has written 10286 pieces of content
- March 2023
- RTX 3080 Ti GPUs reportedly bricking while playing Diablo IV beta
- Counter-Strike 2 announced: new sub-tick rate update, all CSGO items carry over
- Remedy's Control made €62 million in profit with over 3 million game sales
- Amazon mass layoff continues with 9,000 more job losses, Twitch affected
- CD Projekt may have rebooted new Witcher multiplayer game
- Twitch CEO Emmett Shear resigns, will now stay on as advisor
- Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy coming to Steam to help spark PC game sales
- Square Enix's NFT game will only let 3 people play the last mission
- Nuclear blast from the past: Toxic Crusaders beat-em-up coming from AVGN dev
- Microsoft reveals how much Tencent, Apple, and Google make from mobile games
- Microsoft keeps making smart business deals to get Activision merger passed
- If Switch 2 is on the way, Nintendo hints at backwards compatibility support
- Sony ships 25,000 pounds of devkits overseas, is it the PS5 Pro?
- Square Enix may have spent over $100 million on Forspoken
- Slow PS5 downloads? This trick could double PlayStation 5 download speeds
- Square Enix indicates it will continue making exclusivity deals with PlayStation
- Forspoken's low sales presents 'considerable downside risk' to Square Enix
- Microsoft clarifies where 150 million more Call of Duty players figure came from
- Microsoft used FTC's anti-Nintendo market definition to make Sony seem bigger
- Video recording of Microsoft's merger press conference in Brussels has surfaced
- Sony can't tell us why the 10-year Call of Duty deal is bad for PlayStation
- Sony has $5.1 billion left to spend on strategic investments and acquisitions
- New Sony president believes PSVR2 will outsell original PSVR
- Sony is confident the PS5 can break 60 million sales
- New Suicide Squad live game delayed, core gameplay not expected to change
- Discord goes all-in on AI, will use OpenAI to upgrade Clyde chatbot and AutoMod
- Epic Store makes $820 million in 2022, mostly from first-party games
- PlayStation 5 now supports 1440p Variable Refresh Rate displays
- Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I don't want a Call of Duty deal, I want to block your merger'
- Sony claims Microsoft may deliberately downgrade Call of Duty on PlayStation
- Starfield release date officially confirmed alongside Starfield Direct showcase
- Sony buying Take-Two Interactive rumors now seem even more dubious
- Meta prepares Quest Pass VR game subscription to better engage HMD owners
- Xbox chief reiterates game plan: 'We want gamers to play everywhere'
- Take-Two executes $50 million 'cost-reduction program' with company layoffs
- Minecraft has 'maybe 120 million active players,' Xbox's Phil Spencer says
- Report: Counter-Strike 2 reveal imminent with a beta coming soon
- New Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi revealed, DBZ expected to hit $1bn this year
- Final Fantasy XVI's exclusivity deal gave direct access to PS5 engineers
- Analysis: Will Square Enix's new president make more deals with Xbox?
