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Tag: gaming industry

Shadow of Mordor’s beloved nemesis system exists because the publisher threw a tantrum about second-hand sales

Shadow of Mordor’s beloved…

Remember that weird time about 15 years back when the videogame industry filled its nappy over the existence of…
‘Google must divest the Chrome browser:’ DOJ renews call for Google to sell Chrome, and Android could be next

‘Google must divest the…

The Department of Justice is reaffirming its demands for action to break up Google’s search monopoly, calling for the…
Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got the fourth ending (!) will ‘figure out what I’m going to play next’

Gabe Newell is hooked…

It’s been one heck of a week for serious Valve news, thanks largely to founder Monica Harrington’s new GDC…
Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a $500 check I’d sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note’

Valve’s DRM was inspired…

One of this year’s most interesting GDC talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and…
‘We all got laid off’, says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange: Double Exposure’s GDC Awards win

‘We all got laid…

I’m not entirely sure Life is Strange: Double Exposure was a good idea conceptually—nor was series fan and PC…
Microsoft crawls back to Steam ahead of schedule by leaking a screenshot of an app where you can launch Steam games through Xbox

Microsoft crawls back to…

Dear reader, while I do like Game Pass—it’s often a good deal when the lineup’s strong—I think you’ll agree…
Friendship ended with human race: Boffins declare the ‘meme Turing test’ has been passed, and AI is now making funnier captions on average than you useless lumps

Friendship ended with human…

A new study has made the curious finding that memes with AI-generated captions are, generally speaking, found to score…
Game dev union marches through industry event to demonstrate that it’s about ‘taking action and organizing change’

Game dev union marches…

Union organizers and game developers marched through the 2025 Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, gathering at a nearby park…
Helldivers 2’s Johan Pilestedt says developers need to start taking more risks: ‘Safe bets are a death sentence for the studios that try to make them’

Helldivers 2’s Johan Pilestedt…

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt says the game industry has a “convergence problem” because everyone is chasing the…
PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now

PC gamers spend 92%…

Ben Porter, director at the consultancy firm NewZoo, is giving a GDC talk this week that picks out some…