Microsoft CEO’s Tip for Game Developers Comes With a Huge Caveat That Xbox Needs to Deal With

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has tips for the gaming industry, but it misses some of the biggest problems in the current ...

Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

For all the contraction and hardship in the games industry, Steam expert, indie dev, and marketing consultant Chris Zukowski reckons we've entered a new "golden age" of indie games and "most ...

Video Games’ Hottest New Platform Is an Old One: Websites

Web games’ easy accessibility partly explains the success of intergenerational hits like the New York Times’ Wordle, which ...

Meet The Multi-Millionaire Who Made His Life A Video Game (Then Played It)

From Sheldon Cooper nerd to spiritual multimillionaire: how treating life like a video game created unstoppable success.
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What Part Do NoSQL Databases Play in Contemporary Video Gaming?

What Is a NoSQL Database? A NoSQL database is a non-relational data storage system designed to store and retrieve data ...

What even is game direction? We asked 16 game directors

To unpack what's involved, we asked 16 directors across the industry two simple questions: how they define game direction, ...

"Xbox has been pretty supportive of the stuff we want to do."

Obsidian has said it’s well aware that whenever it announces a new game, people ask where Fallout: New Vegas 2 is, but it ...

Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Becomes First Video Game Creator Awarded Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese Government

I n the autumn honors list, the Japanese government has given Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii the Order of the Rising Sun. This is one of the highest awards the government of Japan can bestow on ...