- Original Diablo devs wanted to sell small expansion discs for $5 a piece
- Dead Island 2's crazy combos cause catastrophic chaos
- Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda to retire, investors to vote on replacement
- Nintendo Switch six years of success: Sales milestones, earnings, and more
- 10-year ABK deal should include Steam to make full impact
- Microsoft meets with CMA to defend against antitrust concerns & explore remedies
- European Commission now likely to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- FTC judge orders Sony to mostly comply with Microsoft subpoena
- Hitman developers at IO Interactive are now making their dream game
- European Commission delays Activision merger decision deadline February 2023
- Elden Ring nears Call of Duty levels of sales success
- Miyamoto says Nintendo spirit will live on after his departure
- Square Enix re-absorbs Final Fantasy 15, Forspoken dev Luminous Productions
- European Commission chief Margrethe Vestager comments on Activision merger
- Final Fantasy XVI PC news: Yoshi-P isn't sure when it will happen
- Final Fantasy XVI's new feature could revolutionize RPGs
- Game Pass, the so-called multi-game subscription leader, expands to more regions
- Activision merger block won't destroy Xbox business, Phil Spencer says
- It's official: FromSoft is working on a new Elden Ring expansion
- Report: Microsoft may sell Xbox if Activision merger fails
- Steam gamers downloaded over 44 billion gigabytes of data in 2022
- Valve's Steam Deck handheld PC celebrates its first birthday
- Microsoft needs to release Call of Duty on current-gen Switch to honor pledge
- Microsoft's 10-year deals with Nintendo, NVIDIA were masterfully planned
- Microsoft sees 'clear path' towards regulatory approval of Activision merger
- Nintendo skipping E3 2023: 'The show didn't fit into our plans'
- Dragon Age Dreadwolf to deliver ambitious power fantasy with meaning and choice
- Baldur's Gate 3 is coming to Xbox too, Larian officially confirms
- Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav spoils Mortal Kombat 12's reveal
- PS Plus March 2023 free games: Battlefield 2042 leads the lineup
- Take-Two Interactive lawyers to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Call of Duty 2024 aka Cerberus may release on PS4 and Xbox One
- Valve's legendary FPS gleams in new Half-Life raytracing mod
- Valve hires legal counsel to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Microsoft opposed to 'carving up' Activision as divesture strategy
- Sony reveals new State of Play as Microsoft makes big moves in Activision merger
- Never worry about Chrome memory usage with Corsair's new insane 192GB RAM kits
- Microsoft to bring all Xbox games to GeForce Now, wins NVIDIA's merger support
- Antec's new P20C case sports a massive mesh panel for superior cooling
- Red Dead Redemption 2 breaks 50 million sales, total RDR franchise at 74 million
- Grand Theft Auto franchise has made over $8 billion since GTA V's release
- Tencent, the largest games company in the world, supports the Activision merger
- Labor unions tell Euro regulators why Microsoft-Activision merger should pass
- Sony takes 'discounted margin' on Call of Duty sales and earnings on PlayStation
- New Civilization sim game in development as Firaxis president leaves studio
- Meta lost at least $26 billion on the metaverse so far
- Tencent bails on VR and scales back metaverse plans due to economic pressures
- FTC allows Sony more time to prepare documents for Microsoft-Activision merger
- Diablo IV open beta: Act, level cap, and release timeline revealed
- Google, NVIDIA, Valve and EA to attend Microsoft-Activision merger hearing
- Five new Lord of the Rings games will release by March 2024
- PlayStation first-party game sales break records with new yearly high
- PlayStation's physical game revenues surge to new four-year high in holiday 2022
- Microsoft could divest Blizzard for Activision merger approval, analyst suggests
- Saints Row sales bomb has changed how Embracer greenlights new projects
- Sony injects tremendous value into PlayStation Plus with new games lineup
- Will Sony unlock Bluetooth audio for PS5 when new PlayStation earbuds ship?
