Tag: gaming industry

You don’t see the Havok logo much anymore, but the legendary physics middleware used in Half-Life 2 never went away—just the splash screens

You don’t see the…

Say the name “Havok,” and I instantly picture the yellow sawblade in the company’s logo. For PC gamers of…
When a game’s identity becomes wrapped up in its rarity, what happens when it’s re-released on Steam for 20 bucks?

When a game’s identity…

Once upon a time I happily handed over $170 (plus shipping and import taxes) for a brand new copy…
Eugh: Discord is scanning users’ faces and IDs in Australia and the UK to ‘experiment’ with age verification features

Eugh: Discord is scanning…

Some Discord users are now being asked to scan their faces or IDs to verify their age group when…
Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes ‘Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry’ because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now

Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws…

I have something to confess to you, dear reader: I’m not an extraction shooter guy. I wasn’t a battle…
Seth Rogen goes rogue at science awards show to slam tech billionaires for backing Trump: ‘It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr’

Seth Rogen goes rogue…

The Breakthrough Prize, whose co-founders include Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner, is kind of like the “Oscars…
Capcom gets a very special award from the Japanese government for having 6,000 worldwide trademarks

Capcom gets a very…

Capcom’s been doing rather well for itself, lately—what with Monster Hunter Wilds coming out, hot on the heels of…
According to David Fincher’s new Xbox ad with an extremely late ’90s/early 2000s vibe, you can escape capitalism by buying Xbox games

According to David Fincher’s…

David Fincher was a music video director with clips like Madonna’s Vogue to his name before he became a…
Fallout and Skyrim show us that talented developers make great games when you leave them alone

Fallout and Skyrim show…

Would you pay $12,000 to escape notice for just three minutes? In GTA Online, perhaps you would. Say you’ve…
Microsoft is finally rolling out its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do (again), but only for select users

Microsoft is finally rolling…

Microsoft’s controversial AI screenshotting tool, Recall, is back again after being, well, recalled numerous times. Nearly a year after…
The Trump tariff pendulum swings back to ‘everything’s normal’ from ‘everything’s broken’ again, with computers and other electronic devices now exempt from even the steep levies on China

The Trump tariff pendulum…

As reported by The Guardian, The Trump administration has announced, through the United States Customs and Border Patrol, that…