Hackaday

Implementing A Rhythm Game Entirely In A GPU Shader

Most rhythm games have a community creating custom charts, and Trombone Champ is no exception. What is exceptional, however, ...
The New Yorker

“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, “Exit 8,” a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in ...
IGN

Unity, the Game Engine Behind Titles Like Hollow Knight: Silksong and Peak, Beats Estimates in Q1 Financials

Game engine maker Unity, whose tech powers many games, from 2025 hits like Hollow Knight: Silksong and Peak to anticipated 2026 offerings like Mouse: P.I. for Hire and Replaced (both of which are due ...
DualShockers

10 Horror Games that Start as Simple and End Up Incredibly Dire in the End

Ronald Goncalves is a contributor at DualShockers and a Venezuelan political scientist and economist who seeks to express his passion for video games through the always subjective interpretation of ...
Game Rant

The Witcher 4 Will Be a Whole New Game (Compared to Geralt's Adventures)

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...
IEEE

BCFuzz: Bytecode-Driven Fuzzing for JavaScript Engines

Abstract: The interpreter and the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler are two core components of modern JavaScript engines, both of which take bytecodes as input. Most bugs in these components are closely ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Sustainable Games Alliance rolls out energy-saving tools across major engines

Idle detection allows games to cut energy use without affecting gameplay. The tools dynamically lower frame rates and rendering during inactivity. Battery life on handheld devices could improve by up ...