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As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the path of other mass media, says Tom Wainwright | Special re... (2023)
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash acquisition, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games. It's the softwar... (2022)
Tiny Shanghai-based studio Pixpil beats giants like Nintendo at their own game with the new Eastward, a vintagey-looking adventure that follows an ... (2021)
This infographic visualizes 50 years of gaming history, from the first wave of arcades and home consoles to a tsunami of mobile gaming. (2020)
The social gaming platform for tweens and teens says it plans to raise $1 billion. (2020)
YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too. (2020)
How to stay out of the Sino-American clash of clans (2020)
With schools closed, the gaming site offers kids a socially interactive alternative to YouTube "Founded in 2004, Roblox serves up a vast univer... (2020)
Decision to partner with Microsoft stunned PlayStation staff. Talks on cloud gaming pact have been underway since last year When Sony Corp. unv... (2019)
Developers and other workers at Epic Games say the company pressured them into working extraordinarily long hours, creating a toxic and stressful e... (2019)
The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation. (2019)
Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Sony’s PlayStation game console — and the PlayStation Classic’s release — Polygon takes an in-depth look at the ca... (2018)
In this post, we’ll be: giving an overview of what a game developer is (and the different specializations and skills), going over what you can do t... (2018)
SuperHero in Training is an upcoming VR Action Platformer planned to be released in late 2019/early 2020. The game puts the player in a comic-style... (2018)
My mind was circling around some staggering recent game industry stats, and some foreboding writings from prominent indie developers. And around th... (2018)
With the Switch, the 130-year-old gaming giant has once again turned reports of its demise into Nintendo Mania. (2018)
After a series of missteps in video game development, this duo now hosts multi-player servers for the popular game <em>Minecraft</em>. (2015)
Microsoft has paid out $7 million to Minecraft content makers since last June. But it’s just beginning to build out its marketplace... (2018)
Company now valued at $100 million. (2018)
Riot Games, creator of the wildly popular League of Legends, says it puts players’ enjoyment above the need to produce profits. And that may be the... (2018)
At the Bunkr, a shop in a hip east London neighbourhood, fans shop for the jerseys of their favourite teams, watch match highlights on wall-mounted... (2017)
Virtual currencies from such games as RuneScape are prized in a country whose real money is worthless. (2017)
In East Germany, a gamer scene emerged just before the fall of communism. Teenagers met at a computer club to swap and play C64 games. The state wa... (2018)
Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, so it’s natural that Microsoft, after buying creator Mojang some years back, would attemp... (2020)
Video game legend Chris Roberts has spent seven years building "Star Citizen," drawing in money from average gamers in the world's biggest crowdfu... (2019)
It's all fun and games until we find out that all the fun and games could one day be used to train the machines to destroy us. Microsoft, a comp... (2021)
"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for (2024)
Generative AI is the biggest thing to happen to the game industry since 3D. If you're in games, and not experimenting with it then you're already b... (2022)
Fortnite-developer Epic Games announced today that it’s partnering with Lego to build a metaverse aimed at kids. The companies say they are going t... (2022)
Epic Games announced that it has bought Bandcamp, the online music store and community geared around independent musicians. (2022)
Intel's Video Game Looks Like Reality! - Intel Labs - Two Minute Papers 📝 The paper "Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement" is available here... (2022)
Metaverse competition - Facebook vs. Microsoft (2022)
With large majorities of all children (70% in the U.S. and U.K.) staying home from school during the COVID-19 crisis, use of digital media properti... (2020)
In this first-ever look at Minecraft Earth, discover how the reality-bending, world-blending abilities of AR bring blocks to life! Armed with just ... (2019)
The Verge Published on Mar 6, 2019 AI in video games is very different than the AI in self-driving cars, smart home devices, and natural language... (2019)
Jessica Brillhart - https://twitter.com/brillhart - is the founder of Vrai Pictures - https://www.vrai.pictures/ They’re an independent immersive c... (2018)
Vox Published on Jul 21, 2016 "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers. (2018)
In 1984, during the Cold War, a Russian programmer named Alexey Pajitnov created something special: A puzzle ga... (2018)
Using video games to foster community and social interaction. Meet the father who created a Minecraft community for people with autism. Stuart Dun... (2018)
In this GDC 2014 talk, John Nesky, the dynamic camera designer for thatgamecompany's award-winning PSN title Journey, takes attendees on a tour of ... (2017)
For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the... (2022)
In today’s episode we’re talking about an emerging model of gaming called play to earn, in which players can make actual money based on how much ti... (2021)
Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. We have two brief segments — taking up less than 16 Minutes! — in this week’s episo... (2021)
Jade Raymond of Google Stadia discusses how cloud gaming will revolutionize play and unlock unprecedented storytelling and socializing in virtual w... (2020)
Babbage from Economist Radio on Spotify. This week a judge heard the first arguments in an antitrust case that could reshape the software ecosy... (2020)
Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard (a merger he engineered); it's one of only two video gaming companies in the Fortune 500, and the la... (2019)
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises. (2023)
Join the most innovative learning experience for kids. Games designed to cultivate strategic thinking, collaboration, and effective communication. (2022)
Riot Games’ Game Design Curriculum is an entry-level course that teaches high school students the fundamental elements of game design using a frame... (2020)
Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a phy... (2020)
Step up your game with a modern voice & text chat app. Crystal clear voice, multiple server and channel support, mobile apps, and more. (2018)