Indeed. Horizon Zero Dawn on PC was laughed at until he stepped in.
This is somewhat strange that he has not run an article about it already, if people on this very forum are aware of its existence......
I imagine he has more than enough sources willing to spill the beans.
From the point of view of a journalist, unless he has his own source, in which case the rumors are irrelevant in the first place, there is little to go on.
I came here specifically during the process of trying to evaluate the credibility of the BB PC rumors, after sifting through tons of Twitter, reddit, and 4chan ... manure, let's say.
There are plenty of claims, most of them with no credibility / people repeating something somebody else said / plain made up for trolling purposes.
What it boils down to is claims by
- here: Queen Of Bloodborne (claim: QA tester, direct access: primary)
- gaf: Celine D Sykes (claim: works in company where has seen devs work on BB PC: primary)
- here: InquisitorAles (claim: has sources: secondary)
(I discarded the Sloth moms ("white lied" on this very topic), Warios, Nibels (retweets only), tweets by Russian HDZ leakers (fake), screenshots (fake), Red Gaming / Moore's Law (repeats of Inquisitor video with "I actually knew that",... probably others I forgot).
I tried to evaluate the credibility of Queen by searching for post history on HZD, about which the common wisdom here seems to be that she had accurate info very early; unfortunately the search feature only goes up to 6 months it seems, so that's a bust. I got nothing on Inquisitor. I haven't had time to look into Celine.
So in the end, the rumor is still purely at "dude, trust me" stage. But it is a case where absence of evidence is fairly weak evidence of absence, as Sony has a history of under-hyping PC releases (HZD was announced in a blog post, a propos of nothing), Sony changing practices, documented intention of extending to PC, the PS4 being end-of-life, DeS holding the top spot in the genre for now,... all combine to make BB PC quite plausible now, and the absence of communication consistent with expectations.
Short of kidnapping the claimants above and making them talk with all means nece.. huh? what do you mean torture is illegal? Even if I call it "enhanced conversation"? Still? Kidnapping too? What a world!
In the end it boils down to a definite "maybe". <Insert Neutral World Futurama gif here.>