Tag: gaming industry

No, Geoff Keighley—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was not made by a team of ‘under 30 developers,’ and devs say repeating the myth is ‘a dangerous path’

No, Geoff Keighley—Clair Obscur:…

While opening last night’s Summer Game Fest showcase, host and Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley noted how 2025 has…
Steam Week in Review: AI disclosures enter the discourse again, as Epic CEO calls them ‘just as partisan as mandatory political essays’

Steam Week in Review:…

Valve’s mandatory AI disclosures are once again at the centre of the discourse, mostly thanks to Epic Games CEO…
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple’s latest appeal fails: ‘The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended’

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney…

Last month, after a long and protracted legal battle, Apple restored Fortnite to the US app store. Fortnite had…
‘It’s pretty sad and pathetic that a game with difficult content can’t get on the larger marketplaces:’ Despite creeping censorship on Steam and Epic, these devs are fighting to make a transgressive stop-motion horror game

‘It’s pretty sad and…

Indie duo Talha & Jack Co are working on a disturbing, transgressive horror game in Abide, and they are…
Jordan Thomas, director of BioShock 2, played Path of Exile for over 7,000 hours while working on co-op horror game The Blackout Club: ‘I was essentially awake all the time’

Jordan Thomas, director of…

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC…
Indies and non-sequels have exploded in the last year, and it’s not all friendslop

Indies and non-sequels have…

You’ll never play every game. In fact, most people won’t play most games—plenty of games release on Steam to…
New Blood CEO Dave Oshry says he’s ‘always loved GOG’ but ‘they need enough people to give a s**t, or how long are they even going to be around’

New Blood CEO Dave…

The average PC gamer has to wrangle all sorts of different digital storefronts and launchers if they want to…
Udon, publisher of Street Fighter, Mega Man, Elden Ring, and other videogame comics and art books, is the latest to cut ties with bankrupt distributor Diamond Comics

Udon, publisher of Street…

Until 2020, Diamond Comic Distributors held a near-monopoly on getting comic books to retailers in the US. Publishers like…
‘This is the bit where the comet hits the earth and the dinosaurs die:’ Tim Sweeney revisits scathing 26-year-old eulogy for beloved studio Looking Glass

‘This is the bit…

On May 24, 2000, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared a public statement (the specific platform or venue eludes…
MindsEye is set to launch next week, so it’s probably not great that the studio’s chief financial officer and chief legal officer have both resigned

MindsEye is set to…

The pre-release saga of MindsEye, the debut game from former Rockstar Games stalwart Leslie Benzies and his Build a…