In general, calling someone an “NPC” is a way to tell a person that they lack original thinking skills, or more simply, that their opinion doesn't matter to you—but the term didn't start out that way.

As a deputy to the National People's Congress, Min Xiaoqing, general Party branch secretary of ‌Tacheng No 6 Middle School in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has been fulfilling her promise to ...

Yershat Tursonbay, an NPC deputy from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and governor of Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, said China has long promoted ethnic unity through policy guidance, education ...

Battlefield 6 has received both netcode and hit registration improvements ahead of the Winter Offensive update, which is set to go live on the 9th December. Announced in a Battlefield Comms post, the ...

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers was originally released in 1998 and is now available on Steam for the first time after 27 years. It is even Steam Deck verified, but this isn’t the only surprise ...

Alright, let’s talk about something that can make or break a fighting game: netcode. We’ve all been there, right? You’re in a high-stakes match, your fingers are flying, you’ve perfectly timed your ...

Son Studios has released the EVO 2025 trailer for Netcode Warriors, its upcoming anime-inspired arena fighting game featuring character designs by Digimon illustrators Kenji Watanabe and Soh Morimiya.

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

SNK is adding rollback netcode to much-loved brawler The King of Fighters XIII, which should make for a smoother online experience. The catch is that the developer is essentially charging it for it, ...

Unity, maker of a popular cross-platform engine and toolkit, will not pursue a broadly unpopular Runtime Fee that would have charged developers based on game installs rather than per-seat licenses.

I tripped over the term NPC, quite literally, on my way to an event the other night. Rushing to get there, I fell right in front of the venue. Embarrassed by how many people had just watched me eat ...