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Company enters production phase on augmented reality headsets for US soldiers

The closure of Stadia Games and Entertainment, Googles internal development team dedicated to creating exclusive content for the streaming service, was both a surprise and a disappointment. The studio, led by Assassins Creed and Watch Dogs producer Jade Raymond, was announced alongside the service itself, with the promise it would work on developing games that are only possible when delivered via the cloud. But the closure itself calls into question the promise of game streaming in general. G...

An era of exceptional upheaval has people in every corner of the industry on edge heading into GDC 2011

Ordinarily this wouldnt even be news, much less news that I felt the need to revisit and pick apart in a weekly column. Online gaming has a certain percentage of awful people, and publishers will, on occasion, give them the boot. But this story is interesting for a few reasons. First, the target of the racist abuse was former pro footballer Ian Wright, one of the stars of yesteryear who has been featured in FIFAs Ultimate Team. Second, the abuse in question didnt take place in a game of FIFA. I...

Zenimax. Gearbox. Codemasters. Aspyr Media. New World Interactive. 4A Games. Daybreak. Next Level Games. High Voltage Software. And now Glu Mobile. Those are just some of the more notable mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the past few months as the industry re-shapes itself. Some of this is no doubt driven by the pandemic. Companies who have enjoyed banner years are putting their increased earnings to use. At the same time, acquisition targets who may have also thrived (on thei...

Saturday, January 24th, and run through Saturday, February 6th. The “Save Baltimore Restaurants” Virtual Gala will take place on February 6th, with music from Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Kelly Bell Band, The Amish Outlaws, Bumpin Uglies, Pressing Strings, Joey Harkum, Dave Tieff Music, Stone Horses, Ray Wroten, and Rob Fahey!!! The event will be hosted by 98 Rock’s Justin Schlegel with special guest appearances from Trey Mancini, Matt Stover, Bradley Bozeman, Qadry Ismail, America’s Got...