What to expect in 2024 for blockchain games | Yat Siu interview
It’s been a pretty bad year for cryptocurrency, even if Bitcoin’s price is soaring once again. There were scandals involving FX and Binance that...
The top games on Steam for 2023
Valve’s Steam has come out with the top games of the year for the digital storefront in 2023. It didn’t say much about the...
Like a Dragon Gaiden is my end-of-year treat to myself | Kaser Focus
We’re pulling into the final days of 2023, and I’ve been trying to wrap up and try out any games that I haven’t gotten...
TinyBuild shuts Versus Evil, lays off 13
TinyBuild is the latest company to deal with a tough market as it shut down indie game publisher Versus Evil and laid off 13...
China’s regulators restrict game monetization, sending Chinese game stocks down
China has been tough on games in recent years and its regulators have now cracked down on monetization, sending the market value of both...
Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year
Blizzard has released its end-of-year review for 2023, in which it discusses some of the major changes of the company’s culture in 2023. This...
Getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to even work wasn’t worth the pain
When Ubisoft announced that it was making an Avatar game, I admit to it wasn’t necessarily top of my list of games to play....
Designing games that gamers can play for thousands of hours | Alex Nichiporchik
Alex Nichiporchik is the CEO of TinyBuild, which he started with Tom Brien back in 2011 to develop and market, No Time to Explain,...
Never judge your player and other game design tips from Warren Spector
Warren Spector recently gave a talk at the DevGamm gaming event in Cascais, Portugal. He talked about “Thoughts I Live By” in his craft...
PlayStation Plus adds GTA V for higher tiers in final 2023 update
PlayStation recently announced which games are coming to PS Plus in its second December update, the last one the service will receive for 2023....