Why do so many AAA games feel increasingly expensive — but increasingly familiar? After 12 years at Epic Games and 27 years working with Unreal Engine, veteran game developer and executive Sjoerd De Jong left the company to help build something new: Immens Engine. In this episode of Gamer Galaxy, Sjoerd joins host Cher Hwang to explain why he believes the video game industry has reached a pivotal moment. They examine ballooning development costs, market saturation, risk-averse studios, the limitations of free-to-play games and the growing divide between older gamers and a younger, social-first generation raised on Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite. Sjoerd also explains what Immens Engine is designed to do differently from Unreal Engine and…
Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to gross billions of dollars in revenue when it releases on November 19th based on pre-sale activity. There is overwhelming hype around the game but there is little information on what it could look like and veteran games journalist Dean Takahashi says the future of GTA 6 could look a lot like Roblox.
This week, our "Missing" series is recapping NewsNation's visit to CrimeCon. The annual convention centered around all things true crime, giving us the opportunity to meet some of the families highlighted in our "Missing" series. One of those cases that we've covered is Ali Lowitzer. Her mother, meeting up with NewsNation's Marni Hughes, reveals what could be a major piece of new information in her daughter's disappearance. Plus, an exclusive interview with Liz Murrill, the attorney general from Louisiana, on how predators are targeting kids on the popular game Roblox, and why she's taking them to court. We also highlight several missing persons cases from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children. Host: Marni Hughes Executive…
Two days after Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows sounded the alarm about the online gaming platform Roblox promoting mass violence, an alleged mass murder plot targeting Jews at a synagogue in Houston was foiled with two teenagers arrested, including a Roblox player.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the only way to keep your child safe on Roblox is to not let them play on it in the first place #roblox #childsafety #politics
