Why video games are shooting down the Hollywood model
Not that long ago, big video games used to get sold like big movies: a flashy trailer, lots of messageboard hype, some fan conference...
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Insider Program is go for takeoff
Microsoft Flight Simulator is taking to the skies in 2020, but the publisher is sharing details about the current state of development beginning today....
Minecraft team puts Super Duper Graphics on blocks: It’s ‘too demanding’
The Minecraft Team at Microsoft has ended development of the previously promised Super Duper graphics pack. The team said that the visuals made the...
Gears 5 launch gets new Xbox One hardware bundles
Microsoft is about to launch Gears 5 for Xbox One on September 10, and the company is planning a lot of new hardware and...
How the coming console transition is already affecting Take-Two Interactive’s business
Take-Two Interactive Software is already preparing for the launch of the next-generation game consoles from Sony and Microsoft in 2020. And you can already...
Ninja hasn’t missed a beat on Mixer
Ninja is livestreaming exclusively on the Twitch competitor Mixer now. Maybe you’ve heard. So far, it appears that his big move hasn’t slowed him...
Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer in the first big shot of livestreaming’s content war
Microsoft just mixed up the streaming world. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, a livestreamer whose fame rose with the explosion of Epic Games’ battle royale phenomenon...
Khronos releases OpenXR 1.0 for AR/VR, backed by Epic, Microsoft, and Oculus
Four months after the Khronos Group debuted a provisional OpenXR specification for AR and VR platforms, seeking industry input, it’s kicking off Siggraph today...
Minecraft Marketplace June 2019: Woody can retire from Toy Story now
Minecraft is coming off of one of its biggest months ever as it celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Microsoft’s Minecraft Team was able to maintain...
The video game industry is a black hole for cybersecurity
New data from Akamai, an internet delivery and cloud services company, has exposed that the video game industry remains a growing threat vector for...