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Fortnite players revolt over V-Bucks changes as Epic devs appeal for calm: 'Paying the bills frees up our teams to continue driving stories and building stuff you love'

A Fortnite boycott is planned for March 19. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Former EVE Online developers are building a society simulation MMO where your character keeps playing even after you log off

Long-in-the-works colony sim MMO Seed is shaping up into something that looks like EVE Online for RimWorld fans.
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'It was supposed to be the greatest time ever': Jeff Kaplan only got 6 weeks to come up with and pitch Overwatch: 'We were probably the most demoralised we'd ever been'

Overwatch beat out an intergalactic RPG and a StarCraft MMO. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The first thing Arc Raiders' devs did during its extraction pivot was to reduce the speed of everything by 60%: 'All the craft that was in the game was kind of background noise'

Arc Raiders looked very different in its early stages of development, and even compared to its initial reveal trailer. While the team was flip-flopping between genres, one thing w ...

Microsoft removes its 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and is slowly purging all mention of it

Hardware In the battle for our living rooms, Xbox Project Helix and the Steam Machine make for unlikely rivals on paper—but Microsoft's new PC gaming-capable console might be raising some eyebrows at ...

For the first time in years, there are no blockchain gaming talks at GDC

NFTs are out, generative AI is in at this year's Game Developers Conference—though much of the industry isn't on board with that, either.

Journey composer Austin Wintory played an unreleased song from his canceled 'dream job of all time' during the Game Developers Choice Awards, just to drive home that the ...

Host Sam Maggs also named several canceled games that will never see the light of day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
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Blizzard vet Rob Pardo closed this year's GDC keynote by urging executives to cool it with the layoffs: 'The game team is more valuable than the game itself'

Today at GDC, San Francisco's annual summit of games industry professionals, former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo delivered this year's keynote address, sharing a lessons learned from a ...

Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster, a hi-def update of the 2012 Silicon Studio classic, shadow-drops on Steam

We said last year, while comparing the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch 2, that one of the few advantages the Switch 2 has on the games front is exclusive access to Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD ...

The worst part of Resident Evil Requiem is its final choice, which is an annoying throwback to Resident Evil 7's ultimatum

As you can probably tell from my Resident Evil Requiem review, I loved pretty much everything: the action, puzzles, and even the horror. But even with all the motorbike chases and ...
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Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

"We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

PC games revenue will outgrow consoles by 2028, analyst predicts

That's a trend it predicts will continue in the years ahead. Newzoo forecasts that PC revenue will continue at a 6.6% annual growth rate between 2025 and 2028 compared with an exp ...