Metacritic's Rising Relevance Threatened by Dwindling Quality Sources
Metacritic has only become more important as algorithms flatten and fracture the internet, but its authority relies on quality inputs from sources that are being hallowed out at an alarming rate. https://t.co/OotCnOjnz5
Co‑op Physics Stealth Game: Hide the Murder Evidence
We Are So Cooked. First trailer for new indie co-op physics stealth game. You’ve accidentally killed someone, and now you have to get rid of the evidence. https://t.co/G34FieuScm
Spellcasters Chronicles Launches Early Access with Player Workshop
Quantic Dream’s free-to-play 3v3 action strategy title, Spellcasters Chronicles, is now live in Early Access on Steam, kicking off an open Workshop where players can help shape the game’s development. Alongside Early Access launch, Quantic Dream also shared an Early...
Warner Bros. Games Plans Major Franchise Revivals by 2028
Warner Bros. Games will “return to some of our biggest franchises" in 2027-2028 says WB Games CEO JB Perrette. https://t.co/5OxOqI9h1i
Featured in CNBC Nintendo Business Report with Arjun Kharpal
Yours truly is featured in this @CNBC Nintendo business video report by @ArjunKharpal, alongside @Chris_Dring: https://t.co/pLhVIlTkNg
Adopting This Approach Could Accelerate
How many games might have come out years sooner or at all if they'd done similar? https://t.co/xQnUmXmze1 https://t.co/JIFcQsABbQ
Cyberpunk's Duel Arena Poised to Earn $100M+
I see the collision of these worlds, and have long believed @cyberpunk is the man to marry them. Genuinely think the Duel Arena alone will generate $100M+ in revenue.
Nvidia Gaming GPU Supply Remains Tight for Quarters
Nvidia's gaming graphics chip production will be tight for a couple of more quarters, CFO says. https://t.co/V7qkJlyb5l
Game Industry Growth Benefits Bypass Western Developers
Why the game industry can grow but the benefits don't go to Western game developers and publishers: A last, telling slide from Matthew Ball. https://t.co/0LX4lphKZL
Rhode Hill Chronic Care Center: Requiem’s Best, First‑Game Feel
Resident Evil Requiem’s Rhode Hill Chronic Care Center is IMO the BEST location in the series since the original trilogy. It’s large and holds many different methods to handle zombies and puzzles. It’s the closest thing to a remake of...
Moonlake's New World Models Redefine Game Development
Inside the @moonlake world models, just released today, for video gaming with founder @sunfanyun. We go deep about the future of video game development. Wow. https://t.co/yDg0M6yDmG
AI Everywhere
It's becoming impossible for children to avoid interacting with AI, and platforms are doing very little to give parents control. Now, Roblox now has games with AI. What can it do, and how worried should you be? I've got you...
Asha Sharma Returns as Xbox CEO, Second Microsoft Stint
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...
Moonlake's World Model Enables Rich Gaming Interactions
Very different than other world models I have seen. Much more focused on gaming. Will have a video up later to dive into this.
Resident Evil 9 Perfectly Balances Horror and Action
I've played half of Resident Evil 9 and my time with it is easy to describe: incredible. (Or, how I just put it on a Remap Radio recording, fucking awesome) A truly inspired blend of horror and action, perhaps the...
Mortal Kombat II Poster Reveals IMAX Summer Release
WB really told their marketing team to FINISH HIM and so they did deliver an epic poster of #MortalKombat2, ahead of its trailer debut this weekend, confirming that it has #IMAX locked for its debut. #MortalKombatII debuts this SUMMER on MAY...
Requiem's Excellence Makes RE2 Remake a Mandatory Play
REVIEW: I liked Resident Evil Requiem so much that I took a break while on review deadline to play RE2 Remake through for the first time... a game I'd say is mandatory for this one See, Requiem is an excellent Resident...
