Streaming giant Netflix has laid off staff at Oxenfree developer Night School Studio. According to Game Developer, an unspecified number of workers were told their services were no longer required last month, which came as a shock to the indie games company. Netflix declined to comment on the report. Best known for its Oxenfree games, … Read more
The RTX 5070 Ti is here – and it’s not a bad value, actually. In fact, with a small bump to raw performance and the inclusion of multi frame generation for $50 less than the previous generation card, it may be the best performing GPU you can get for $750… assuming that it’s actually available … Read more
Team Fortress 2 maker Valve has handed over the game’s full client and server code to fans, encouraging them to “change, extend or rewrite” TF2 in any non-commercial way possible. The code is now available via a “massive” update to the Source SDK [Software Development Kit], Valve announced last night, making “anything from small tweaks … Read more
Wizards of the Coast has unveiled more of its Magic: The Gathering and Final Fantasy crossover, including the cards set to shake up gameplay and the first ever summonable Saga Creatures. Yesterday, we reported on the four Commander decks based on Final Fantasies 6, 7, 10, and 14, with lead characters Terra, Cloud, Tidus, and … Read more
Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida played Naughty Dog‘s ill-fated The Last of Us Online and said “it was great”. Factions, as the game became known as, was an online multiplayer spin-off from Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic solo drama, but was cancelled by Sony at the end of 2023 as the studio didn’t want to become a … Read more
Nike is stepping out with some ‘low poly’ Donkey Kong Country-inspired trainers. The trainers are part of Nike’s Air Max 1 collection of shoes, and are predominantly a Donkey Kong shade of brown, complete with a red and yellow Swoosh logo. There is also yellow detailing around the base of the shoe. To see this … Read more