Gdc 2019

Gdc 2019 headlines

• Steam library redesign and events page to streamline the user experience sometime this summer

  Valve is sprucing Steam up a bit for users by redesigning the library, and adding an events page.

• God of War wins Game of the Year at 2019 GDC Awards

  God of War walked home with its third, industry backed Game of the Year award during GDC this week.

• See Unreal Engine's new real-time destruction tech in action

  One of the great things about GDC is that it lets us in on some very exciting development tech that will inevitably end up in the games we play.

• Xbox boss: Google went big at GDC with Stadia, "we will go big" at E3 2019

  Xbox boss Phil Spencer has promised Microsoft will “go big” at E3 2019 in response to Google’s Stadia announcement at GDC.

• Metro: Exodus sales on Epic Games Store 2.5 times higher at launch than Last Light on Steam

  Sounds like the move from Steam to the Epic Games Store was a gamble that paid off for Metro: Exodus.

• Epic Games Store exclusives include Remedy's Control, "several major PC releases" from Ubisoft

  Ubisoft will extend its deal with Epic Games Store and release “several major PC releases” on the store which now boasts 85 million PC users.

• Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Detroit: Become Human coming to PC as Epic Games Store exclusives

  Quantic Dream’s PlayStation 4 titles will finally arrive on PC, and each will be an Epic Games Store timed-exclusives.

• Cuphead on Switch to support Xbox Live achievements, more in a future update

  Microsoft is working to bring Xbox Live features to Cuphead on Nintendo Switch.

• I believe in Google's Stadia vision of the future, but the gaming preservationist in me is worried

  Latency, pricing and network data caps are all potential issues with streaming services like Google Stadia that will eventually be ironed out. One issue isn’t going away, however: the threat this revolution poses to preservation.

• Google's Stadia will eventually be able to support 8K

  Google revealed its new gaming platform, Stadia, that will be available later this year.

• Stadia controller revealed

  Google has just unveiled the Stadia Controller.

• Google's Stadia streaming platform lets you start playing a game in "five seconds" by clicking a YouTube link

  Google announced its Project Stream gaming platform today at GDC 2019, and it’s officially called Stadia.

• Oddworld: Soulstorm cinematic gives us a quick look at the upcoming title

  Oddworld Inhabitants showed a cinematic for Oddworld: Soulstorm this week.

• Paradox teasing possible Vampire: The Masquerade reveal on March 21

  Paradox Interactive could finally announce a new Vampire: The Masquerade game at GDC 2019 this week.

• System Shock 3 pre-alpha teaser provides a first-look at the game

  Here’s our first look at System Shock 3 out of GDC 2019.

• Watch Google's big GDC gaming event here

  Google will officially reveal its gaming project at GDC today.

• Google Developer Day sessions to feature Ubisoft, id Software, Amy Hennig, more

  Developer sessions hosted by Google will take place after its big announcement at GDC 2019 next week.

• Xbox Live is coming to Android and iOS

  Xbox Live is coming to Android and iOS thanks to Azure and Game Stack developer tools.

• Google is officially teasing big GDC 2019 gaming event, as Jade Raymond joins as vice president

  Google is promising a new vision for the future of gaming, and we’ll be hearing all about it next week.