Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, released on December 7 for the Nintendo Switch, has shattered the record previously set by New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Nintendo Wii to take the title as the all-time fastest-selling Nintendo game. Nintendo revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 12.08 million units as of December 31, which is […]
Strike up the music, the band has begun… Tune up your car on a regular schedule, folks. Well I sure as heckfire recognize this character… This character is… less recognizable. Connors Sr. didn’t have one of these in 1993… Looks like the Connors family has at least two kids. That is the face of a […]
[embedded content] Not content with getting freakishly good at cerebral games like chess and Go, it seems that artificial intelligence is now coming for the kind of fun games we played as kids (and childish adults). With that in mind, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot which uses the […]
Enlarge Aurich Lawson / Getty Images International gaming retail chain GameStop announced on Tuesday that one major save-the-company decision—to find a private buyer for the company and its subsidiaries—had been called off. The announcement ushered in the public company’s largest stock-value dip in over 10 years, seeing it plummet in one day from $ 15.49 […]
Investments in game companies hit a record $ 5.7 billion in 2018, or more than twice the previous record for investment in game companies set in 2017, according to advisory firm Digi-Capital. Game acquisitions also happened at a blistering pace. Digi-Capital’s Games Report Q1 2019 reported that Epic Games’ $ 1.25 billion raise was the […]
EA/BioWareEA/BioWare The first huge new blockbuster game of 2019 is nearly here: “Anthem” arrives on February 22 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. A lengthy demo for “Anthem” was available over the past weekend, and I spent much of that time flying around its lush, alien world. Having spent much of the last 72 […]
Enlarge / This logo is from one of the series’ video games; there’s no telling what logo may come from an eventual Netflix take on the series. Capcom Hours before the newest Resident Evil video game reaches PCs and game consoles, a report has linked the zombie-horror franchise to relatively new territory: a deal with […]
A survey of game developers shows that nearly half of game developers support game industry unionization, a majority believe that Steam no longer justifies its 30-percent revenue take of PC game sales, and that nearly half of game makers have spent working overtime hours in so-called “crunch” mode. The organizers of the 2019 Game Developers […]
On January 23, a meteor will appear in the sky. Just 30 days later, it will impact the surface of the planet. Unless we can work together to stop it. That’s the setup for the cooperative survival game Eco, which was my game of the year in 2018. It’s available in Early Access on Steam […]
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[embedded content] Several months ago, Sony announced the PlayStation 4 cross-play beta program, which allowed Fortnite users on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PC, and mobile devices to all play together, and the program is getting a new game. Rocket League now supports cross-platform play, as well, so you can play with all of […]
Verizon is currently in alpha testing for a streaming service that will function like Netflix for video games, for a platform that will not require users to buy expensive hardware to enjoy gaming. The service, named Verizon Gaming, was leaked through an exclusive report from The Verge, which obtained company documents and images related to […]
Welcome to Unreal PT, a fan-made recreation of the lost Hideo Kojima horror “demo” that launched for free on PS4 in 2014. Unreal PT This gallery includes a taste of various creepy moments as recreated by Unreal PT. Spooky lighting, check. Ominous sentences appearing on walls for no reason, check. A creepy message appearing underneath […]
[embedded content] Wondering which penny-pinching family member will hand out the smallest gifts this holidays? It would be hard to beat the one California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers just gave the world — with the tiniest ever version of the game tic-tac-toe. Having previously used nanoscale bioengineering to create a replica of the iconic […]