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This could go the other way, too. In a game like GTA, if you say something too tame, the AI could spice it up.
Valve says it “hopes” to ship Steam Machine in 2026, but skyrocketing prices for memory and storage have caused “challenges.” https://t.co/IyF4yucybr
I don't see how this gets better any time soon, or how it doesn't sabotage every other gaming console as well https://t.co/UrL6CJqeav
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
There are already 1000s of early reviews on Steam, multiple reviews-in-progress published at large websites, and tons of reactions across X, Reddit, and YouTube. The idea that somehow anyone has been prevented from finding out what people think about Marathon...
As governments around the world are trying to understand games, it's important to consider that gaming belongs on the side of fun and art, not addiction. https://t.co/np9Y5SRrJG
Did you know Google is paying Epic Games' legal fees in this antitrust settlement? https://t.co/Qwy0yMFPj1
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...
New: Meet Roblox's teen millionaires. A couple hit games "set them up for life," according to one 22-year-old dev who calls them "a great source of passive income." Move over YouTube and Twitch -- Roblox is minting the next class...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appeared at an internal Xbox town hall on Thursday wearing an Xbox hoodie. He discussed the future of Xbox alongside new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma. 📸 by @aarongreenberg https://t.co/JrXxGy9x5K
This is now making the rounds online, but stealth staff reduction has been going on for years in gaming in Japan - as I laid out in my thread here on X in October 2024 already: https://t.co/Y8RPoVIvDF
hopping on a madhouse run off the rip on switch 2, no bonuses. BIOHAZARD is a top 5 chapter for me. https://t.co/t2Guu7RPP7
After weeks of silence amid dueling lawsuits, former head of Ashes of Creation studio Steven Sharif has reappeared on Discord. "But I will not allow the work of hundreds of developers and the belief of millions of players to be erased...
And our GB Max story with the full transcript of our exclusive interview with Tim Sweeney. https://t.co/AhPRDXRoQU
Here's our exclusive interview with Tim Sweeney (and a bit of Steve Allison) on Epic Games' settlement with Google and the return of Fortnite worldwide on Android. We got Tim's response to reactions about the benefits for game developers and...
Our 2020 challenge to Apple and Google brought one immediate gain: both dropped fees from 30% to 15% for small developers: the makers of the 98% of apps that earn 5% of the revenue. The settlement drops Google’s comparable long-term...
Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console is codenamed Project Helix. @asha_shar says it will “lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games” https://t.co/bEXKW3W5P1
Love seeing new VR publishers enter the market, especially given the difficulties in the gaming market, as a whole. https://t.co/V9X7wjy5g4
Congrats to our friends at Blue Scarab on the release of Equinox: Homecoming. And all "very positive" reviews, and no visible demons. https://t.co/8FjKntkw92
There's a new bird game out on the web. Give Angry Birds Friends a try. https://t.co/wMDPyglWXt
Some data from recent years suggests live service wins on total players but not total hours. Would love to see more data on this https://t.co/ak82BS9Ppg
This weekend, Battlefield REDSEC will be running a Battlefield Labs - Live test in the live version of the game that will let players play a special experience dedicated to testing a solo version of Battle Royale during the weekend...
Highguard just pulled an entire skill tree out of its ass days before the servers go offline. A skeleton crew crunched on the final update as the social media pile-on continued. https://t.co/LAEMdTviw9
Nvidia has fixed the GPU voltage caps that were accidentally introduced with its latest WHQL driver. The hotfix also resolves Resident Evil Requiem driver bugs
Tencent took a 15 percent stake in Arrowhead Game Studios. Some players starting lashing out at a recent Chinese New Year cosmetics bundle with a certain meme that was quickly banned on the Discord.
