Kyle Hilliard

Minneapolis

Dad, @MinnMaxShow co-host, working on @undermine_game, Zelda book author, former @GameInformer content director, @GameSpot and more, and @ashleygodbold husband.

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Articles

"I Might Eventually Make A Stardew Valley 2" Says Stardew Valley's Creator

6 days ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

On a recent episode of the TigerBelly podcast, hosted by Stardew Valley superfan Bobby Lee (Borderlands, Mad TV), Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone said that a sequel is a possibility. "I might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2, to be honest," Barone said during his extended discussion about the first game with Lee.
Rockstar Details 9 of Grand Theft Auto VI's Presumably Many, Many Characters

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Rockstar Games surprise released a new trailer this morning for Grand Theft Auto VI (which was recently delayed to next year), but that's not all it shared about the game today. Alongside the trailer, Rockstar overhauled the game's website and added all kinds of new details about the the game's locations and some of the characters you will meet in the game, including its protagonists. Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos are the aforementioned protagonists.
Jackbox Party Pack 11's First Revealed Game Is Suspectives

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Jackbox Party Pack 11 is coming at some vague point later this Fall, and up until today, its inclusions were also vague. Suspectives is the first game revealed for the new pack and you can check out the trailer for it below. The game takes inspiration from party games like Mafia or Werewolves Within where one player is a secret criminal and the others must deduce who it is.
The Game Informer Issue That Never Was - Metaphor: ReFantazio

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Don’t be alarmed – Game Informer is here now and we’re hard at work at getting the magazine back up and running (sign up for an account to be alerted to when we will be selling subscriptions again!). But back in August, we were unexpectedly shut down and at the time, we had made significant progress on the next issue, an issue that would ultimately never see the light of day.
Grand Theft Auto VI Delayed To May 2026

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Grand Theft Auto VI, which may be the most highly anticipated game of all time (an admittedly difficult metric to quantify), has been delayed to May 26, 2026. The game was set to release some time this year, with periodic soft assurances from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the game was on track, but that is no longer the case. In a statement on social media, Rockstar games announced the delay and wrote, "We are very sorry that this is later than you expected.
Blades Of Fire Feels Like A Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Spiritual Successor | New Gameplay Today

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

MercurySteam is most recently known as the developer behind Metroid Dread. But it is arguably more famous for developing the acclaimed 2010 game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which it created for Konami (with help from Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions). Its new game, Blades of Fire, which releases on May 22, is not a sequel to Lords of Shadow. It is an original game and universe, but it feels reminiscent in ways that are intriguing.
Battle Chef Brigade Developer's Latest, Battle Suit Aces, Gets Limited Time Playable Demo

1 week ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Battle Suit Aces, the next game from developer Trinket Studios, the team behind Battle Chef Brigade, is getting a free demo, but it will only be available for a limited time. You can download the demo on Steam here, which is being released as part of LudoNarraCon 2025. The sci-fi mecha RPG features a fully voiced branching narrative alongside its 5v5 card-based gameplay. You also have a ship you can customize that will play into your strategies, as well as a number of mecha Battle Suits.
Spoiler-Free Tips And Story Primer To Help You Play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

2 weeks ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

In Game Informer's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review, I wrote about how I appreciated the game’s restraint in setting up its melancholy world. Especially in the beginning, the world can be confusing, and that is frequently to its benefit. But with that said, there are still some details that I wish I had known before starting.
Wartorn Preview - Combining Classic Warcraft/StarCraft RTS Gameplay With A Roguelike Structure - Game Informer

2 weeks ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

Paul Hellquist is new developer Stray Kite’s creative director, but before helping co-found the studio, he was the lead designer on Bioshock and spent a lot of time at Gearbox working on the Borderlands series. Today, Hellquist and the Stray Kite team shared more about its upcoming debut project, Wartorn, which it describes as a fantasy, roguelike, real time tactics game.
Reader Discussion: Were You Able To Pre-Order A Nintendo Switch 2?

2 weeks ago | gameinformer.com | Kyle Hilliard

The Switch 2 was fully unveiled about three weeks ago now. At the time, Nintendo shared pre-orders would be happening the following week, but it had to pause those plans in the face of Trump's ambiguous tariff plans. After some time, however, Nintendo made public that pre-orders would begin today, April 24, and that demand was already exceeding supply. Which lead to last night, at 12 p.m. ET, when pre-orders at retailers like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy officially opened.