All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The online-only Game Developers Conference had 550 talks scheduled this week, and some of them are still happening today. They reminded me what I love about games. No matter how much I think I know about games, they are […]
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Dragon Age 4 is on track for a potential 2023 release
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The EA Play media presentation has come and gone, and the publisher gave fans updates on franchises like Grid, Battlefield, and Dead Space. But what about other games that we know are coming from developer BioWare? And specifically, […]
The game store cold war is heating up
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Until the Epic Games Store announced in late 2018 that it would take a 12% cut of game revenue, the industry seemed locked-in to a store cut of 30% for PC, mobile, and console. It was a largely […]
Game Makers Sketchbook is a gallery celebrating game art
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. One of the hidden gems of this week’s virtual Game Developers Conference is the Game Maker’s Sketchbook Gallery. It’s a collection of art from video games, produced by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Iam8bit, and Fortyseven […]
Super Metroid? Kirby’s Dream Course? What’s the best Super Nintendo game? | Last of the Nintendogs 003
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The Nintendogs return to discuss Super Nintendo favorites. That includes some familiar games as well as some deepcuts from the listeners. Speaking of listeners, they also drop in with some questions about what is going on with Nintendo […]
Tencent’s TiMi opens third North American triple-A game studio in Montreal
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. TiMi Studio Group has opened a new triple-A game studio in Montreal. It’s the third such studio the Tencent-owned game division has started in North America. TiMi Montréal joins TiMi Seattle and TiMi Los Angeles, which are divisions […]
Tencent has agreed to buy video game maker Sumo Group for $1.27B
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has agreed to buy Britis video game company Sumo Group for $1.27 billion. Sumo’s shareholders will get $7.08 in cash per share, Tencent said. The offer is a 43% premium to the Sumo’s […]
A 16-year-old takes his shot at Roblox fame as a native game maker
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ammon Runger has been playing games on Roblox since he was 10. Then he started making games. And like many others building games on the popular user-generated content platform, Runger wants to move up the ladder to making […]
June 2021 NPD: Xbox and Switch outsell the competition
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Hardware sales had a huge month in the United States in June. Consumers snapped up $401 million in new consoles, which is up 112% compared to the same period in 2020, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. […]
Ubisoft delays Rainbow Six: Extraction and Riders Republic
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ubisoft announced today in separate blog posts that Riders Republic is delayed from September 2 to October 28, and Rainbow Six: Extraction is moving from September 16 to January 2022. The posts don’t give much detail into why […]