Epic’s sale of ArtStation and Sketchfab to KitBash isn’t just a business deal. It tests whether creative platforms can change ownership without disrupting the portfolios, libraries, licences, workflows, and trust that artists have built their careers around...
Players do not learn a game world by memorising every object, enemy, room, and interaction one at a time. They learn by forming expectations. Fire usually burns. Sound usually attracts attention. Heavy things usually fall. Locked doors usually need a key, code, tool, route, or alternative solution. Once the player sees these relationships working often enough, they begin to treat them as part of the world’s normal logic...
Solo developer Michael Major reportedly saw his prank Steam game generate more than $1.3 million in potential sales after thousands of people bought it. Then reality arrived in the form of refunds. According to reporting, 6,717 people bought the game, but 6,707 refunded it, leaving the developer with just over $2,000...
For the past decade, Xbox has been on a spending spree unlike anything the games industry has ever seen. Billions were spent acquiring studios. Billions more were spent building Game Pass, funding content, supporting hardware, and expanding the Xbox ecosystem across multiple platforms. Now the company appears to be preparing another major reset. Following an internal memo describing Xbox as "overextended", reports suggest studios such as Ninja Theory, Double Fine, and Compulsion Games may be facing closure or independence negotiations as Microsoft attempts to reduce costs and refocus the business...
The Nintendo Direct, Xbox Games Showcase, State of Play, and Summer Game Fest delivered exactly what players hoped for. There were major sequels, long-awaited remakes, surprise reveals, and enough trailers to fuel gaming discussions for weeks. Social media exploded with reactions to Ocarina of Time Remake, Persona 6, Kingdom Hearts IV, Marvel's Wolverine, Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake, and a host of other announcements...
