Cheaters Hacked an AI Bot—and Beat the ‘Rocket League’ Elite
Last week, Reed Wilen, an elite gamer who uses the handle “Chicago” in Rocket League, a popular vehicular-soccer game, encountered a strange and troubling…
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‘Age of Empires’ Is 25 Years Old. Fans Are Shaping the Franchise
It’s been 25 years since a small studio in Dallas recast the ancient world through the prism of a real-time strategy game. Age of Empires has echoed Monk…
Daytime Horror Returns with the ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Game
My heart races and palms drip with sweat as I mash my mechanical keyboard in an effort to escape the house. When a piercing chain saw roars nearby, minutes…
No NFTs in Minecraft? This Crypto Group Will Make Its Own Game
On June 20, Microsoft-owned Mojang announced that NFTs and blockchain technology would no longer be allowed to “integrate” with Minecraft. That was bad news…
FaZe Clan Is Going Public—Just as the Creator Economy Shifts
FaZe Clan is a powerhouse that's on track to do the unthinkable for an esports organization: go public as a NASDAQ-listed company. Later this year, you might…
Frost Giant Studios’ Debut Mixes ‘Starcraft’ With ‘Diablo’
Frost Giant Studios, cofounded by former Blizzard real-times strategy masterminds Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, has finally unveiled the trailer for its first…
EA Sports and FIFA Officially Split Up After 30 Years
EA Sports announced Tuesday that the soccer title it publishes in 2023 would be part of the new EA Sports FC brand, doing away with the FIFA name the series…
How the Games Industry Shake-Up Could Play Out
Kylan Coats came up with a plan to start a studio before he had even made a game, as an undergrad spending summers as a QA tester between classes. Back then,…
The Team Behind ‘Among Us’ Is Building Better Communities
Among Us has been a pop culture phenomenon. The blank-faced astronauts we know and love have found their way onto The Tonight Show, shared impostor vibes…
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Is a Move Toward the Post-Console World
Microsoft’s war chest is a dynamo. With revenues that rival the GDP of a small nation, it’s got enough cash on hand to buy whatever it wants. When it does,…