Game companies planning for up to 1TB-per-second bandwidth on ocean cables
It’s not news that esports is a global phenomenon. With its roots in StarCraft and PC bangs in South Korea and shooters and LAN...
Dead Space ideas came from game-design team’s ‘horror competition’
At one point during Issac Clark’s adventure on the USG Ishimura, a giant tentacle grabs him. As the player, you launch a desperate assault...
Skydance Interactive’s Pete Akemann: We’re about to see the ‘second generation’ of VR gameplay
The studios behind Boneworks, Half Life: Alyx, and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners all solved the same problem: interactivity in virtual reality. They...
For Dauntless, crossplay launch was a months-long ‘trust-building’ exercise
When Phoenix Labs set out to develop Dauntless back in 2015, it wanted players to be able to play together no matter what platform...
Stack Up’s Stephen Machuga fights veteran suicide in a time of invisible threats
Twenty-two a day: That’s the rate of veteran suicides that Stephen Machuga, founder of gaming charity Stack Up, is fighting against. Machuga talked about...
Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of Light strives to turn strangers into friends
When you want to watch a movie with someone, you usually ask them what kind of film they’re in the mood to see. If...
Big game investment outlook is mixed as demand and fear rise
The outlook for big game investments is mixed, as both demand and fear are rising. That’s one of the observations from a panel of...
Early-stage investors tackle the coronavirus’ effect on game investing
The impact of the coronavirus on the world economy and investments in gaming isn’t yet known. But some expert discussion grappled with the subject...
Brian Bowman: Why it’s so hard to beat Facebook’s automated control video ads
Facebook advertisers may spend a lot of money trying to come up with new kinds of ads for games and other apps, but it...
Scopely’s Javier Ferreira on breaking into the top ranks of mobile gaming
Scopely has broken out of the pack of mobile game makers to be one of the biggest in the industry, with hit games that...