Geoff Keighley has dropped a surprise, announcing that The Game Festival is returning for a special Spring edition and will be bringing a large range of video game demos to Steam. Last year, The Game Awards, which is hosted by Geoff Keighley announced a digital event that was taking place alongside it. The Game Festival
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As events and leagues from the video game and beyond continue to postpone or shut down entirely, it ‘s no surprise to see the Overwatch League cancel their remaining events for the next few months. Concerns over the coronavirus have already forced GDC, SXSW, and E3 to close, and even major sports leagues like Serie
Alongside other companies such as Kojima Productions, Sony, and Facebook, publisher Electronic Arts is said to now be “limiting” the presence that it will have at GDC 2020 due to ongoing concerns stemming from the coronavirus. The news comes by way of EA employee Alex Sherer who posted on their LinkedIn page that the publisher
PAX East isn’t the only show PlayStation is backing out of. Just a day after announcing it had canceled its appearance at next week’s convention due to coronavirus concerns, GameIndustry.biz reported that Sony Interactive Entertainment also nixed its plans to attend this year’s Game Developers Conference later in March, once again because of the virus.
GDC is an annual celebration of the professional side of the video game industry. It champions game developers and the advancement of the medium over five days of education and networking. A healthy amount of lectures, round table discussions, and panels showcase the most pressing challenges for the year ahead. Attended by a cross-section of
The 20th edition of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) are coming up quickly and as of today, we now know which games from the past year are in line to earn top honors at the event. GDC released the full list of nominees for the awards show today and most of the games that
Vectronom is an upcoming rhythm-based platformer from developer Ludopium and publisher ARTE France. The game features colorful visuals, hypnotic electronic music, and buttery smooth platforming gameplay. Give the launch teaser a look below. Vectronom is the first game from independent studio Ludopium. That said, don’t let their lack of experience fool you. The game has already pulled
Google isn’t the only big company with announcements during GDC 2019—Nintendo unveiled some indies (ahem, Nindies) coming soon to the Switch. With reports and rumors of a closer relationship between Nintendo and Microsoft, this Nindies Showcase started off with the surprising confirmation of Cuphead for the Switch. Previously exclusive to Xbox One and PC, Switch
For fans of the immersive sim genre, few games are held in as high regard as the all-time classic System Shock 2, and after a wait that’s spanned over two decades, fans of the series finally got their first glimpse at the next installment of the series with a new look at System Shock 3. During GDC
The Oddworld series has long been a cult classic for over two decades thanks to the series unique mix of dark humor, unorthodox characters, and challenging puzzle-solving, and while it has been quite some time since we last saw the series, the long-awaited Oddworld: Soulstorm made its debut with brand new footage showing what to expect
Coming from the studio that gave us action-packed thrillers like the Max Payne series and Alan Wake, the upcoming Control from Remedy Entertainment is among the most anticipated games to arrive later this year, and in some newly-released footage, we can already see it will be a graphical powerhouse thanks to its inclusion of Nvidia’s ray tracing tech
According to the schedule for this years GDC (Game Developers Conference), Microsoft is planning to unveil Xbox Live Support for iOS, Android, and the Nintendo Switch in addition to Xbox and any game in the Microsoft Store. The segment, “Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Gaming Community Across Platforms” will be presented by Microsoft, with Jeffrey
The IGF (Independent Games Festival) has announced the finalists for their 21st annual awards ceremony that will take place Wednesday March 20, 2019 during the week of GDC. Meg Jayanth, writer of 80 Days, will be hosting the ceremony. With more than 300 judges and 500 entries for the awards, the IGF has narrowed down
The upcoming Game Developers Conference is only a few weeks away and will bring together the games industry for a weekend of development, idea sharing, and more, and those attending can now get a glimpse of what PlayStation will have on hand for developers. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony detailed what it