It’s still unclear whether cloud gaming will ever become the next big thing. The appeal is clear: The game you’re playing runs in a data center near you, and the video output is directly streamed to your local device. When...
Sanlo, a fintech startup that helps gaming companies manage finances, announced Wednesday the closed beta launch of its webshop tool, giving select game developers and studios a plug-and-play solution that works alongside their existing tech stacks. Gaming companies can sign...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In Italy, the umarell is the retiree, invariably male, who spends his days watching construction work take place and offering the workers...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Embracer Group, the Tomb Raider developer that became Europe’s most valuable video games business after a rapid series of acquisitions, plans to...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The National Basketball Association has banned a player for life for gambling on the sport, the first time the league has handed...
A teenage girl called Edith comes home for the first time in several years. Every other member of the family has died. She roams around the deserted house, grieving for what she has lost. Her brother Lewis died when he...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The hero of the peculiar and poignant drama Harold Halibut is a man of endurance. A janitor aboard an aquatic space colony...
Apple has removed iGBA, a Game Boy emulator app for the iPhone, after approving its launch over the weekend. The app was among the first to capitalize on Apple’s newly relaxed rules around retro game emulators, a move the tech...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A dramatic break-up between Microsoft and China’s gaming giant NetEase last year ended a nearly 15-year long partnership. It affected not just...
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is an author of fiction, cookery books and poetry anthologies. Her latest book is ‘The Dinner Table’, a collection of...
