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Major game publishers keep announcing layoffs, studio closures, and canceled projects. Meanwhile, small indie teams are ...

Inspired by an old, RTS-inspired mechanic from a past expansion, Ark Survival Ascended may bring a top-down twist to its Lost Colony DLC.

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Thanksgiving and NFL football go hand-in-hand today, but when did the tradition of football on Turkey Day even start? As it turns out, the NFL – technically, its direct predecessor, the American ...

Unity and Epic Games, the creators of today’s biggest video game engines, have announced a partnership that will make Unity games available in Fortnite. Epic has allowed creators to publish their own ...

Epic Games and Unity have just announced a surprising new partnership that's big news for game developers and Fortnite users. Despite it being one of the biggest rivals to Epic's Unreal Engine, games ...