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The case against open-world games - Grand Theft Auto set the standard, and video games have been worse off ever since Article 1587 words 8 votes
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick knew for years about sexual-misconduct allegations at videogame giant Article 67 words 10 votes
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How a board game about birds became a surprise blockbuster ~games.tabletop Article 3843 words 14 votes
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Hou Yifan and the wait for chess’s first woman world champion ~games.tabletop Article 5568 words, published Jul 23 2021 4 votes
Blizzard botched Warcraft III remake after internal fights, pressure over costs Article 1930 words 9 votes
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Microsoft Flight Simulator adds beautiful Nordic views – update gives new perspectives on Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland Article 199 words 8 votes
The revolution in classic Tetris - A younger generation is utilizing the internet to master the NES game in months, surpassing milestones that previously took decades Article 2079 words 22 votes
Virtual reality has real problems. Here’s how game developers seek to delete them. Article 1854 words 10 votes
Lucasfilm Games announces that Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment is developing an open-world Star Wars game, the first non-EA Star Wars game since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 Article 1069 words 15 votes
The rise of Sierra Online wasn’t exactly a fairytale. Founder Ken Williams opens up about his new book, video game design in the late 80s—and his regrets about selling the company. Article 4789 words 8 votes
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games Article 4812 words 11 votes
Inside Roblox's war on porn - The game platform is extremely popular with children, and the company is waging an endless fight against "condo games": explicit, often sex-themed user creations Article 4441 words 19 votes
Apple won't allow game streaming services like xCloud and Stadia into the App Store Article 854 words 20 votes
How to know you’re not insane (And how a Cards Against Humanity staff writer was fired) ~games.tabletop Article 3184 words 14 votes
The Grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess: Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers in the ancient game ~games.tabletop Article 1480 words 14 votes
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month, as bots have upended the game's economy Article 678 words 9 votes
Razer’s Kishi turns your phone into a Nintendo Switch lookalike that can play Google Stadia Article 972 words 5 votes
The board game that turns feminism into a joke: I played Ms. Monopoly so that you don’t have to ~games.tabletop Article 1237 words 12 votes
World of Warcraft's game director Ion Hazzikostas on how the game's culture has evolved with the internet Article 707 words 6 votes
The stockbrokers of Magic: The Gathering play for keeps ~games.tabletop card games Article 7186 words 7 votes
The "Nintendo PlayStation" prototype was purchased at auction for $300,000 by Greg McLemore, founder of Pets.com who now runs the International Arcade Museum Article 482 words 10 votes
Finland's biggest game maker Supercell reported its full-year 2019 sales rose 2% to 1.39 billion euros Article 269 words 5 votes