Tag: gaming industry

‘The mid-2000s was the golden era of first-person shooters’: David Syzmankski, creator of Dusk and Iron Lung, discusses the games on his PC

‘The mid-2000s was the…

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC…
Gears of War’s creator is considering returning to game development, but whatever he makes won’t be PvP like his last efforts: “Good look to anyone in that space

Gears of War’s creator…

Eight years after leaving the games industry, Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is considering a full-time return to…
Estimates peg Valve as a capitalism fusion reactor, making such ungodly money per employee that it’s no wonder Gabe Newell bought all those yachts and the whole damn yacht company

Estimates peg Valve as…

Is there a single games company that cultivates the kind of hushed, awed whispers that Valve does? As a…
How much RAM do you need for an ‘ultimate gaming machine?’ July in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago

How much RAM do…

What’s the name for that phenomenon when you learn about something for the first time and then start seeing…
Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

Does anyone know how…

I was born in the early ’90s, and thanks to a life marked by periodic socioeconomic turmoil, I’ve come…
Retiring Valve programmer says ‘at least one’ of the studio’s beloved game modes was made in secret to avoid pushback from peers

Retiring Valve programmer says…

Programmer Christopher Green has had a long career in the games industry, with a development history that included Amiga’s…
Doom director Hugo Martin says id Software is fine, and anyway, ‘what matters the most is that the games are good’

Doom director Hugo Martin…

One of the biggest questions left in the aftermath of the Xbox layoffs earlier this month is the state…
EA vice president of advertising says game ads are a ‘huge opportunity’, but it ‘has to make sense for the game’

EA vice president of…

EA announced it’d be creating a whole new platform for advertising last month, something I’m sure has you so…
Report paints a picture of brutal cord-cutting inside Xbox layoffs: ‘Many of us did not know what was happening for weeks’

Report paints a picture…

Xbox’s 1,600 layoffs last week were brutal on the developers impacted, and will have uncertain ripples on the industry…
Report contradicts Microsoft’s statements that id Software hasn’t been shoved onto Unreal from id Tech: ‘It’s most likely going to end up in the in the trash can’

Report contradicts Microsoft’s statements…

One of the major victims of Xbox’s “reset” is id Software, which suffered a whopping 136 layoffs—a move one…