Matt Jarvis
Contributor
After graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of Kent, Matt has spent over a decade writing professionally about music, film, games and other pop culture for various places. His experience includes several years as a technology, PC and video game journalist on trade magazines PCR, MCV and Develop, as well as freelancing for outlets including Kotaku, WhatCulture and the Daily Star, before moving to write about tabletop games as the editor of monthly print magazine Tabletop Gaming. He has appeared as an industry expert across TV, radio and online discussing tabletop games on outlets including the BBC, NPR and Washington Post. In 2019, he was named by Mojo Nation 100 as one of the most influential figures working in the toy and games industry. He has also been the voice of an advert for Wiltshire Caravans, and written about Metal Gear Solid 2 for A Hideo Kojima Book. Matt joined Dicebreaker as editor-in-chief in 2019, and has been trying to convince the rest of the team to play Diplomacy since.
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Elden Ring is taking its orchestral soundtrack on tour next spring, including its first UK concert
“Narrative symphonic experience” headed to the Royal Albert Hall
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See that mountain? You can rollerblade up it
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Project currently codenamed “R” will see a reveal in 2025
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Will now land a month after Steam
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TimeSplitters reboot was reportedly a Fortnite clone before shifting to a remake of TimeSplitters 2
“Nobody wanted that really, not even us, but we didn't have much of a choice for a long time”
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Accessory details gesture at Shadow of the Erdtree arriving for the game’s second anniversary
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Activision Blizzard will pay $55m to settle sex discrimination lawsuit
State of California accused Call of Duty makers of offering lower pay and promotion opportunities to women
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James McCaffrey, the voice of Max Payne and Alan Wake 2’s Alex Casey, has died
Also appeared in Remedy’s Control and 2008’s Alone in the Dark
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It doesn’t sound like Baldur’s Gate 3 will be on Game Pass anytime soon - if ever
"We made a big game, so I think there's a fair price to be paid for that”
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Kojima aiming for something “achievable only through the medium of film"
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Motoring MMO The Crew is going offline in March, making it impossible to play
“Decommissioning a game, and especially our first one, is not something we take lightly,” say Ubisoft Ivory Tower
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Just over two years after being acquired
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Black-and-white bloodbath Mouse looks like Cuphead as a first-person shooter
Here’s a real high-class bout!
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Update featuring 4K features and bug fixes was announced last October
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Puzzle your way out of an Among Us escape room in free Escape Simulator crossover DLC, out now
Follows a free virtual escape room based on Portal
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Please stop huffing your Steam Deck vent fumes, Valve plead, as players obsess over “new Deck smell”
“We understand that it may be a meme, but please refrain from this behavior for the safety of your health”
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John Romero marks Doom’s 30th birthday by putting out Sigil 2 - aka episode 6 - for free
Nine new punishing levels that continue the OG hell-shooter
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Just four days after The Day Before finally launched, devs Fntastic have closed down
Say they lack the funds to continue developing the zombie-survival game
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Final Fantasy 16’s PC release will require an SSD, hints producer Yoshi-P
Will consider letting us play as Cid or Jill if it sells well enough
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Two indie megahits combine in Vampire Survivors’ Among Us DLC, out later this month
Fight off hordes of monsters as a crew member on a new map
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GTA 6 trailer is how the game is “really going to look”, not cinematics, says ex-Rockstar dev
Former animator praises artists for pushing “hardware to the limits”
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Say that their upcoming punk-rock narrative drama will still see a release
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Alone in the Dark reboot delayed again, will now land in March so devs “avoid any potential crunch”
Previously bumped back to 2024 to dodge a crowded October
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Tempest 2000 dev Jeff Minter will be the subject of Digital Eclipse's next interactive documentary
Packing in over 40 games and a whole lot of history
