How Games Make Money: Out of the Park on sports sims and subscriptions
Out of the Park Developments makes some of the most beloved sports games in the world. But Out of the Park Baseball and Franchise...
How Ninja Theory created Bleeding Edge’s unique four-on-four combat sounds
In a lot of games, sound design is often considered secondary to graphics, story, cinematics, and character design. But with Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge...
Nreal Light AR glasses add Clay AIR hand tracking, hint at 5G gaming
As Nreal moves closer to the consumer launch of its Light AR glasses, it’s continuing to bolster the wearable’s software capabilities with features that...
The DeanBeat: The Political Machine 2020 shows how hard it is to beat Trump
Hey, all of you folks who have been wanting a game about politics: it’s here. The Political Machine 2020, from Stardock Entertainment, arrived this...
How Ninja Theory put so much design into the pure chaos of Bleeding Edge
In a Bleeding Edge brawl, four cyber-human players will meet four cyber-human players for melee combat. The ensuing fight is pure chaos, fought at...
Bleeding Edge hands-on — A team brawler where you learn by dying
Playing Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge made me think about the famous quote from U.S. Army General George Patton: “No bastard ever won a war...
Iam8bit pulls out as E3 2020’s creative director
One of the most well-known creative companies working in game industry is pulling out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Iam8bit creates experiences and art...
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous — Adapting a tabletop RPG campaign for a PC game
Whenever I think of adapting tabletop role-playing campaigns to a PC game, my mind goes to Temple of Elemental Evil. It’s one of the...
Call of Duty Endowment placed 11,000 veterans into jobs in 2019
In 2019, the Call of Duty Endowment placed more than 11,000 veterans into high-quality jobs and raised funding to place 16,000 more. Now in...
Ubisoft Paris gets new managing director to oversee 700 employees
Ubisoft has one of the most intricate and coordinated development cultures in the entire games industry. That’s one of the reasons it’s putting company...