Tag: gaming industry

Tonda Ros, creator of Blue Prince, has played UFO 50 for almost 700 hours: ‘I think it’s easily my favourite game of the last 20 years’

Tonda Ros, creator of…

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$1.5 billion crypto heist…

As reported by the BBC, Dubai-based crypto firm Bybit is down $1.5 billion in Ethereum after hackers compromised its…
‘These kids do not care about romance’: Game devs want to know what today’s teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn’t it

‘These kids do not…

Surveys say that today’s youth are more interested in stories about platonic friendships and social groups than romance and…
Animators are fuming after Adobe announces it’s killing Adobe Animate, the Flash animation tool that defined the look of early web games

Animators are fuming after…

When web developers moved on from the Flash plugin in the 2010s, Adobe kept the software used to make…
Amazon apparently thought it was gonna compete with Steam since the Orange Box, but Prime Gaming’s former VP admits that ‘gamers already had the solution to their problems’

Amazon apparently thought it…

I will never understand, dear reader, why we keep running into this baffling issue of Valve (and PC gaming…
Capcom announces plans to transform its RE Engine into an ‘AI-generation game engine’

Capcom announces plans to…

Capcom has been on an historic run over the last few years, delivering hit after hit during a period…
‘Not every story is told in that way’: Phil Spencer says that live service games aren’t the answer to every problem, and that smaller games play an important role

‘Not every story is…

Live service games are treated like some great and powerful cheat code for generating awesome amounts of shareholder value.…
Viktor Antonov, the visionary artist who defined Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died

Viktor Antonov, the visionary…

Viktor Antonov, the Bulgarian artist who served as art director on both Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died at…
Former EA exec says the ailing mega-publisher missed a chance to snag Blizzard and other heavy hitters before Activision: ‘EA saw all those first and passed on all of them’

Former EA exec says…

As reported by IGN, former EA chief creative officer Bing Gordon revealed on a recent Grit podcast appearance that…
Epic gave away nearly 600 million games in 2024, and it’s ‘not slowing down’ for 2025

Epic gave away nearly…

With 2024 now well behind us, the Epic Games Store has shared its annual look back at the year…