Jack Tretton’s post-Sony career has changed his view of game platforms
Last week, former Sony U.S. games chief Jack Tretton announced he had started a new venture capital fund, Interactive Gaming Ventures, to invest money...
Ubisoft announces new studios in Mumbai and Odesa
In what’s beginning to become a tradition, Ubisoft is using the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce more studios are joining its...
Bad North shows that even bloody Viking battles can be artsy and cute
Bad North is a real-time strategy game that features adorable vikings and hectic terrain-based combat. It’s the debut game from indie studio Plausible Concept...
The IndieBeat: Dead Static Drive is ‘Grand Theft Cthulhu’ on Route 66
Developer Mike Blackney describes Dead Static Drive as “Grand Theft Cthulhu.” It’s his debut game, which he’s developing under the moniker Team Fanclub. Though...
GameviewAR turns Counter-Strike shootouts into AR esports replays
There’s probably no better way to show off Google’s ARCore augmented reality tech than a tabletop version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. So that’s what Grab...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is GDC 2018’s game of the year
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won Game of the Year tonight at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, and absolutely nobody...
Indie dev Rami Ismail accepts GDC Ambassador Award for slaying gaming’s injustices
Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer, accepted one of the gaming industry’s highest honors — the Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award — for his work...
Night in the Woods wins the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival
It was the 20th annual Independent Games Festival award show tonight at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Infinite Fall’s rust belt gothic adventure game...
How Nier: Automata took inspiration from a Coca-Cola campaign
Nier: Automata is an action role-playing game starring angsty and sexy robots. Coca-Cola is a delicious, carbonated beverage. You wouldn’t think that the game...
AR games live and die by location
Augmented reality gaming is in its infancy. It wasn’t until July 2016 and Pokémon Go‘s release that most people had even experienced it. Fast-forward...