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Enlarge / The Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 rocket launches on Friday. (credit: SpaceX) For most watching the Falcon 9 rocket launch on Friday afternoon from Florida, the spectacle did not appear all that different from any SpaceX rocket launch and subsequent droneship landing. But sometimes, looks can be deceiving. This rocket ascending […]
Most games don’t take eight years to make. But Chris Hecker’s SpyParty is unique. With the tiniest of teams, Hecker designed and made his dream game about subtle human behavior, where a sniper tries to identify a spy at a cocktail party and shoot the spy with a single bullet. The game launched on Thursday on Steam […]
Publisher Nexon and developer Boss Key Productions’s high-jumping low-gravity team shooter LawBreakers has hit a stopping point. The studio has been open about how the game hasn’t met its expectations since its launch on PC and PlayStation 4 in August. It will continue to support the current version, but it’s moving on to developi…Read More
You may not have heard about Keywords before, but it has become a big player behind the scenes in external game development. Headed by CEO Andrew Day, the company acquired 11 game development services companies in 2017. It has amassed more than 5,000 employees Keywords was founded as a game localization company in 1998 in […]
According to Deadline, Street Fighter fans should keep an eye out for a new TV series currently in development from Entertainment One. The producers of the new show were previously involved with the web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, and now we’ll find out what they can do for TV. Capcom’s Street Fighter executive producer […]
A number of common chemicals can have a knock-on effect with thyroid hormone actions in pregnant women. This is key in brain development in foetuses and young children, according to a report published in Endocrine Connections. Rising levels of chemical production has led to “widespread environmental chemical contamination,” according to the review. The review warned […]
GUEST: A year ago, VR was all the rage; now it is AR, in particular, mobile AR. The Big 5 Tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft) — plus AR app pioneer Snap — are all putting their considerable weight behind developing consumer AR applications, hardware devices, and developer toolkits. For example, Amazon’s Amazon AR…Read More
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images White House aides are reportedly furious after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) became embroiled in a scandal. HUD had reportedly spent over $ 31,000 for a dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office last year. A whistleblower also alleged she was retaliated against after pushing back on the […]
Enlarge / Alto’s Odyssey on an iPhone 7. (credit: Samuel Axon) 2015’s Alto’s Adventure was a surprise hit. It launched on iOS as a premium game with no microtransactions, and it landed at the top of App Store charts all over the world. It was developed by Team Alto, a collaboration between a Canadian company […]
Rumblings from last year regarding a Blair Witch TV series appear to have been true. Lionsgate is in the process of creating original digital content for their newly-branded Studio L, and a Blair Witch series is among the potential digital titles. During an interview last year, Eduardo Sanchez, one of the directors of the original Blair Witch Project, hinted […]
