Tag: gaming industry

Dev breaks down in tears when 4 years of work are rewarded with $250,000 earnings in a week: ‘I don’t know why people are so nice’

Dev breaks down in…

In a small ray of light for our fallen world, an indie dev who poured their heart and soul…
‘You would not believe the number of AI games in our inbox’ says Tunic’s publisher ‘I am tired of seeing it’

‘You would not believe…

If you think you’re tired of seeing generative AI everywhere, well at least your inbox (probably) isn’t full of…
On the ground at PlayerUnknown’s 2-day in-studio modjam where devs broke their own game

On the ground at…

It is about one hour to presentation time and Alexander Helliwell has decided to experiment. His mod—an attempt to…
Take-Two boss declines to offer advice to the new Microsoft Gaming chief, says she’ll be fine on her own: ‘She’s a highly accomplished executive who’s done just great without ever having met me’

Take-Two boss declines to…

Asha Sharma’s elevation to CEO of Microsoft Gaming following Phil Spencer’s surprise retirement caused consternation among some gamers because,…
Epic CEO and billionaire Tim Sweeney has been using some of his cash to buy up 50,000 acres of forest so it can’t be flattened

Epic CEO and billionaire…

Tim Sweeney, the CEO and co-founder of Epic Games, is not short of a quarter or two: depending on…
Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren’t going to play anyway: ‘Shut the f**k up. No one cares

Jeff Kaplan is sick…

Last week, former Blizzard vice president and game designer Jeff Kaplan made his first public appearance since leaving the…
Abubakar Salim, Surgent Studios founder and Raised by Wolves star, gives us a guided tour of his PC: ‘My desktop is so bad that even my wife refuses to look at my screen’

Abubakar Salim, Surgent Studios…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry director: ‘We redo too much stuff’

Asset reuse in videogames…

Do you remember Far Cry Primal? Ubisoft’s prehistoric spinoff was pitched as an intriguing departure from the formula, in…
Steam Hardware Survey shows AMD CPUs are more more popular than they’ve ever been in 17 years

Steam Hardware Survey shows…

First reported by Tom’s Hardware, The July Steam Hardware Survey results are in, and it’s more bad news for…
Amidst high profile live service failures, Arc Raiders production director says he hopes other studios are ‘given the same chance we had, because it’s so hard to put a game out’

Amidst high profile live…

In his talk at this year’s GDC, Arc Raiders production director Caio Braga said Embark’s breakout extraction shooter hit…