Impressions: Shovel Knight Dig is my new roguelite gaming addiction

Enlarge / Dig deeply enough in Shovel Knight Dig, and you’ll find trippy treasure just like this. (credit: Yacht Club Games) Shovel Knight Dig has been on our radar since its announcement in 2019—back when games could be revealed and immediately demonstrated at physical gaming expos. That many years ago, Dig was one of a […]

Big gaming companies get DHS help to keep players from becoming terrorists

Enlarge (credit: Jun | iStock / Getty Images Plus) Last December, the United Nations warned of an overlooked but critical “emerging terrorist threat”: extremists radicalizing members of online gaming communities. Despite ample interest in saving gamers from such exploitation, experts say that a lack of research funding on the topic has put the gaming industry […]

Meta is shutting down the standalone Facebook Gaming app

Meta has started notifying users of its standalone Facebook Gaming app that it will soon no longer be available. In an in-app notification (as shared by social media consultant Matt Navarra and other publications), the company has announced that both iOS and Android versions of the application will stop working on October 28th. Meta is […]

Logitech’s gaming handheld runs on Android, but looks like a Steam Deck

Recent leaks have showcased the design of an upcoming Logitech handheld gaming device, which is set to be a competitor to popular products, including the Valve Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch. Industry informant Evan Blass aka @evleaks shared images of the device on Twitter, detailing that the gaming handheld would have a focus on […]

What’s next for MSI in gaming PCs

MSI’s GS65 Stealth Thin was one of the most remarkable gaming notebooks of 2018. It was powerful, thin and weighed just 4.1 pounds at a time when the competition was 4.5 pounds or higher. This week, they debuted a 17-inch Stealth Thin with NVIDIA’s RTX 20-series GPU, which they also brought over to the GS65. […]

Razer announces a gaming monitor, haptic feedback PC gaming peripherals

Enlarge / A graphic showing Razer’s HyperSense concept. (credit: Razer) At this year’s CES, it sometimes seems like consumer electronics announcements are dominated by two trends: gaming gear and digital voice assistants. Gaming brand Razer made announcements related to both this week. Arguably the most notable are HyperSense—a haptic feedback platform that makes PC peripherals […]

New gaming platform will debut one short game each day of the year

A new gaming platform called Meditations could be a great fit for people who love playing those random online games a few minutes a day to decompress. It promises to launch one new “tiny game” every day in 2019, each one accompanied by text to serve as a “meditation, distraction, lesson or inspiration.” According to […]

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Video Game Translation

An Increasingly Global Video Game Market In recent years, there are few sectors that have seen such rapid global growth as the video game industry. Having already overtaken the movie and music production industries, there seems to be little chance of the video game industry halting its exponential expansion any time soon – especially as […]