QuakeCon, the summertime gaming convention that began in 1996 as a small gathering of deathmatchers and grew over the years into a major annual spectacle, has been cancelled. The 2020 event wasn’t scheduled to take place until August, but Bethesda said that “uncertainties” caused by the ongoing pandemic means that the planning and preparation required…

Epic Games is announcing a new multiplatform publishing effort with a developer-first approach. genDesign (The Last Guardian), Playdead (Inside, Limbo), and Remedy Entertainment (Control) are the first partners to announce relationships with Epic Games Publishing. The Epic Games approach to publishing fundamentally changes the developer/publisher model, and aims to have the most developer-friendly terms in…

Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference, has announced GDC Summer, a three-day celebration of the art, craft and business of game development, to be held from August 4-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. GDC Summer will be a unique Game Developers Conference experience but will retain the same high level of…

The LEGO Group announced a partnership with Nintendo that will change the way people interact with Super Mario in the physical world and engage in LEGO experiences. Watch the LEGO Super Mario Reveal Trailer: Both companies share a passion for innovation and play and their collaboration has led to a reimagination of the LEGO building…