The tragedy today hit millions of houses around the world, as one of the most popular online games in the world was offline several hours.Fortnite, which has more than 350 million players worldwide, was offline for several hours due to an unknown…
How John Madden Became the ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Face of a Gaming Empire
“[John] Madden, who died Tuesday, helped bring to life a series of football video games that have generated $7 billion in revenue since 1988,” reports the New York Times. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report, written by Kellen Browning…
Halo Infinite Dev Dishes About The Game’s Most Shocking Moment
The most shocking moment in Halo Infinite isn’t about exploding a derelict ancient space station or accidentally awakening a once-slumbering threat. It’s a brief exchange between two main characters, one that reveals the extent to which Halo protagonis…
How Halo Infinite Used A Semi-Open World To Deliver On The Promise Of Halo
Halo Infinite almost lives up to its title.Read more…
「大富豪」のルール統一を目指す日本大富豪連盟
トランプゲーム「大富豪」の全国統一ルール普及を目指す「日本大富豪連盟」は、統一ルールを地方に広げる目的で中部地方で大会を開催する計画を進めているそう。東京では2012〜19年にかけて「天下一大富豪大会」を5回開催した実績があるという(中日新聞)。
中日新聞に掲載された記事によれば、同団体は地域ごとのルールばらつき解消の目的で2011年12月から活動を行っているとのこと。詳細は元記事を見ていただきたいが、連盟の公式ルールは「革命」「8切り」「スペ3返し」などの五項目を中心に設定したものとなっている…
米国家運輸安全委員会、走行している Tesla 車のセンターディスプレイでゲームをプレイできる機能を調査
headless 曰く、米国家運輸安全委員会 (NHTSA) 欠陥調査室 (ODI) は 21 日、Tesla 車のセンターディスプレイでビデオゲームをプレイできる「Passenger Play」の安全性に関する事前調査 (PE) を開始した (PE 21-023: PDF、 The Guardian の記事、 The Verge の記事、 Ars Technica の記事)。
ODI によると、Passenger Play ではもともと駐車中にのみゲームがプレイ可能だったが、2020 年 12 …
Virtual Guns in Videogames Could Soon Be Worth Real Money
Game makers are increasingly selling virtual weapons and gear as NFTs, extending the trendy digital deeds’ reach but rankling some players. From a report: More videogame makers are selling virtual guns, helmets and other gear in the form of NFTs, a mov…
What is Wordle? The new viral word game delighting the internet
A pleasant little daily brainteaser, Wordle is a simple, shareable word guessing game that is gaining popularity on TwitterFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingIf you’ve noticed …
The Best Games To Check Out During Steam’s Massive Winter Sale
Yes, Gamers, it is that time of year again—time for the Steam Winter Sale, which becomes more of a normal seasonal sale and less of a gamified mess with every year that passes (for better and for worse). 2021 was a pretty great, albeit odd, year for vi…
75% of Steam’s Top 1000 Games Work On Linux Now
75% of the top 1,000 games run on Linux now, and the figure is even higher, at 80%, for the top 100 games. gHacks reports: Valve Software, the company behind the popular Steam gaming platform and smash hits such as Dota 2, Half-Life and Team Fortress, …