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‘Metal Gear Solid’ creator Hideo Kojima’s departure from Konami is finally official
It has been a long time coming, but the worst-kept secret in gaming has finally been made official: Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has left Konami Corp. Or at least it has been made halfway official, as Konami itself is still somehow denying the fact that Kojima is no longer with the company, even though ...
Microsoft Surface Book’s Nvidia GPU is decent, but it’s no gaming laptop
For the last few weeks, gadget fans have been ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the technical specs on Microsoft’s recently announced high-end tablet/laptop hybrid, the Surface Book, but one piece of hardware has been conspicuously absent from some of the more in-depth system descriptions: the GPU. Until now, all we really knew about the Surface Book’s dedicated custom ...
Facebook will now alert you if you’re the target of government cyber attacks
Many web services have security systems in place that will alert you of suspicious activity or failed attempts to access your account, but social media giant Facebook Inc. is adding a new type of alert to protect users from a more serious type of attacker: state-sponsored hackers. “The security of people’s accounts is paramount at Facebook, ...
StarCraft II match-fixing scandal leads to arrests and lifetime bans in Korea
A major match-fixing and illegal betting scandal has swept through the professional StarCraft II scene in South Korea, with about a dozen individuals arrested in connection with the scheme, including esports team coaches, players, and financial backers. According to Korean sources (translation via Team Liquid), some of the people arrested include Park “Gerrard” Wae-Sik, head coach of ...
CEDIA Expo shows off electronics for people with more money than sense | #CEDIA15
If Jay Gatsby had been a technophile, Cedia Expo would be his Mecca. For the super wealthy who want to show off their riches but are not particularly interested in expensive cars or works of art, this year’s Cedia event had all of the ridiculously expensive electronics that you could possibly need. Want your own ...
YouTube Gaming one-ups Twitch with Android game livestreaming
Twitch may still be the leader of video game livestreaming on consoles and PC, but Google’s YouTube Gaming platform now has a leg up in the one gaming arena Twitch has yet to conquer: mobile. Today YouTube Gaming launched native livestreaming support for its Android app, allowing users to share their unsightly neck chub with ...
CD Projekt goes after Witcher 3 cheaters with in-game tax collector
CD Projekt RED is known to have a bit of a sense of humor, and the Warsaw-based game developer found a novel way to go after players who used exploits to save up vast amounts of money in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The studio has decided to give cheaters a dose of reality by sending ...
China passes the U.S. in game revenue for the first time ever
For a country that did not even allow the sale of home game consoles until very recently, China has exploded onto the video game market much like it has in several other industries, and according to research firm Newzoo BV, the country has surpassed the U.S. as the world leader in game revenue for the ...
‘Pokémon GO’ dev Niantic nabs up to $30 million in funding from Google, Nintendo, and Pokemon
Augmented Reality game studio Niantic Inc has raised over $20 million in Series A funding, with investments from Google Inc, Nintendo Co Ltd, and The Pokémon Company. The developer also stands to raise an additional $10 million from its investors on the condition that it meets certain milestones. Niantic is best known for AR mobile games ...
Episodic content allows for scalable game design, says ’80 Days’ developer
The idea of making a video game scalable may sound odd at first, but it is actually becoming more and more common in game design, especially with the recent trend of creating episodic content. According to Inkle Ltd founders Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold, their popular mobile game 80 Days had the advantage of being naturally scalable thanks to ...