Battlefield V team loves that Call of Duty may ditch its campaign
The Battlefield team at developer DICE is ecstatic today, according to a source familiar with the studio. That’s because Call of Duty: Black Ops 4...
Battlefield V battle royale prototype in the works at DICE
EA’s DICE studio is testing a battle royale mode for Battlefield V that features similar gameplay to megahits like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, according to...
D&D co-creator Gary Gygax’s trust and Fig partner on video games
Video games owe a great deal to Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons. In many ways, his game set foundations for the...
BioWare boss: Anthem will learn from Mass Effect: Andromeda’s failures
BioWare is coming off the disappointing Mass Effect: Andromeda, which it abandoned in the downloadable-content phase. That sci-fi role-playing reboot/sequel hybrid debuted to mediocre...
Slay the Spire has China to thank for launching its 700,000 sales in Steam Early Access
Mega Crit Games’ addictive roguelike deck-building game Slay the Spire has seen a ton of success in Steam Early Access. The indie studio’s debut...
Radical Heights heralds a new era of extreme Early Access
Radical Heights, a battle-royale shooter that teaches you the importance of saving money, is the latest release from developer Boss Key Productions. It is...
Valve had to stop pretending it doesn’t own Steam’s data
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before the United States House of Representatives today and before the Senate yesterday about securing the personal data...
Tencent’s new game investment strategy: smaller and earlier
Tencent is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. It got to the point where it owns significant chunks of companies like...
The rise of ‘massively personal online role-playing’ games is nigh
Computer science doesn’t just solve technical issues when it comes to making games. This is one of the many takeaways from the discussion between Improbable chief...
Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Janina Gavankar throws down the gauntlet at triple-A gaming
Star Wars: Battlefront II actress Janina Gavankar has a warning for both triple-A game studios and Hollywood: “Lean in or die off.” She took the stage...