Tim Sweeney: How the Universal Windows Platform is like Facebook and a boiling frog
Microsoft is working to unify its desktop, mobile, and gaming platforms, but one vocal critic thinks this could come with some frightening consequences for...
Why the Red Ring of Death didn’t kill the Xbox 360
If you were a console gamer last generation, chances are good that you have a story about a broken Xbox 360. Years later, one...
The game industry must learn that uncompensated crunch isn’t normal
After the International Game Developers Association announced our renewed focus on crunch time at GDC 2016, including ensuring fair compensation for the persistent practice...
Infinity Ward developers reveal their design decisions for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty developers at Activision’s Infinity Ward studio took to a Twitch livestream today to talk about the design choices they made in the newest...
Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)
Windows 7 is still the king, but it no longer holds the majority. Update: Net Applications updated its numbers saying they did not pass...
Samsung predicts mobile gaming performance will surpass PS4 by 2020
Reaching out for the support of game developers, Samsung said today that it is constantly developing new game technologies for its smartphones, and it...
How to hire a team of indie game all-star developers
If you’ve been in this industry long enough, you probably remember a time when “indie” was a dirty word. It meant missed deadlines and...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Windows Ink, updated Start menu, Cortana improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. This is the second build reflecting the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming...
3 powerful use cases in VR’s thrilling new frontier
When functional mainstream VR first emerged in the early 90s, the visual fidelity of the images was poor, the processing power driving the experience was inadequate and the magnetic head-tracking was lacking—and lagging —way behind what was required for a convincingly immersive experience.
Game developers must avoid the ‘wage-slave’ attitude
I read this article by Dean Takahashi the other day, and my jaw nearly hit the floor. More on labor practices in the gaming industry...