game industry
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gets investors, development is continuing
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen missed out on its Kickstarter goals, but that wasn't the end of the road. Visionary Realms, after an extended...
Star Citizen studio ‘grows’ dev team, claims layoffs are ‘streamlin[ing]’
It's never exactly calming to hear that a large project is laying people off before release, and that's the rumor swirling around Cloud Imperium...
Ron Gilbert explains how video game budgets work
If you've never designed a game for money, you probably do not have a very clear picture of what video game budgets look like....
Elite: Dangerous has sold 825,000 copies
The good news for Elite: Dangerous fans is that the latest financial report for Frontier Developments is available, and the game appears to have...
Marvel Heroes studio Gazillion hit with layoffs [Confirmed]
It's sad news for fans of Marvel Heroes and Super Hero Squad Online as at least one of the teams behind Gazillion's successful titles appears to...
Funcom CEO discusses missteps and the future of the company’s games
It is a very unsettling time to be a fan of Funcom's titles with the news that the studio is actively looking for a...
ArcheAge mobile game will use Unreal Engine 4
Remember ArcheVille? No, probably not; it was an ArcheAge mobile game that was shut down rather quickly back in 2013. The important thing is...
RIFT community manager: ‘RIFT is in zero danger’
The health of a game is always important to the players; no one wants to make a home that's going to be shut down...
The war of words between Derek Smart and Star Citizen continues
If you're busy today, don't worry, we understand. We can assure you that this post does not contain a direct link to another 11,000...
Derek Smart says Star Citizen, ‘as has been pitched, will never get made’
The most polite possible way to describe Derek Smart is "contentious." He's indisputably worked on several games of huge scope without great reception. But...
Blizzard and Netease partner for a Chinese release of Overwatch
You are probably not terribly worried about whether or not Overwatch is going to get a Chinese release for the same reason that most...
The demographics and realities of selling games on Steam
Steam is one of those things that we think of as almost ubiquitous as a gaming platform. You can buy many MMOs on it, it...
ARK: Survival Evolved has already sold 400,000 copies
On the surface, you could think of ARK: Survival Evolved as one step removed from zombie survival games except it has dinosaurs instead. But...
CCP financials for 2014 continue their downward slide
It's become a cottage industry for EVE Online fans to try to figure out whether CCP Games is doing well or not. Gone are the days...
Shadowrun Chronicles developer declares bankruptcy [Updated]
After several delays, Shadowrun Chronicles, the rebranded form of what was originally being developed as Shadowrun Online, launched on Steam a month ago. Now,...
Project HON is cancelled by NCsoft
Remember Project HON? It was a giant robot combat game in the Unreal 4 engine, and every trailer released for it looked stompy and...
Ubisoft Annecy joins the many teams working on The Division
You remember The Division, right? We sort of do. It was supposed to be released... eventually. Was it supposed to be now? Meh, doesn't...
The Powerplay update will change how you play Elite: Dangerous
The next big update for Elite: Dangerous centers around the Powerplay system, and it's enough to change the way you see the game world....
WildStar is now on clearance at Best Buy
So... you all remember how yesterday saw WildStar boxes being yanked in Australia, combined with that promotion encouraging players to buy more boxes of...
Codemasters CEO leaves company to join Jagex
There's a new boss in town at Jagex. Rod Cousens, previously the CEO of Codemasters, has moved shop to be the new CEO of...
