Star Ocean reminds us that Final Fantasy and Persona aren’t the last big-budget JRPGs
When the PlayStation 2 was on fire in the early 2000s, it felt like Japanese role-playing games were everywhere. Energized by the feverish worldwide reception...
Destiny fans want better matchmaking, so they’re making it themselves
If you're an online gamer who's had to deal with mic-less teammates, AFKers, and Leeroy Jenkins wannabes, Beerock Studios feels your pain. And it wants to help.
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 9.6% in Q1 2016, the first quarter below 65 million units since 2007
No surprise here: The PC market started 2016 off poorly. Both Gartner and IDC have noted PC shipments were down globally, again. Gartner estimates...
NexDock, the $149 laptop shell, passes $300,000 funding goal
NexDock, the hardware concept that your laptop should be powered by the mobile device of your choice, just got one step closer to reality....
Steam is censoring some torrent sites in chat
Users of Valve’s Steam video game platform are finding some of the links they mention in chat automatically censored by filtering software, reports TorrentFreak....
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Bash, Cortana cross-device features, universal Skype app
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build released since Build 2016, where the company announced the...
Angry Birds maker Rovio posts 2015 operating loss
(By Jussi Rosendahl, Reuters) – Rovio Entertainment Ltd, the maker of hit mobile phone game Angry Birds, on Wednesday said it fell to loss...
Start-up rags to riches: Super-successful Gabe Leydon was unemployed before starting Machine Zone
There’s a mythology to successful startup leaders, and part of it is that they can’t fail. We lionize successful entrepreneurs, and elevate those with...
Machine Zone launches cloud platform to process millions of real-time interactions
Machine Zone, one of the top-ranked mobile game companies, said it is launching a platform today that lets other companies license its cloud technology to...
The boomerang kid: Rob Glaser on his return to RealNetworks and what’s next
The most surprising fact about video and music streaming pioneer RealNetworks more than 22 years after its founding is that the Seattle-based company still...