From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency in the coming year. Oracle’s Java team in 2026 will work toward ...

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Dead Cells is currently embroiled in a row over its developer’s decision to leave the game behind to focus on its next title, Windblown. Earlier this month, the developers of the critically acclaimed, ...

"Each game’s design direction and visual style sort of comes together gradually as the staff and I discuss various ideas," Suda51 tells us, "and a lot of it is basically kind of ad-libbed on the fly, ...

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