Tag: gaming industry

Path of Exile co-creator used to think ‘live service was entirely upside, in all cases’, but 10 years of experience and games like Baldur’s Gate 3 have shown him another way

Path of Exile co-creator…

It’s easy for us, sitting in our chairs of critique and our long, weary experience with the live service…
Italy’s second-largest independent game studio buys its freedom from Embracer

Italy’s second-largest independent game…

After six years as an Embracer studio, Carmageddon: Rogue Shift developer 34BigThings is independent again. The studio announced today…
The grim industry summer continues as EA lays off staff ahead of $55 billion sale to Saudi Arabia, likely to soothe the sting of its $20 billion debt

The grim industry summer…

It’s looking like another grim summer for the videogame industry. Microsoft is eyeing up several studios to shutter, and…
‘I sometimes lie in bed thinking about it’: Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser explains why open world spy game Agent never worked out

‘I sometimes lie in…

Remember Agent? After first mentioning it in 2007, Rockstar formally announced it in 2009—an espionage game in an open…
Eidos Montreal founder says modern execs are driven more by spreadsheets than passion for games

Eidos Montreal founder says…

They just don’t make ’em like they used to. At least, that’s according to Eidos Montreal founder (and former…
Ori creator declares Xbox Game Pass a mediocre slop factory that’s ‘a little like Communism’

Ori creator declares Xbox…

Xbox is under fire yet again. It’s teasing layoffs as part of a “reset”, reportedly closing Double Fine, Ninja…
Steam Week in Review: spammy, AI-generated capsule art is a pox, and it makes browsing Steam less fun

Steam Week in Review:…

Every Monday morning I scroll through the previous week’s new games on Steam. I’ve always enjoyed doing this. It…
Rockstar accused of ‘the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry’ after firing dozens of employees who were allegedly attempting to form a union

Rockstar accused of ‘the…

A Bloomberg report says Grand Theft Auto 6 studio Rockstar Games has fired “dozens” of employees over what the…
Former Unreal Engine ‘evangelist’ and level design legend Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games

Former Unreal Engine ‘evangelist’…

Sjoerd De Jong, a Unreal Engine expert from its early days who joined Epic Games full-time in 2014—first as…
Japanese patent officials reject one of Nintendo’s Pokémon patent applications for being too similar to ARK, Monster Hunter, and—embarrasingly—Pokémon Go

Japanese patent officials reject…

The trio of patents asserted by Nintendo as the basis for its ongoing lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair represent…