Ed Fries: New Xbox Leaders Mirror Original Management
Ed Fries weighs in on the new Xbox changes, saying Asha Sharma and Matt Booty are not so different from the original leadership. Exclusive. https://t.co/muo6ftTR4C
Apple Could Monetize Default AI Like Safari Search
AI Tracking Transparency In November, Apple updated its App Store developer guidelines to require developers to obtain affirmative, opt-in consent from users before sending “personal data” to third-party AI services. A pertinent question is: if Apple is able to dissuade developers...
Apply by March 1 for Visual Game & Media Design Master’s
Join our Visual Game & Media Design two-year master’s program at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Deadline March 1st! Visual Game & Media Design is a cross-disciplinary program open to all creative BA students. Read more about the program here: https://t.co/21gUvVDYX1...
My First Course
"Atari 2600 Programming" was the first course I recorded, and it's still one of my favorites. ❤️
Dell, Lenovo to Launch Thin‑And‑Light Gaming Laptops Early 2024
Dell and Lenovo laptops with Nvidia CPUs 'could come in the first half of this year' — so get ready for some thin-and-light gaming powerhouses (hopefully) https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/dell-and-lenovo-laptops-with-nvidia-cpus-could-come-in-the-first-half-of-this-year-so-get-ready-for-some-thin-and-light-gaming-powerhouses-hopefully
First‑Party Studio Drives Early Hardware Collaboration with Microsoft
the most interesting part of this: "Our studio system is fully built around being first-party. We're not built to just be a publisher," Matt Booty explained. "It is core to our partnership with the Microsoft platform, being involved in early hardware...
New Xbox CEO Defers Commentary, Cites Need to Understand Decisions
New Xbox CEO's second interview after the shakeup (Variety had the 1st). Nothing about layoffs, exclusivity, hardware plans, or why Bond left and nobody thanked her. Sharma says she still needs to learn why decisions were made before commenting on them? https://t.co/SjQr6dGwYO
Cyprus Unites 300+ Game Studios in New Developer Group
Cyprus, with more than 300 game companies, has formed its own game developers group. https://t.co/cRBeAylwCk
New 30‑Minute Podcast Explores Games Writing
I've wanted to bring back Worth Reading in some form for years. I'm really excited to have settled on this format. 30 minutes. An interesting conversation about a piece of interesting games writing. That's it. That's the pitch. That's the...
Verified Agent vs Thousands: Real Money, Open‑Source Fix
pash forgot to post the link idk for aura reasons but this is 100x more interesting than moltbook to me because: - single verified agent playing with 10s of 1000s of real humans* - real money involved (tho its degenerate money but...
Apple Lets Parents Control Kids’ Apps without ID Checks
Apple is the only company with a great proposal here: let parents, who buy the devices used by kids, set up kids accounts and decide what they're allowed to do, then pass those decisions to apps through parental controls --...
Microsoft’s PR Teams Manage Exec Image, Even at Midnight
Worth keeping in mind that there are entire teams of people whose job it is to curate the public image and messaging of Microsoft's top executives when you see them decide to respond at midnight to a viral claim about...
Meta's AI Gets 6‑GW Power, Matching Fortnite's Gaming Cluster
Is 6 gigawatts a lot of computing power? Active Fortnite players together own around 30 gigawatts of computing power, as consoles and high end PCs range from 350W to 1KW. That's probably the largest gaming power base in existence, since...
Xbox's Messy Leadership Shakeup Signals Decline or Rebirth
Microsoft's rollout of its big Xbox leadership shakeup is as messy as everything else this console generation. Is Xbox going back to its roots or is the company intent on managing the decline of the only Microsoft brand left anyone...
Play LUCID Demo at Steam Next Fest
Looking for a demo to play for Steams Next Fest? Check out LUCID #LUCID #indiegame #steamnextfest #metroidvania
Ubisoft Places Assassin's Creed Veterans at Tencent-Backed Vantage Studios
Ubisoft announces Jean Guesdon and two other Assassin's Creed veterans will oversee the franchise within Tencent-backed Vantage Studios. He had previously worked on an unannounced voxel-based Minecraft competitor before briefly leaving Ubisoft in 2023. https://t.co/sCpFaKXE5P
New Xbox CEO Aims to Revive Gaming Division
Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up. Microsoft has a new gaming CEO who wants to bring Xbox back from the brink. I've been speaking to Xbox employees about how it all went down. Gift link for emergency Notepad issue this...
