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Tag: gaming industry

Deadly LA fires lead to office closures for major game studios: ‘Nothing can be said to truly acknowledge the pain and suffering that we are witnessing,’ says Riot CEO

Deadly LA fires lead…

Los Angeles-based game developers are reacting to multiple severe wildfires that overwhelmed LA County firefighters on Tuesday and spread…
I’ve seen enough: No more forcing singleplayer studios to make mediocre live service games

I’ve seen enough: No…

We began this year with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and ended it with Dragon Age: The Veilguard.…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Sid Meier’s Civilization 7

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Sid Meier’s Civilization 7, the ambitious new game in the legendary…
Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially reborn for the New Year, with a slightly new name

Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango…

Less than a year after being shuttered by Microsoft, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially back from the…
After 2024, it feels like the games industry is poised for a vibe shift—or maybe a reckoning

After 2024, it feels…

2024 has been a year of incredible videogames. It’s also been bloody: just like 2023 before it, there have…
I’m still reeling from the knowledge that the Windows 10 desktop background is a real photo and not CGI

I’m still reeling from…

At this point in my internet life, I’ve been conditioned to just assume that everything I see is fundamentally…
The biggest gaming controversies of 2024

The biggest gaming controversies…

2024 was a big year for gaming, and so naturally it was also a big year for gaming-related controversies.…
We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It’s making more money per employee than Apple

We learned just how…

We in the PC gaming-o-sphere tend to view Valve as a behemoth. Its iron-fisted dominance of the space is…
2024 was the year gamers really started pushing back on the erosion of game ownership

2024 was the year…

Ever since the advent of digital distribution (which despite what some may think, does pre-date Steam), gamers have worried…
Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director is suing Sony and Bungie for $200 million over alleged wrongful dismissal

Former Destiny 2 and…

Former Destiny 2 and Marathon game director Christopher Barrett has sued Bungie and Sony over allegations that his former…