Tag: gaming industry

Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented the Quicksort algorithm for a sixpence bet, dies at the age of 92

Turing Award winner Tony…

Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare, known as Tony to friends, has died at the age of 92. One of…
New report alleges Microsoft Recall is still screenshotting credit card numbers and passwords

New report alleges Microsoft…

Microsoft Recall’s security woes have come back to the fore after a test caught the AI screenshotting tool capturing…
Blizzard vet Rob Pardo closed this year’s GDC keynote by urging executives to cool it with the layoffs: ‘The game team is more valuable than the game itself’

Blizzard vet Rob Pardo…

Today at GDC, San Francisco’s annual summit of games industry professionals, former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo delivered…
PC games revenue will outgrow consoles by 2028, analyst predicts

PC games revenue will…

According to games industry market research firm Newzoo (PC Gamer’s official data partner), PC games revenue has trailed console…
Valve says almost 6,000 games made over $100K on Steam last year

Valve says almost 6,000…

In a new talk at the Game Developers Conference Valve has shared some Steam data that, among other things,…
Epic’s win against Google is upheld, and the Sweenster is loving it: ‘Total victory’

Epic’s win against Google…

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision in the Epic vs Google lawsuit, which began in…
Gabe Newell acquires yacht company building the $400 million ocean-fortress he’ll pick up later this year, because he ‘respects the sea’

Gabe Newell acquires yacht…

Gabe Newell is the Kilroy of videogames, constantly popping up in strange corners where you least expect to find…
Sega says yeah you’re all real nice about our games—but you sure ain’t buying them

Sega says yeah you’re…

Sega Sammy has released a new set of financial results, along with a Q&A explaining some of the finer…
This year’s Future Games Show Spring Showcase has a dense game-per-hour hit rate and airs everywhere: Here’s how to catch it

This year’s Future Games…

Birds chirp, the sun lingers, the Earth rocks back on its axis. Spring is springing, and it can only…
Valve says Steam users downloaded 100 exabytes of games in 2025, and are averaging 274 petabytes of installs and updates every day

Valve says Steam users…

Valve recently published its Steam Year in Review for 2025, which is a big old list of things it…