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NEW: At GDC, I asked Blue Prince lead designer Tonda Ros to pick the game's best and worst puzzles The former was easy for him The latter was tricky, and led him to telling me about a puzzle he might tweak in a patch No big spoilers. Just puzzle talk: https://t.co/qLcPmQ6EFi
UPDATE: At 1:13am ET this morning, Gill's lawyers submitted a heated motion to the court, saying Krafton must explain why it shouldn't be sanctioned. Peeved at Krafton confirming "May" to IGN, then PC Gamer and Kotaku Says Gill hadn't had a...
NEW: There's already new Subnautica 2 drama. Lawyers for newly-restored CEO Ted Gill say Krafton had no authority to announce a May early access release for the game this week Krafton says Gill can still make his own decision Details: https://t.co/xIPT0MfvYr
NEW: Last Wednesday at GDC, Nintendo held a Donkey Kong Bananza talk. At the same time, Microsoft ran a talk teasing Project Helix And PlayStation? Half an hour after those talks, they ran a session about Horizon fonts and Destiny logos. It was...
NEW: Don Daglow, who's been making video games for 55 years, remains hopeful about an industry in turmoil Where did his optimism come from? Surviving the industry crash in '83 And something further back: "My parents met and fell in love during the...
As noted in Game File last week, Nintendo's tariff lawsuit against the US government is on hold, as all such suits have been automatically stayed A refund process is expected, though TBD if Nintendo will be among the companies passngi refunds...
GDC: Google's DeepMind team spoke to a packed audience about Genie 3, the world model tech that conjures interactive worlds that stay consistent for about a minute. Genie 3 sent game stocks tumbling in January Goal of Genie 3 isn't games,...
NEW: A busy day of third grade wrapped up, their fruit-strip snacks eaten, my nine-year-old twins had some questions about MLB The Show 26. Good thing we'd booked time for them to interview one of the game's developers A fun new...
If you're attending GDC next week, please consider attending this panel about The Rise of Independent Game Journalism, featuring some so-called experts on the topic (Monday, 3:10-4:10pm, West Hall - Room 3005) https://t.co/pccS4g9IdS https://t.co/Vzw5nh6Fpe
Another Ubisoft source told me they used to consider the company to be stable, but were rattled by job cuts and “the fact that we’re unable to ship anything right now.” Ubisoft sources I speak to want to get more of...
The recent Steam Next Fest was great. So many wonderful demos for games I hadn't heard of. In the latest Game File, I highlighted 6 that still have PC demos up: - Froggy Hates Snow - Enter the Chronosphere - Wanderburg - Deg - Sokogram -...
A bleak report about the games industry made the rounds a couple of weeks ago. Then, last week, this dire chart was added to it What it shows: Game industry revenue growth in 2025, excluding China, Roblox, hardware and console services...
NEW: We've got a new sales stat for...Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories? In an effort to block someone's attempt to trademark "Vice City Subs", Take Two's lawyers said VCS sold over 7 million copies since launch. (Prior disclosed stat was...
NEW: Major League Baseball took issue this week with the name of Call of Duty's World Series of Warzone esports series, citing potential brand confusion Activision then bailed on the WSoW trademark I'd be surprised if they try using "World Series" again https://t.co/cLQszoDA9i
Fun fact: Asha Sharma's appointment as CEO of Xbox is her second time working on Microsoft's gaming brand A Microsoft rep confirmed to me that she did some Xbox work back during her initial 2011-2013 Microsoft stint but didn't specify what...
