Tag: gaming industry

What to expect from The Game Awards 2025: What’s rumored to be there, what’s already confirmed, and what we think is taking home GOTY

What to expect from…

It’s Geoff Keighley’s big day, and we stand to benefit with the awareness of cool games on the horizon.…
Google is desperate for us to forget the simple joy of the original internet: Links

Google is desperate for…

Until I found the website ooh.directory last year, I hadn’t really understood, completely, how malnourished my internet diet had…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is out of ‘semi-retirement’ and back at Obsidian

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain…

If you’ve got good taste (read: the exact same taste as me), Tim Cain bears a lot of responsibility…
Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2025 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

Every game, trailer, and…

The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted has just wrapped up, and what a show it was. We counted down…
Roblox executive acknowledges ‘you can say, okay, we are exploiting child labour,’ but would prefer you saw them as job creators

Roblox executive acknowledges ‘you…

Acknowledging that your company's practices could be seen as exploiting child labor is a bold move, even if you…
FCC will vote on bringing back net neutrality regulations on April 25

FCC will vote on…

The FCC has announced that it will vote on a proposal to restore net neutrality on April 25, a…
A software quirk caused Discord’s April Fools’ video to accidentally rack up more than 1

A software quirk caused…

Like just about every other company in the Western world, Discord rattled off an April Fools' gag yesterday about…
US government denies ESRB’s AI-powered face-scanning ‘age estimation’ proposal, but it’s probably not gone for good

US government denies ESRB’s…

In 2023, the Entertainment Software Rating Board, along with digital identity company Yoti and “youth marketing solutions” provider Superawesome,…
This year’s best April Fools’ Day gaming gags: Bears, bugs, and 97,000 floppy disks

This year’s best April…

Over the years I've devolved from a fun-loving scamp into a crusty curmudgeon—practically a coot at this stage—when it…
1998’s Unreal was a big deal, but its free editing tool was the true game changer—and the origin of countless careers

1998’s Unreal was a…

Recruitment into game development is a many-tentacled thing in 2024. You might decide to study a degree in one…