Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games Store is seeing near-Steam-like engagement levels Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 23, 2020 3 min The Epic Games Store is hitting its stride. Epic revealed today that its PC gaming portal hit 61 million monthly active players on PC.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Maneater: How a shark becomes the star of a role-playing game Posted byby Jason Wilson May 25, 2020 9 min Sharks both fascinate and frighten me. I’ve loved learning about sharks, their evolution, and their place in the world for as long as I... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Gearbox Software’s Borderlands 3 crossplay is built on years of AWS infrastructure groundwork Posted byby Jason Wilson March 25, 2020 3 min After six months of exclusivity with Epic Store, Borderlands 3 hit Steam last week with crossplay support, welcoming a whole new cohort of Vault... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Satisfactory gets Update 3 and is coming to Steam Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 11, 2020 1 min The 2019 game that I most regret not spending more time with is Satisfactory. Thankfully, developer Coffee Stain Studios is giving me new reasons... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games Store third-party games hit $251 million in player spending Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 14, 2020 2 min Epic Games is celebrating the growth of its PC gaming store by sharing a number of informational tidbits about its performance. Most notably, the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay SuperMash is a game that can make more games Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 10, 2019 1 min SuperMash is a new game, and it’s a lot like that recent Jumanji movie. Some teens find a magical retro console. But instead of... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games Store devs can now choose their own in-game payment processor Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 6, 2019 1 min Developers using the Epic Games Store now have more options for processing payments. Epic told developers this week that they can set up alternative... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Star Wars + Fortnite event brings Jedi: Fallen Order to Epic’s shooter Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 15, 2019 1 min Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is out now on Steam and consoles. But it’s also coming to the Epic Games Store. This announcement comes... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Rune II publisher didn’t know developer Human Head was closing Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 13, 2019 2 min Earlier today, GamesBeat reported that Rune II developer Human Head has shut down. The team is moving on to a new studio called Roundhouse... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Why Electronic Arts games are coming back to Steam (probably) Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 28, 2019 3 min Electronic Arts is probably going to announce soon that it is bringing its games back to the Steam PC gaming portal. Last week, the... Continue Reading 3 min