Shoutout to Fnatic Dragons, Meet Again Tomorrow
i have to shoutout the Fnatic Dragons aka the peanut gallery behind the desk 😆♥️ And drink some water ffs @FDS_Dragons Same time tomorrow guys? https://t.co/eg0a9p2izZ
First AI-Powered Game Powered by Google's Genie 3
First AI video game with Google’s Genie 3! #aivideo #AIart #aigame #AI #gamer #game #ArtificialIntelligence @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves @LaurentAlaus @Fabriziobustama @smaksked @MargaretSiegien @PawlowskiMario @gvalan @Ym78200...
Xbox Fans Expect Gamer Expertise Despite Business Focus
I think it's obvious that knowing or liking games is not a necessary condition for being good at the business of making and selling games. But I also think it's the least surprising thing in the world that fans expect...
Game Prices Surge: Nintendo Tests $65 Price Point
BONUS edition of Game File (aka what I planned to send Friday before the big Xbox news)... We talk about $60 games, $70 games... $100 games?? Nintendo, ever the innovator, has tried $65 a couple of times this year https://t.co/7sKoDr80re
Discord Officially Ends Partnership with Persona, Confirming Rumors
Seeing it make the rounds again that Discord parted ways with Persona, which we reported a week ago
Microsoft Set to Bulldoze Xbox Business This Year
Our industry has been steamrolled for a while, and make no mistake: This is not cosmetics. Microsoft will run through their Xbox business with a bulldozer this year. (For the sake of Xbox employees, I hope I am wrong.)
Sarah Bond's Candid 2021 Interview Reveals Personal Side
With Sarah Bond set to leave Xbox, I wanted to point people back to this interview I did with her in 2021. She went "off book," as she put it, taking a personal turn that I hadn't expected but...
Debating the New Pokémon Fire Red & Leaf Green
I'm torn on the new Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green announcement. Are you picking up the games?
Microsoft Gaming CEO Rejects Bad AI, Emphasizes Human Storytelling
In a new interview with Variety, new minted Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she has "no tolerance for bad AI.” “AI has long been part of gaming and will continue to be, but great stories are created by humans.” https://t.co/ETLocbkujP
Xbox Shifts: New Leaders Asha Sharma, Matt Booty Take Helm
Anyone have some good expert commentary on the departure of Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond, with a new era starting for Asha Sharma and Matt Booty. What's it all mean? What were Phil and Sarah's accomplishments? What has the era...
Xbox Is Dead, AI Takes over Gaming
With today’s news I think it might be safe to say that Xbox is dead and or dying An AI corpo to manage video games? LOL it was a good run and I’m impressed Xbox lasted this long given M$’s history...
Spencer May Be Hiding Game Projects From Microsoft’s Earnings
One guess: we're about to find out how many game projects Spencer was shielding from Microsoft's quarterly math
Xbox Embraces Cross-Device Gaming Future
“renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console.” "Gaming now lives across devices, not within the limits of any single piece of hardware" Did Copilot write this? https://t.co/9xhWEFi0TM https://t.co/HNsY9rUlOr
New Xbox CEO Pledges Humility and Urgent Innovation
Read a first note from @asha_shar the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming: Dear team, Today I begin my role as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. I feel two things at once: humility and urgency. Humility because this team has built something extraordinary over decades. Urgency because...
Celebrating Phil Spencer's 38-Year Microsoft Journey
Thanks to Phil Spencer for 38 years of great work, innovation, and partnership at Microsoft, from intern in 1988 to head of Xbox and then EVP.
Phil Spencer’s Legacy Elevates Gaming Beyond Xbox Controversy
What I hope isn’t lost in today’s news about Xbox is Phil Spencer’s incredible career in gaming. Phil is a passionate competitor and a big gamer. You may not have always agreed with the calls, but this industry is better...