In 2014 Respawn enabled Titanfalla game that combines two of the best things in video games: Wall-walking and giant mechs. It was great, but also only for multiplayer, so in 2016 they released a sequel that kept the walls and giant mechs, but also added another of the best things in video games: a cool ...
Japanese gaming publisher Sega announced on Monday that it will buy the company behind the smartphone one-hit wonder Angry Birds for $775 million. It’s the latest major gaming acquisition, and one of the strangest yet. Comments on Grand Theft Auto 6: A Dramatic Read We got a first taste of the deal a report from ...
photo: Alex Wang (Getty Images) Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion deal with Activision Blizzard is under scrutiny from regulators. It still seems to be creeps towards its unstoppable endbut things get very messy and incredibly silly in the process. The latest stunt? Activision’s chief communications officer accused Sony Interactive ...
Picture: Respawn Entertainment / EA Over 100 quality assurance testers at Electronic Arts’ office in Baton Rouge, LA, were abruptly fired during a surprise Zoom call Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the meeting my city. They mostly worked on Apex Legendsthe publisher’s hit battle royale developed by Respawn Entertainment. QA testers, all on ...
Picture: EA Sports Programming and gameplay be damned, sports games live and die by their licensing. That is, why Driving me crazy could destroy NFL2kand therefore EA FIFA (now known as EA Sports FC) was able to grind Konamis PES in the dust. Not because they’re better games, but because they’re paid to be the ...
screenshot: EA Sports It’s Super Bowl week, which means the esports news cycle is full of the same old shit every year. Empty interviews, recaps of past Super Bowls, endless predictions about who’s going to win on Sunday… and one prediction in particular that comes like clockwork every season. I get it, the Super Bowl ...
screenshot: MilesDawkins247 You hear someone say Tom Brady’s age (45!) and it doesn’t really hit you as the guy still looks pretty fit and healthy. So, to fully appreciate the length of Brady’s tenure on this earth, you have to be aware that the man appeared in a video game for the PlayStation. how Original ...
As always, video games had a lot of regrets this year. Big delays, broken starts, offensive remarks, you name it. None of us are perfect. Everyone is trying to do better. Except for Babylon’s fall. There’s no second chance. Continue reading…
photo: Mark Wilson (Getty Images) A group of seven lawmakers is sending a letter to the world’s largest video game companies tomorrow asking each of them what steps they are taking to combat “harassment and extremism” in online video games. As axios reportsThe seven Democratic representatives — including Lori Trahan (Massachusetts), Katie Porter (California) and ...
picture: EA/Kotaku Making video games is very difficult. It can take years of work to ship even a small game. One aspect that can be particularly time-consuming and resource-consuming is building a custom engine, which is why many developers use Unreal, Unity, or another engine they already have to speed up development. It’s very common, ...