- Activision merger: Microsoft and Sony to face off at European Commission hearing
- Game Pass consistently reduces game sales, CMA finds substitution effects
- Nintendo Switch platform has generated nearly $67 billion in lifetime revenues
- PlayStation to break 6 billion game sales by mid-2023
- PlayStation MAUs surge by 10 million as Sony sets new holiday growth record
- PS Plus subscribers stabilize at 46.4 million through PlayStation's record Q3
- Big 3 market share: PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo slightly fluctuate in 2022
- After chasing horror, PUBG parent Krafton delves deeper into mythical fantasy
- Nintendo confirms not all new Switch games will cost $69.99
- CMA finds Activision is open to adding games to subscriptions sans merger
- Microsoft having tough time acquiring Sony's records in Activision merger case
- Report: Call of Duty 2023 will be a full game set in Modern Warfare universe
- Satya Nadella believes Activision merger could help Xbox compete in Japan
- United Kingdom may represent less than 5% of global video games market revenues
- Microsoft-Activision merger: Sony now refuses to communicate with Microsoft
- CMA has been 'co-opted by FTC ideology,' says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
- Nintendo vs PlayStation hardware sales: All consoles and handhelds ranked
- It's official: Nintendo is now charging $69.99 for first-party games
- PlayStation beat Xbox cloud gaming users in 2021, new CMA data indicates
- CMA may require Microsoft to sell Activision or Call of Duty for merger approval
- CMA list possible remedies for Microsoft-Activision merger approval
- Microsoft-Activision merger news: CMA gives update on investigation findings
- PlayStation made $8.8 billion more than Xbox in 2022
- PlayStation boss Jim Ryan accused of lying to European Union regulators
- After years of scarcity, Sony plans to flood the market with PlayStation 5s
- Sony has sold 585 million PlayStation consoles and handhelds
- Dragon Age 4's opening act may show the downfall of the Grey Wardens
- Dragon Age 4 may recreate one of Mass Effect Andromeda's worst mistakes
- PS5 sales hit 32 million as Sony makes over $3 billion in Q3 hardware sales
- PlayStation makes history with record $8.8 billion earnings in Holiday 2022
- E3 2023 loses Big 3 as Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony will not attend in any capacity
- Sony shutting down one of the best PlayStation Plus bonuses
- EA cancels new Titanfall Legends singleplayer game to help save $140 million
- EA cuts costs by $140 million to stay slim in worrisome economy January 2023
- EA says Apex is a 10-year franchise: 'There's a lot of new things we can do'
- EA delays Jedi Survivor by a few weeks, now launching in April
- Xbox 360 classics being delisted, this might be your last chance to buy them
- DualSense Edge controller battery is 33% smaller than the $70 PS5 DualSense
- Sony denies PSVR2 production cut, PS5 headset to have ample supply for launch
- Report: Embracer leases Tomb Raider franchise to Amazon in $600 million deal
- Xbox earnings drop by $684 million during critical holiday period
- Report: Ubisoft has split new Far Cry into two separate games
- Xbox is finally beating PlayStation, but only in one way
- Electronic Gaming Monthly is the latest casualty in games media shutdown
- Redfall to offer in-game purchases, may include cosmetic microtransactions
- Attention game devs: Now seems like a bad time to make a new live service game
- Woke Xbox: Republicans try to rope Xbox into politics and fail spectacularly
- Macabre vampire game Redfall would make Stephen King proud
- DOJ and U.S. states seek to dismantle Google's ad monopoly
- Diablo 2 is getting 8 new runewords, but they're not so great
- FTC trying to use Microsoft-Activision merger to 'reset merger policy'
- Bungie's new change makes Destiny much more rewarding
- Google, NVIDIA give key evidence to FTC relating to Microsoft-Activision merger
- The Last of Us is HBO's latest mega-popular show, pulls over 10 million views
- Games media suffers more layoffs, high-profile games sites affected
- Report: 343 Industries no longer making Halo games, is now franchise gatekeeper
- Ubisoft CEO dials back controversial comments in attempt to assuage developers
- Avengers content updates to end as Crystal Dynamics shifts focus to Tomb Raider
- Nintendo boosts Switch production as next-gen Super Switch 4K looms
- Rockstar Games under fire for GTA Trilogy's poor performance on Steam
- Ex-Halo 5 dev says 'Microsoft set Halo up for failure'
- Microsoft's contractor policy could disrupt Activision's game development
- Halo game dev 343 Industries hit hard by recent Xbox studio layoffs
- Returnal PC specs are here: RTX 2070 Super needed for 1080p 60FPS High settings
