Bossa Studios turns to AI for emergent stories within online games
Chet Faliszek left Valve last year after 12 years, with the last few spent evangelizing virtual reality via the company’s SteamVR platform. He took...
Ubisoft researcher takes a bird’s-eye view of tech, games, and entertainment
Lidwine Sauer is paid to be one of Ubisoft’s big thinkers. She’s the director of insights and trends for Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab, a...
Blade’s Shadow cloud gaming PC starts shipping in California
Blade is launching a cloud-gaming service dubbed Shadow in California today. The service enables any mobile device or computer, including a small hardware device...
Newzoo: Esports could hit 380 million fans and $906 million in revenues in 2018
Global esports revenues will grow 38 percent to $906 million in 2018 and further grow to $1.65 billion by 2021, according to a new...
Sledgehammer’s founders leave Call of Duty studio for new roles at Activision
The founders of Sledgehammer Games, Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, are resigning from their posts as co-presidents of the Call of Duty studio, and they...
Brazil’s Independent Games Festival is ready for your cool games
Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival is now taking submissions for its sixth annual event. It celebrates indie games from Latin America and abroad, and...
PC Gaming Weekly: the live services blues
Ubisoft may have put words to the unspoken strategies of many triple-A publishers when it said during an investors call this week that it...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is nearly profitable only two days after release
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is out now, and it is already about to pay for itself through brisk sales on PC and consoles. Warhorse Studios...
Rocket League’s in-game tournament mode goes into testing February 21
Psyonix is about to make it easier for you to compete against your friends in its vehicular soccer hit Rocket League. The studio is...
THQ Nordic gets Deep Silver, Saints Row, and Metro in Koch Media acquisition
Swedish publisher THQ Nordic has acquired European entertainment company Koch Media for an undisclosed sum. The deal means that THQ Nordic is acquiring Koch’s...