The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild makes chemistry just as important as physics
You’ve probably heard of physics engines in games. But what about chemistry engines? The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s technical director, Takuhiro...
Capcom will add 4 arcade classics to iOS and Android: 1942, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, and more
Capcom’s opening the vault and unleashing some of the classic games of the 1980s for mobile platforms. Ghosts ‘n Goblins, 1942, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts,...
Archrivals in excellence: Epic’s Tim Sweeney received his GDC lifetime award from John Carmack
After 25 years in the games business, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards on...
AMD releases its first three Ryzen desktop processors to accolades
Advance Micro Devices released the first three models of its highly anticipated, high-performance AMD Ryzen desktop processor. The early reviews suggest that the chips are the...
Nintendo Switch travesty: Its eShop doesn’t have background music
The day-one update for the Nintendo Switch is out, and it has brought with it Friend Codes and something even worse, if that’s possible....
Nintendo Switch uses Friend Codes, and I’m checking to make sure it’s still 2017
After a week and a half with the Nintendo Switch, I finally have the day-one update for the device. And it turns out that...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will make you 11 years old again
The boy who handed me a random Game Boy cartridge wasn’t my friend. He also wasn’t a bully. He was more like the official...
Overwatch takes home Game of the Year at the 2017 GDC Awards
According to the video game industry, the best game of 2016 was Overwatch. Developer Blizzard Entertainment won the coveted trophy for its popular shooter...
Former White House digital media adviser Mark DeLoura wins Ambassador Award
Mark DeLoura, the former digital media adviser at the Obama White House, won one of the game industry’s highest honors tonight: the Ambassador Award....
SuperData: Nintendo Switch could sell 5 million units in 2017
Market researcher SuperData Research predicts that the Nintendo Switch game console will sell five million units by the end of the 2017. That could...