Microsoft launched the Xbox gaming console on November 15, 2001. For years, Microsoft used the "razor-razorblade" business model for Xbox by subsidizing the console's price while making money from ...

Unity Technologies, the company behind the cross-platform game engine Unity, announced a new pricing model on Tuesday — and it’s been almost universally condemned by the video game developer community ...

Several years ago, Aleksander Caban, the co-founder of Carbon Studio, a Polish VR game developer, observed a major problem in modern game design. He had to create rocks, hills, paths and other basic ...

In 2012, a studio had a game with no publishers. So it tried something new. Now, many studios use the "live service model." Rather than costing money upfront, games are free with "in-game purchases." ...

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UPDATE (Oct. 9, 2023): After battering the firm's share price, cratering faith in the company, and rolling back many of the proposals, CEO John Riccitiello is retiring from Unity. Read more on Unity's ...

Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio had some harsh words for Game Pass in a thread on X, calling it an "unstainable model" that's "damaging the industry." He also said that Microsoft's ability ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As part of Gamescom Opening Night Live, Embark Studios--which was co-founded by Battlefield veteran Patrick Soderlund--revealed a new trailer for the ...