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By 2019, Steam will no longer run on Windows XP or Vista
By 2019, Steam will no longer run on Windows XP or Vista
After January 1st, Steam will no longer run on XP or Vista, and so anyone who owns your games through Steam and runs either OS will have to upgrade.
June 12, 2018
Noclip shares a look inside the making of multiplayer Fallout 76
Noclip shares a look inside the making of multiplayer Fallout 76
"[Fallout] 76 is the multiplayer design from Fallout 4," Bethesda's Todd Howard explains in a new Noclip minidocumentary about the game's development and production.
June 12, 2018
Skyrim mod rebooted as a full-fledged Unreal Engine 4 game
Skyrim mod rebooted as a full-fledged Unreal Engine 4 game
The Forgotten City seems to share much in common with the Skyrim mod of the same name thematically, but features new environments, characters, 'original lore' and, of course, a new engine.
June 12, 2018
InnoGames to shut down Dusseldorf studio, move staff to Hamburg HQ
InnoGames to shut down Dusseldorf studio, move staff to Hamburg HQ
The German game developer InnoGames has announced plans to shut down its studio in Dusseldorf, roughly four years after setting up shop in the city.
June 12, 2018
Video: Building the coop-friendly levels of Dead Space 3
Video: Building the coop-friendly levels of Dead Space 3
At GDC 2013, (now former) Visceral Games dev Seth Marinello explains how the team built Dead Space 3's levels and encounters to work for both one and two players in drop-in/drop-out cooperative play.
June 12, 2018
Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring an Outsource Artist for Ghost of Tsushima
Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring an Outsource Artist for Ghost of Tsushima
Sucker Punch is looking for a driven, self-directed Outsource Artist to use their artistic eye and technical skills to help create the world of Ghost of Tsushima for PlayStation 4.
June 12, 2018
Valve unveils new, Discord-like chat features for Steam
Valve unveils new, Discord-like chat features for Steam
Valve has revealed an all new look and feel for its community-focused features that bring its game platform a bit more inline with game-centric communication tools like Discord.
June 12, 2018
Fortnite comes to Switch, though with slightly limited cross-platform play
Fortnite comes to Switch, though with slightly limited cross-platform play
Fortnite has been announced and simultaneously launched on the Nintendo Switch and, like most versions of the game, will feature cross-platform play with everything but the PlayStation 4.
June 12, 2018
Super Mario Party introduces a mode that links two Switch displays together
Super Mario Party introduces a mode that links two Switch displays together
Nintendo announced Super Mario Party for the Switch earlier today and quietly showcased a small new feature for the console at the same time.
June 12, 2018
Fortnite uses the Switch hardware for voice chat, not the Switch mobile app
Fortnite uses the Switch hardware for voice chat, not the Switch mobile app
The Nintendo Treehouse team offered a look at the Fortnite Switch following the game’s announcement and revealed that, unlike Splatoon 2, Fortnite will use the Switch’s own hardware for voice chat.
June 12, 2018
Chess + Rogue = Chogue: Some notes on hybrid game design
Chess + Rogue = Chogue: Some notes on hybrid game design
An introduction to Pippin Barr and Jonathan Lessard's chess/Rogue mash-up called Chogue and the specific exploration of game design space its hybrid nature facilitates.
June 12, 2018
Dying Light 2 has been officially announced, first gameplay trailer
Dying Light 2 has been officially announced, first gameplay trailer
June 11, 2018