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Xbox Live and Game Pass CVP Mike Ybarra departs Microsoft after 20 years
Xbox Live and Game Pass CVP Mike Ybarra departs Microsoft after 20 years
Mike Ybarra, corporate vice president of Xbox Live, Game Pass, and Mixer, has announced his departure from both Xbox and Microsoft as a whole.
Oct. 9, 2019
Get a job: Sanzaru Games is hiring Environment Artists
Get a job: Sanzaru Games is hiring Environment Artists
As a World Architect or Environment Artist, you will work directly with the game directors and discipline leads to help define breathtaking triple-A scenery.
Oct. 9, 2019
Travel tips to help you make the most of your trip to XRDC next week!
Travel tips to help you make the most of your trip to XRDC next week!
As everyone gets ready for XRDC to kick off in San Francisco next week, organizers wanted to quickly take a moment today to share some info which might help you plan your trip!
Oct. 9, 2019
Former CEO of Bungie founds new multi-studio AAA game company
Former CEO of Bungie founds new multi-studio AAA game company
The person who for years led Halo and Destiny developer Bungie has re-emerged with a new multi-studio game company that plans to create triple-A games within a non-traditional business structure.
Oct. 9, 2019
Google Stadia could sidestep latency issues by predicting button presses
Google Stadia could sidestep latency issues by predicting button presses
Google Stadia will eventually have traditonal consoles beat when it comes to responsiveness, according to the platform's VP of engineering Madj Bakar.
Oct. 9, 2019
Amid Blizzard's Hong Kong controversy, Epic says it wouldn't censor players
Amid Blizzard's Hong Kong controversy, Epic says it wouldn't censor players
Fortnite maker Epic Games claims it will always "support the rights of players and creators to speak about politics and human rights."
Oct. 9, 2019
Utopos raises $1 million to gamify machine learning with debut title Raivo
Utopos raises $1 million to gamify machine learning with debut title Raivo
Utopos Games has raised $1 million to develop a new robot-battler called Raivo that it claims will be the first video game to gamify machine learning.
Oct. 9, 2019
Oxenfree has been downloaded 3 million times through Xbox Game Pass
Oxenfree has been downloaded 3 million times through Xbox Game Pass
Oxenfree developer Night School Studios has given us a rare glimpse at the game's performance on Xbox Game Pass.
Oct. 9, 2019
Behind the HONK: An Untitled Goose Game Q&A
Behind the HONK: An Untitled Goose Game Q&A
Everyone seems to be honking a bit more than usual with the recent release of House House's brilliant Untitled Goose Game. We speak with programmer Nico Disseldorp.
Oct. 9, 2019
An untitled Untitled Goose Game analysis
An untitled Untitled Goose Game analysis
Columnist Katherine Cross examines the ingredients that made House House's fantastic Untitled Goose Game a runaway hit as opposed to a mere cult classic.
Oct. 9, 2019
Kliuless #53: The China Cultural Clash
Kliuless #53: The China Cultural Clash
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Oct. 9, 2019
Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, and procedurally generated story telling
Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, and procedurally generated story telling
Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld have been named story generators, a type of game in which fun does not come from reaching specific objectives but rather from seeing non-scripted stories play out from the actions of the player.
Oct. 9, 2019