Categories Posted inin Gameplay ProbablyMonsters raises $200M to build a stable game studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 1, 2021 4 min ProbablyMonsters is working on multiple triple-A games, and today the studio said it has raised $200 million to finance those games and build a... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Destiny developer Bungie is expanding as it preps for new games and more Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 18, 2021 2 min Destiny developer Bungie is expanding to meet the needs of the growing studio. The company revealed today that it has added new members to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Destiny 2: Beyond Light begins a new era for the MMO shooter September 22 Posted byby Mike Minotti June 9, 2020 2 min Bungie laid out the future of Destiny 2 today, revealing Beyond Light. It comes out September 22. The expansion has players going to Europa,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Probably Monsters’ Harold Ryan interview: Hiring developers and running game studios in a pandemic Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2020 15 min Former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan has been ramping up a very big game company since he unveiled Probably Monsters last year. The company raised $18.8... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Halo is Steam’s top-selling game as it finally launches on PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 3, 2019 3 min We live in a strange time. One of the best pieces of evidence for that is on Steam, where the top-selling game is Halo.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Harold Ryan interview — Why ProbablyMonsters is making a huge bet on triple-A games Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 19, 2019 21 min Former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan showed everybody how to go big or go home earlier this month. He announced that his ProbablyMonsters is announcing it... Continue Reading 21 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ex-Bungie chief’s ProbablyMonsters raises $18.8 million for two triple-A game studios Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 9, 2019 6 min Former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan doesn’t do anything small. And so it’s no surprise that he is running one of the most ambitious video game... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Destiny 2 gets a premium progression battle pass Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 30, 2019 2 min Loot boxes aren’t dead, but many developers now favor the premium progression pass instead. Destiny 2 is the latest game to adopt one of... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Destiny 2 moves its PC home from Battle.net to Steam on October 1 Posted byby Mike Minotti August 8, 2019 1 min Bungie announced today that Destiny 2 will be making its PC move from Battle.net to Steam on October 1 The studio noted that the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Take This: Game developers face serious mental health challenges Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2019 5 min Take This, a mental health nonprofit organization geared toward game developers, released a white paper today that describes the severe challenges that game makers... Continue Reading 5 min