More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...

In brief: Nvidia launched its push toward hardware-accelerated ray tracing in 2018 with its GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards, promoting the technology as a defining feature of next-gen gaming.

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...

Crossplay, the first of its kind from The Times, pits puzzlers against each other on a shared board. Credit...Jose Flores Supported by By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and ...

Humanoid robots are on the brink of being commercially useful, say Chinese and US firms that in the past three months have announced plans to produce them at scale. Many researchers agree that there ...

Apple has a way for videogamers to keep progress and friends synced, leveraging iCloud to do it. Here's how to get the most out of Apple Games and Game Center. Apple has turned its once basic Game ...

The company says it was only for placeholder textures that were later removed, but a few squeezed past the QA process and made their way to the final game and, as such, the internet. The Indie Game ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

The first year of a head coach's tenure doesn't always result in postseason play. However, Jimmy Rogers managed to lead the Washington State Cougars to a 6-6 record in the regular season. Now with ...

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an actively expanding botnet dubbed Tsundere that's targeting Windows users. Active since mid-2025, the threat is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript code ...