The DeanBeat: Twitch hack exposes more industry secrets
Perhaps the lesson of the leak of a trove Twitch‘s data, source code, and internal tools is that we can expect this to happen...
My.Games Venture Capital invests $3M in 3 Eastern European game studios
My.Games Venture Capital has invested $3 million in three new game studios in Eastern Europe. The studios are Voxter, Tworogue Games, and Wideview games. Part...
Video games are risky, expensive, and a really good business
Making video games is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. It is a hit-driven business where you can never know how consumers will respond. And...
Bitkraft raises $75M token fund for blockchain game investments
Bitkraft Ventures, one of the biggest investors in game and esports startups, launched a $75 million token fund that it will use to put...
Frank Miller’s one-of-a-kind Sin City NFT art sells for $840K
Sin City comic book creator Frank Miller reaped $840,986.16 in his non-fungible token (NFT) auction of an original piece of art titled I Love...
Eidos Montreal becomes first AAA studio to adopt a 4-day workweek
Eidos Montreal announced today it is shifting to a four-day work week. It’s keeping its eight-hour schedule, meaning its full-time employees will now work...
Reinforcement learning improves game testing, AI team finds
As game worlds grow more vast and complex, making sure they are playable and bug-free is becoming increasingly difficult for developers. And gaming companies...
Far Cry 6 review-in-progress: A silly game trying to be smart
After playing several hours of Far Cry 6 on Xbox Series X, I think the word “guerrilla” has lost all meaning to me. This...
Diablo IV gets a new game director
Blizzard announced today that Joe Shely is the new game director for Diablo IV. The previous director, Luis Barriga, left the company in August,...
Tron, Ridge Racer, and Killer Instinct lead Arcade1Up’s holiday offerings
Arcade1Up revealed three new machines that it’ll be offering in time for the holidays: Tron, Ridge Racer, and Killer Instinct. Arcade1Up takes classic arcade...