‘It learns all of these things just by watching’

Bunker down.

May 22, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of a moment that shook the video game industry and profoundly changed the way we play: the debut of Pac-Man, which first hit arcades in Japan on May 22, 1980.

Just as those of us who played Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater as kids have matured into adults, the professional skaters we controlled 20 years ago have become old fogeys. Thanks to new scans by Activision and Vicarious Visions, the upcoming remaster will feature the original pros in all their middle-aged glory.

Read an excerpt from Cook & Becker’s new art book documenting the development of the iconic mascot.

EA plans to release the source code for its classic real-time strategy games Command and Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command and Conquer: Red Alert, the studio announced today. The source code for the two games is scheduled to be available alongside the release of Command and Conquer Remastered Collection, which includes remastered versions of both titles and their expansions, on June 5th.

Both SystemShock3.com and SystemShock4.com had their ownership transferred from developer Otherside Entertainment to the Chinese corporation last week, analysis of the domains by VGC shows. Prior to this month, the domains were registered to Otherside Entertainment director Paul Neurath.

Fight the power: Japan teen plans lawsuit over gaming advice

There likely has never been a more vibrant community around this 21-year-old game.

Get a glimpse of new and improved real-time rendering features currently in development.

The new Serious Sam is expected to arrive in August, and it will be big.

Here's a big one a reliable source has informed us that starting tomorrow, Epic Games Store will offer the full version of Grand Theft Auto 5 for free.

Gary Whitta’s Animal Talking is doing what hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel can’t.

Ghost of Tsushima was recently revealed during one of Sony's "State of Play" showcases, and the format is exactly what Microsoft should be gunning for with Xbox Series X reveals moving forward.

Long-term BYU study looks at the effect of video game play and the trajectories of addiction

In an interview, the creative director Nate Fox confirmed that Ghost of Tsushima will be over 40-50 hours long with optional activities.

Released last week, the unofficial Super Mario 64 PC port was made possible by a 2019 recompilation project which saw fans reverse engineer the game’s source code. The DirectX 12-powered port allows players to run Mario 64 natively on PC at far higher resolutions than the original, such as native 4K or in ultra-widescreen mode. Players can also use modern peripherals such as Microsoft‘s Xbox One controller.

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida has said the company will be announcing a lineup of games for PlayStation 5 'soon'. Speaking as part of a statement about corporate strategy for Sony, Yoshida (according to Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki) said: "we will soon be announcing a strong lineup of PS5 games."

Electronic Arts gave investors an overview of its plans for the fiscal year that runs through the end of March 2021. The publisher has 14 games in the works. But it’s also still committed to …

MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs Real life