Sad to see the layoffs happen again, but there's more to this story. Build A Rocket Boy's CEO alleges criminal actions and espionage against the company are being litigated. https://t.co/oF7JqdMa2c
New: Supercell is cooperating with a US government review of Tencent's investment in US game companies https://t.co/8zCijY6p4C
"If you need the yellow paint to know where to climb this game isn’t for you."
Google is overhauling its policies on alternative app store sideloading and in-app billing, as well as its fee structure in Google Play. These changes will be rolled out starting in June. https://t.co/zaX2n1nIq0
a true GoXLR replacement, especially with the zero latency and dual XLR inputs / dual USB-C
This is cool and all, but they should get rid of the Assassin stuff and just make a PvP naval battle game in the same style.
The first official update on Assassin's Creed Hexe from Ubisoft in years makes no mention of Clint Hocking leaving or thanking him for his long tenure at the company. https://t.co/twVkOQ1BG5
This is a repeat of what happened in 2020 under the first Trump admin. Back when they first started exploring the TikTok ban as well. Was primarily around how Riot, Epic and others handled US user data. Ultimately...
Crimson Desert marketing director says there's nothing to hide as players worry about the lack of console version reviews at launch https://t.co/sPbsmiijgU
Resident Evil Requiem has sold 5 million copies in 5 days, approximately $350 Million USD in revenue. https://t.co/lYVLdRoS2U
Sony is reportedly moving away from PlayStation PC ports. It’s a big change from a few years ago, when Sony said it wanted half of its games available on PC and mobile by 2025 https://t.co/4HlXG5b9Lz
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 -...
Here's our newest in-game interview with Imagine Dragons manager & Night Street Games founder, Mac Reynolds, along with his brother, Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds and Night Street Games' chief creative officer. They did an interview while playing their...
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...
I skipped one step building my video game and burned $8 million. That step takes 72 hours with AI. Here's how to save yourself $8 million. The game is called Project Kyzen. Instead of building a cheap prototype to test if the...
Korean stock market -12% today, the bloodbath affected the local game companies like so: Neowiz -13.7% Kakao Games -12.5% Netmarble -11% Com2Us -10.8% Krafton -10.6% Nexon Games -10.3% Devsisters -10.2% PearlAbyss -10% Shift Up -8.8%
Multiple video games including Valorant, Fortnite, Rocket League, and EA FC saw local servers temporarily taken down this week in Bahrain and the UAE. This comes after drone strikes hit 3 AWS facilities across the two countries. EU servers, but with...
Looking forward to speaking at another Japan Society event, this time during GDC Festival of games. David B. Hoppe, Managing Partner, Gamma Law, is moderating a session with me and Teppei Tsutsui, General Partner at GFR Fund, on gaming trends....
Elgato’s new Stream Deck Plus XL has 36 LCD buttons instead of 8, and 6 customizable dials. That’s a whole lot of Stream Deck https://t.co/Np8uk1IdCB
The Concord people wanted to make Concord. The Highguard people wanted to make Highguard. The Marathon people want to make Marathon. I get the draw of simple morality plays and shareholder capitalism is an easy villain but "stop trying to...
Normalize Open-Sourcing Servers for Multiplayer Games That Get Shut Down (Yes there are frictions and problems with this, but if you want your game to live on in history, plan for these problems in advance and minimize them) https://t.co/TZXrShYJEP
With everything going on in the world, I have to say they chose to drop Pokemon Fire Red at the PERFECT time for salvaging my mental/emotional health.
Highguard is the next Concord. It’s shutting down this month, after originally launching in January. It’s yet another victim of publishers chasing the success of games like Fortnite https://t.co/aXm68HJQMj
Highuard made it 29 days longer than Concord. Players in the Discord are trying to decide who or what to blame as some ask for refunds. https://t.co/fdPWk7VsPl
🚨 Absolute madness. You can now turn a single text prompt into a fully playable video game 🤯 → Worlds that take shape → Mechanics that interact → Gameplay that actually works → Single AND multiplayer All generated in seconds and running entirely in your browser...
