Categories Posted inin Technology How Stern Pinball is connecting pinball machines for the future Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 5, 2022 11 min Stern Pinball is one of the biggest believers in pinball, and it has been making the machines for decades. When I went to the... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ghostwire: Tokyo isn’t a horror game, it’s Japanese ‘Ghostbusters’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 3, 2022 2 min Ghostwire: Tokyo is launching on March 25 for PlayStation 5 and PC. Publisher Bethesda confirmed that date as part of its gameplay reveal video... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gran Turismo 7 wants you to love cars as much as it does Posted byby Mike Minotti February 2, 2022 3 min Gran Turismo 7 is all about cars. That may sound like an obvious statement for a racing game, but series director Kazunori Yamauchi wants... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay RTX 3050 vs. 6500 XT: Can they handle God of War and more? Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 26, 2022 3 min Nvidia and AMD have each launched mainstream graphics cards to kick off the new year. The GeForce RTX 3050 and Radeon RX 6500 XT... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Rainbow Six: Extraction preview: It ain’t Siege, but it’s all right Posted byby Rachel Kaser January 7, 2022 4 min Rainbow Six: Extraction is Ubisoft’s new multiplayer entry in the Rainbow Six series, a PvE title that is supposed to be sympatico with Siege.... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay AMD CEO Lisa Su talks cheaper GPUs, Intel competition, 3D chiplets, and Zen 4 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 7, 2022 20 min Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su is an old pro at showing off new products that can kick its competition’s butt. She did more... Continue Reading 20 min
Categories Posted inin Business Atari CEO Wade Rosen interview — Returning to classic video game roots Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 7, 2022 17 min Atari has come back from the dead more than once. Under previous CEO Fred Chesnais, it moved into mobile games and struck gold with... Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Rollic sees the future of ‘TikTokable’ hypercasual games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 19, 2021 12 min Rollic has had a billion downloads for its hypercasual games — those that you can play in a minute or less. And seven of... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Ed Fries interview — From building games for the original Xbox to investing in gaming startups Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 28, 2021 26 min Without good games, the original Xbox would have crumbled in defeat before the gaming might of Sony and Nintendo. While Microsoft is a solid... Continue Reading 26 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Why Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné is getting a game after 60 years Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 26, 2021 14 min After 60 years, an albino swordsman is finally getting the video game treatment. For the first time since the 1961 publication of Michael Moorcock’s... Continue Reading 14 min