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Tag: gaming industry

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…
People Can Fly lays off more than 120 employees as it cuts back on in-development games: ‘We need to tailor our plans to our financial capacity’

People Can Fly lays…

People Can Fly, the Polish developer of games including Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders, has laid off…
PC Gamer magazine’s special new issue is on sale now: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

PC Gamer magazine’s special…

This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the stunning new dark fantasy RPG from…
December gets even worse as Friday the 13th developer Illfonic lays off employees

December gets even worse…

Just one day after layoffs at Ubisoft, Torn Banner, and Sweet Bandits put more than 300 people out of…
More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day, just three weeks before Christmas

More than 300 game…

It’s another miserable day for the videogame industry, as the past 24 hours have seen hundreds of people put…
Black Friday Steam sale alternatives: Even cheaper PC gaming deals

Black Friday Steam sale…

We’ve already rounded up the best deals in the 2024 Steam Autumn sale, but Steam isn’t the only place…
Elon Musk says too many game studios are owned by giant corporations so his giant corporation is going to start a studio to ‘make games great again’

Elon Musk says too…

X owner Elon Musk has taken a brief break from posting racism, transphobia, and conspiracy theory nonsense to say…