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 four 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 5434 pieces of content on TweakTown, they are listed below:
- January 2020
- 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?