Tag: gaming industry

Epic reveals first Unreal Engine 6 game, and it’s not Fortnite

Epic reveals first Unreal…

As reported by TheGamer, Epic Games has announced Unreal Engine 6, the next iteration of its ubiquitous videogame and…
Comedian Alasdair Beckett-King was a die-hard adventure gamer until he discovered Morrowind: ‘The first time I loaded it up, I walked straight into a little pond and was killed by a fish’

Comedian Alasdair Beckett-King was…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
Ubisoft has staff for ’70 Warhorse-sized studios’ after cuts, says Kingdom Come director—’That could be 10 KCD2-sized games… released every year’

Ubisoft has staff for…

Ubisoft has been having a bad time of late. At the beginning of this year, it announced an enormous…
A game developer compared Godot and Unity by making the same game in both engines, and he’s found a clear winner

A game developer compared…

For well over a decade, Unity has been one of, if not the primary engine for indie game development,…
Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders is closing as part of Funcom’s post-Dune: Awakening layoffs

Metal: Hellsinger studio The…

Ten years after it was founded, Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders is closing. The news was delivered by studio…
Kickstarter rolls back new mature content guidelines after week of backlash

Kickstarter rolls back new…

Earlier this month, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter altered its guidelines with regard to adult content. Where before it only prohibited…

3 years on from…

Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, has a problem—no, not…
First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis

First US videogame champion,…

40-year games industry veteran Rebecca Heineman has started a GoFundMe to help deal with an aggressive cancer diagnosis, one…
Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn’t reached the level of the 1983 crash: ‘I don’t think there’s ever been a worse time in the games industry’

Fallout lead Tim Cain…

In a recent video on his YouTube channel, veteran RPG developer Tim Cain shared his memories of the 1983…
Four years later, Microsoft finally finishes fighting over the Activision acquisition

Four years later, Microsoft…

Reuters reports that Microsoft has agreed to a $250 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund…