Tag: gaming industry

EA strikes a $55 billion deal to go private in a Saudi-backed buyout just a week before the launch of Battlefield 6

EA strikes a $55…

Electronic Arts has announced today that its plans to go private have gone ahead. A consortium that includes Saudi…
Every game, trailer, and announcement in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct

Every game, trailer, and…

Our first ever PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct has just wrapped up, and what a show it was. With…
Over half of Japanese game companies are using AI in development according to a new survey, including Level-5 and Capcom

Over half of Japanese…

As reported by Automaton, a survey conducted by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) during June and July found…
Brazil’s president has signed a ban on selling loot boxes to minors as part of a larger online child safety law

Brazil’s president has signed…

In March, videogames will no longer be able to sell lootboxes to users under the age of 18 in…
Worst people alive hack nursery chain and start posting pictures and personal info of literal toddlers on the dark web

Worst people alive hack…

A hacking group calling itself Radiant has compromised a UK nursery chain called Kido, and is threatening to release…
End of an era as Bowser (no not that one) retires from Nintendo

End of an era…

Doug Bowser, the president and CEO of Nintendo of America, has announced he will retire at the end of…
End of an era as Bowser (no not that one) retires from Nintendo

End of an era…

Doug Bowser, the president and CEO of Nintendo of America, has announced he will retire at the end of…
9 months after cancelling Transformers: Reactivate, Splash Damage splits from Tencent and is now owned by private equity investors

9 months after cancelling…

Splash Damage, the studio known for its work on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Brink, Gears Tactics, and the cancelled Transformers:…
Hideo Kojima presents a Hideo Kojima credit card, fans immediately dub it ‘debt stranding’

Hideo Kojima presents a…

An event called Beyond the Strand celebrated the 10th anniversary of Kojima Productions, and has served up new looks…
Ready or Not studio fires community manager for saying ‘nothing of value was lost’ following Charlie Kirk’s shooting

Ready or Not studio…

Void Interactive, developer of the controversial SWAT simulator Ready or Not, has confirmed that it has terminated its community…