In Brief $5,000 Hackathon: YGG Play and Verse8 collaborate to host a hackathon centered on casual Web3 games during Korea Buidl Week 2026. Event Focus: Participants are challenged to create "casual ...

Marathon's recent tweak to gun noises is the latest example of how, in 2026, games can't solidify into anything special ...

Overview: Developers use high-performance languages such as C++ and Rust to build AAA titles and competitive games.Cross-platform engines simplify development b ...

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...

Game developers didn’t have it easy in the 1990s. Because they had extremely limited computing power, they had to write their code as efficiently as possible. Consider the first-person shooter Quake ...

Ever since 2016, horror game fans have flocked to the asymmetrical online multiplayer game "Dead by Daylight." With a mix of original characters and licensed properties like "Resident Evil" and "Five ...

Based on my years of reviewing video games, one of the hardest things to do is determine how well a multiplayer-centric game will age. If you get a game early, the best case is maybe some allotted ...

Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed ...

Over the last decade, the Nintendo Switch has become one of the biggest successes in gaming, with the console’s fusion of a home console and a portable platform giving it a natural versatility that no ...

Mohsen Baqery is a Staff Writer at GameRant based in Turkey. He mainly covers video game news and industry features while occasionally publishing guides and listicles. Mohsen started his journey into ...

Wait, didn't Double Fine just release a game last year? Yup, sure did, and now they've got another one queued up. It's called Kiln, and it's an online multiplayer party brawler themed around pottery, ...

During Xbox's Developer Direct today, Double Fine took a surprise spot on the virtual stage to announce its charming new pottery party game, Kiln. Developed as part of Double Fine's internal game jam ...