Jessica has written for online outlets since 2008, and she joined Engadget in 2015 after four years as senior reporter at Joystiq. As Engadget’s primary video game editor, her work spans reviews, interviews with prominent developers, in-depth articles about indie creators, and videos on industry trends. She’s published several tech-industry features, including a breakdown of nuclear technology and an investigation into a metaverse scam. Jessica has a B.A. in digital media from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and has appeared on Al Jazeera, Reply All, Spawn On Me, Tech News Today and other platforms. She has moderated multiple panels at venues including CES, E3 and the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Jessica is also a novelist currently working on her second near-future, sci-fi-adjacent book.
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It took 20 years for Children of the Sun to become an overnight success
Though it feels like Children of the Sun popped into existence over the span of two months, it took Rother a lifetime to get here.
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Playdate developers have made more than $500K in Catalog sales
Panic is celebrating Playdate's second birthday this month, and the party favors include some piping-hot statistics about Catalog game sales.
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Take-Two plans to lay off 5 percent of its employees by the end of 2024
Take-Two Interactive plans to lay off 5 percent of its workforce, or about 600 employees, by the end of the year.
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Tesla halves the price of its Full Self Driving (Supervised) subscription to $99 per month
Tesla's Full Self Driving (Supervised) subscription now costs $99 per month.
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The Playdate Stereo Dock got stuck in factory limbo, but it's still coming
Panic is still working on the Stereo Dock, and the hold-up is due to unexpected issues in its factory pipeline.
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Playdate revisited: Two years with the little yellow inspiration machine
Playdate has only gotten cuter and more relevant with age.
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Vampire Survivors hits PlayStation this summer
Vampire Survivors is due to hit PlayStation 4 and PS5 in summer 2024. Yep, the summer that starts in just a few months.
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Massively co-op game 33 Immortals will have a closed beta at the end of May
The closed beta for 33 Immortals will kick off on May 24 and run through June 2.
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Get free Chipotle chips and guac by playing Tekken 8 on PS5
The Chipotle Challenger Series featuring Tekken 8 will kick off on PS5 Tournaments with a qualifier round from April 15 to 26.
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Open Roads review: Take it slow and savor the drama
Open Roads tells a twisting tale about generational trauma with all the comfort and warmth of an early 2000s network drama like Gilmore Girls or Charmed.
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Hyper Light Breaker hands-on: I'm here for the hoverboard
Hyper Light Breaker is a hoverboard sim — and so much more.
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Even cozy games can get toxic
GGWP is an AI moderation kit used by more than 25 studios, including thatgamecompany.
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Children of the Sun brings FPS puzzles to Steam on April 9
Children of the Sun is a bullet-bending puzzle game set in a trippy world of cults and revenge, and it's due to hit Steam on April 9.
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ULTROS and the palette of surreal sci-fi
Every scene in ULTROS is packed with detail and brilliant color. This is what surreal sci-fi looks like to Niklas Åkerblad, AKA El Huervo.
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Valve's strange history of talent acquisitions | This week's gaming news
The operator of Steam has a habit of devouring developers and their games.
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Steam defined the modern video game industry
Steam’s legacy is a vast and varied landscape of games serving millions of individual libraries, some thousands of titles deep — all of which can disappear with a snap if Valve decides to stop, sell or pivot.
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Layoffs and weird PR emails | This week's gaming news
The week's headlines, now in video form!
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Diablo IV will be the first Activision Blizzard title on Xbox Game Pass
The first Activision Blizzard game to join Xbox Game Pass will be Diablo IV, and it's due to land on March 28.