- Microsoft to fire 10,000 employees including Xbox game developers
- Ubisoft CEO damages worker morale, now its Paris studio may go on strike
- PC spec requirements for Square Enix's new fantasy game are quite surprising
- NetEase rejects deal with Activision, Blizzard games getting pulled in China
- Europe prepares statement of objections against Microsoft-Activision merger
- Love King's Field? Then you need check out this indie game
- New Xbox showcase connects players directly to devs, removes filler and fluff
- Check out Lies of P running in 8K at Ultra resolution on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Metal Gear Solid MGS1 PS5 remake may be announced soon by Konami and Sony
- The unofficial Oblivion remaster you've been waiting for releases in 2025
- YouTuber solves mystery that has plagued Morrowind players for 22 years
- Sony's PlayStation Store is getting some much-needed help
- Ubisoft drops earnings target by 105 million Euros as games miss expectations
- It's official: Wizards will not charge royalties in new DnD OGL
- It's time for Ubisoft to give up on NFTs and crypto
- Ubisoft stock crashes as company prepares 500 million Euro loss for 2022
- Ubisoft may sell game franchises to reduce costs
- Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones for a sixth time as it faces dire economic trials
- Sabrent creates the perfect Steam Deck dock with up to 4K 60Hz output
- Naughty Dog's next game may take cues from Elden Ring
- Jedi: Survivor requires non-optional patching on PC, full PC specs revealed
- Jedi Survivor developed 'on Ryzen, for Ryzen' with AMD FSR & FreeSync support
- Microsoft could cut game dev jobs if/when Activision-Blizzard merger closes
- GeForce Now RTX 4080 GPU upgrade: 64 TFLOPs power, 240 FPS, sub 40ms latency
- NVIDIA may use AI to tweak graphics drivers and squeeze out more performance
- AMD explains why it can't replace faulty RX 7900 XTX graphics cards just yet
- Best Buy has good news and bad news for consumers
- Twitter's new update will ignore the entire point of Twitter
- Intel's peak 13th Gen mobile chip is a 24-core 5.6GHz monster
- Sony's new smartcar lets you play PS5 games, but it has a very strange name
- Inflation hits gaming hard, 2022 global games revenues drop over $8 billion
- Microsoft-Activision merger timeline: FTC, CMA, and EC final decision calendar
- Microsoft drops controversial argument against the FTC's Activision merger block
- NetEase acquires Halo Infinite and Fallout 76 developer Skybox Labs
- ASUS Raikiri Pro Xbox controller has unique trigger locks and OLED strip
- How the CMA's decision delay could affect the Microsoft-Activision merger
- CMA delays Microsoft-Activision merger final report deadline
- Sony's new Project Leonardo controller opens up PS5 gaming to everyone
- Sony gives new PlayStation 5 sell-through numbers, December was PS5's best month
- The Last of Us franchise breaks 37 million sales, overtakes Spider-Man duology
- Microsoft prepared to defy FTC and face a federal merger trial
- Square Enix's aggressive crypto gambit seems too risky for investors
- Square Enix's global aspirations hindered by PlayStation exclusivity
- Payday reveal: OVERKILL confirms 2023 is the year of Payday 3
- System Shock remake finally has a confirmed release schedule
- World's first 100% wireless 4K OLED TV spotted at CES
- Embracer Group has spent $2 million on its video game preservation archive
- New Alienware Concept Nyx: The RGB Steam Controller of the future
- FTC holds first pretrial hearing in Microsoft-Activision merger
- FTC sets public prehearing conference for Microsoft-Activision merger
Elon Musk reportedly left OpenAI after he failed at taking over the company
Stunning photos show Northern Lights making a rare appearance south
Researchers that built a ChatGPT clone for $600 killed it over safety concerns
Microsoft researchers say GPT-4 is the beginning of a human-level AI
Epic unveils incredibly lifelike facial animation tech that's uncomfortably good
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio White Review
Vertagear P Line Racing Series PL4800 Big and Tall RGB Gaming Chair Review
Enermax StarryKnight SK30 Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Enermax ETS-F40-BK-ARGB CPU Air Cooler Review
Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT CPU Liquid Cooler Review
Extendable Routers: Benefits of Wi-Fi 6 and DIY mesh platforms like ASUS AiMesh
Phison E26 B58R 1,600MT 2TB SSD Preview - PCIe Gen5 storage is here
Silicon Motion SM2267XT DRAMless Laptop SSD Preview - Speed and Efficiency
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Unboxed: FE, ASUS, MSI and ZOTAC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 OC Shootout: ASUS, COLORFUL, FE, MSI, GAINWARD