Tag: gaming industry

Geoff ‘Zag’ Keene, design director of Abiotic Factor, has 1,160 hours in PUBG and de-stresses using a Blizzard classic: ‘Instead of going to therapy, guys will literally boot up Warcraft 2’

Geoff ‘Zag’ Keene, design…

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id Software co-founder John Romero was apparently one week removed from co-founding a completely different icon of PC gaming, but he’d already made plans

id Software co-founder John…

In a recent episode of Nightdive Studios’ Deep Dive podcast, legendary developer John Romero casually revealed a surprising road…
New study shows that Gen Z is spending way less money on videogames than older gamers

New study shows that…

Young people are so strapped for cash that even video games are getting too expensive for them. A June…
A guy in California is suing Microsoft for discontinuing Windows 10, demanding free extended support

A guy in California…

If you’re dreading the end of Windows 10 in October, you’re not alone. One man from San Diego is…
Steam gets big ups for promoting the human artists behind its latest spring sale graphics: ‘Thank you for using real artists and not slop’

Steam gets big ups…

It’s easy to take for granted the cute little drawings and animations that introduce each themed Steam sale. In…
AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we’re just surprised they even offered it in 2025

AOL discontinues its dial-up…

On September 30, AOL’s dial-up hold-outs will need to finally move on to another internet service. AOL announced this…
Subnautica 2 chief says Krafton is still messing with him, because the May release date announcement was news to him and he’s not super-happy about it

Subnautica 2 chief says…

The twisting tale of Krafton, Unknown Worlds, and Subnautica 2 has taken a hard left turn as Game File…
‘We’re honoured to share the same name’: Two indie devs accidentally released games with the same name only days apart and it ended in the most wholesome way possible

‘We’re honoured to share…

Over 19,000 new games were released on Steam last year, almost an unimaginable amount. So it doesn’t really come…
New report lays out Israeli military use of Microsoft services that prompted employee protests and a boycott of Xbox and Game Pass

New report lays out…

An investigation by The Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian +972 Magazine, and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has sought to lay out the…
Ultima’s Robert Garriott was worried about there being too many PC games on the market… 37 years ago

Ultima’s Robert Garriott was…

You may have heard of a little RPG series called Ultima, which was so successful in the ’80s and…