Tag: gaming industry

Actor Terence Stamp, who played General Zod in Superman and Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, has died

Actor Terence Stamp, who…

As reported by the BBC, the family of Terence Stamp has confirmed that the actor died on Sunday morning…
Cars have had real-life DLC for a while, but now Volkswagen’s gone full pay to win, locking a car’s max horsepower behind a subscription

Cars have had real-life…

Some of the execs at Volkswagen must like Gacha games⁠—so much so that, as reported by Auto Express, you…
A programmer with terminal brain cancer was caught in Epic’s mass layoff, but CEO Tim Sweeney says the studio ‘will solve the insurance for them’

A programmer with terminal…

It’s no secret that layoffs often upend lives, but a particular pain point for workers in the United States…
The director of Tales of Kenzera: Zau learned his most important game development lesson while working with Ridley Scott: ‘That’s why we’re able to make games faster’

The director of Tales…

Less than two years ago, Surgent Studios was on the brink. Its debut project, the afrofuturist metroidvania Tales of…
Xalavier Nelson Jr, director of Space Baby Warlord Trading Simulator, will never uninstall Warframe and would love to see an Outriders 2: ‘I think that game would have been really special’

Xalavier Nelson Jr, director…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
Soren Johnson on keeping his game studio small: ‘You get better games if you take longer to make games’

Soren Johnson on keeping…

Amid the doom and gloom in the games industry right now—the mass layoffs, the studio closures, the declarations that…
Developer of cozy tea shop adventure Wanderstop is shutting down: ‘It’s a particularly tough time for raising game funds’

Developer of cozy tea…

Developer Ivy Road, maker of last year’s cozy tea shop adventure Wanderstop, is shutting down, the studio announced today.…
Partying with Hololive vtubers is finally possible with an app that is basically VRChat for fans of anime girl streamers

Partying with Hololive vtubers…

Talking in Twitch and YouTube chat just isn’t the same as standing in a crowd watching your favorite vtuber…
There’s nothing ‘euro’ about ‘eurojank,’ says Stalker dev—after all, what are some of the 2000s’ best RPGs if not beautiful all-American jankfests?

There’s nothing ‘euro’ about…

A lot of my favourite games ever made fall under the expansive rubric of “eurojank.” Stalker, the first Witcher,…
Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making ‘as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe’s better at that than you’

Valve veteran slams Tim…

Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek, who left the company in 2017 and whose credits include the Half-Life 2 episodes,…