Intel launches new 12th Gen Intel Core Processors and software updates for its dev ecosystem
Intel launched six new desktop processors in its family of 12th Gen Intel Core Processors (code-named Alder Lake), and it is currently shipping 28...
Backend game engine Pragma raises $22M from Insight Partners, other investors
Pragma, the backend game engine, revealed today it closed a $22 million round of funding. Venture capital firm Insight Partners led the round, with...
Xbox hardware sales fuel Microsoft’s 16% gaming growth
Hardware remained a driving force for Microsoft’s gaming division. The company reported 2022’s first-quarter earnings today, revealing a revenue increase of 16% over the...
AMD reports revenue grew 55% to $4.3B in Q3 2021
Advanced Micro Devices reported its revenues and earnings for the third quarter ended September 30 exceeded expectations, with revenue growing 54% to a record...
29 blockchain game studios and groups blast Valve for NFT games ban
A coalition of blockchain groups and game companies blasted Valve today for its ban on games with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Last Friday, Valve’s Steam...
Sipher raises $6.8M for PC-based blockchain game World of Sipheria
Sipher has raised $6.8 million to build World of Sipheria, a multiplayer dungeon PC game based on blockchain technology. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based...
Multiversus is a Warner Bros. riff on Smash Bros., and it may go free-to-play
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has reached its climax with the release of its last downloadable fighter, Sora. And that is creating a gap in...
FaZe Clan will go public in a $1B SPAC as esports content blossoms
FaZe Clan said it will go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) at a $1 billion valuation to grow its combination of...
Notorious Studios breaks free from World of Warcraft to build its own worlds
Chris Kaleiki worked on World of Warcraft at Blizzard, where he spent years designing and balancing character classes. He even developed the monk for the...
Age of Empires IV review impressions — Real-time strategy comes back to the mainstream
Real-time strategy is back, baby. OK, it never really went away. But it is back for mainstream gamers, who haven’t seen a major release...