All Stories Tagged: long read

For all the speedrun records set and broken at Games Done Quick (GDQ), no one had ever finished a game without taking damage. One speedrunner set out to change that.

The Shacknews Hall of Fame Class of 2023 celebrates 1998, considered one of the most significant years in video game history, as well as inductees that have left a mark on our industry.

The Shacknews Hall of Fame Class of 2022 welcomes creators, games, platforms, and other influences on our industry from 1997 and earlier.

The inaugural Shacknews Hall of Fame class welcomes the games, developers, hardware, and more that have influenced our hobby for 25 years or more.

Hidden gems and curiosities from a 20-year-old time-capsule of my Quake-obsessed past.

From Adventure and Minesweeper to Age of Empires, Halo, Xbox, and beyond, explore Microsoft's history in the PC and video game industries. Based on over 100 hours of interviews.

As WarCraft II, Command & Conquer, and Civilization II continued to sell, a small group of business programmers toiled away on Age of Empires, a strategy game that combined all three.

In the home stretch to release the original Xbox, Microsoft developers find themselves in an America forever changed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Developers from Amazon Games, Techland, Behaviour Interactive, and more discuss the pros and cons of making games during a global pandemic.

Developers from Dontnod Entertainment and Deck Nine Games recount the making of the Life is Strange series, and what it contributes to storytelling in video games.