Earlier this year, Ubisoft received a $1.25 billion bailout from Tencent, resulting in the creation of a new subsidiary – partially owned by Tencent – that will take charge of Ubisoft’
Godot is a game engine that is both free and open source, meaning it's a great option for budding, first-time developers. The kind of people who, thanks to
One of my favorite things to do is explain niche gaming things to my befuddled husband. It’s the trade-off for listening to him talk about the Dodgers—while I
It wasn’t all that long ago that accessibility was barely a concern for many video game companies. Some time in the past half decade or so, major publishers realized
I was on Linkedin again yesterday--I have a problem, I know--and even by that site's low standards I saw something that rocked my socks clean off. It was
From the predatory morass of “buy now, pay later” schemes – which famously and meme-ably made their way to the world of DoorDash food deliveries earlier this year – arises a slimy
BioWare’s multiplayer shooter Anthem was released in 2019 and simply didn’t meet the expectations of players or Electronic Arts. There have been some tweaks over the years, but
Last week’s massive layoffs at Microsoft--and Xbox in particular--was terrible for all kinds of reasons. Careers were upended (or even ended) for the workers and couples and families and
Some moments force you to step back and take stock of a situation, and last week was as good (read: bad) as any: Microsoft announced that it’s laying off
