Mountains emerged. Rivers carved canyons. And a whole bunch of other stuff happened between the release of GTA 5 and the impending launch of GTA 6. In that time, developer Rockstar Games, in step with the broader games industry, ballooned in size and racked up expenses to match. But long before the days of production […]
2019
One of the best parts of the Analogue Pocket is openFPGA – a fancy name for supporting an array of open-source, homebrew emulators. But as with seemingly every corner of the retro dev scene, the makers of these FPGA emulator cores are having to contend with low-effort, vibe-coded slop from would-be contributors. You can pencil […]
2019New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reiterated plans for Xbox Project Helix to encompass a “family of devices” at a recent company town hall meeting, describing a new generation with a console at its center but also with options for players “on the go,” seemingly in the vein of portable systems like Valve’s Steam Deck or […]
2019The makers of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have unionized. Today, the developers of the massive tabletop games have announced that they’re joining United Wizards of the Coast – CWA, and are calling on their company to voluntarily recognize the union. Among their demands is protection from what they call an increasing push […]
2019
RuneScape developer Jagex is reconsidering its plans after one of the biggest announcements at its recent RuneFest event sparked widespread outrage among the game’s player base. RuneScape Reignited, a proposed plan to fork the MMO into new worlds with fresh economies and leaderboards, is going back to the drawing board. “We are re-evaluating RuneScape Reignited,” […]
2019