Tag: gaming industry

Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware ‘kill switch’ to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison

Disgruntled coder who admitted…

After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis…
‘Blockchain-powered’ game storefront reportedly shutting down and taking customers’ games with it

‘Blockchain-powered’ game storefront reportedly…

The elevator pitch behind Robot Cache is simple: what if there was a digital storefront like Steam, but you…
Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: ‘Dwarf Fortress just doesn’t accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing’

Tarn Adams, co-creator of…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
After 36 years at the legendary FPS studio, Raven Software co-founder Brian Raffel is retiring

After 36 years at…

Brian Raffel, who co-founded Raven Software in 1990 with his brother Steve, is retiring from game development after 36…
Subscription service for indie games gets a rough reception

Subscription service for indie…

There’s a new subscription service on the block: Indie Pass, which promises access to “a curated catalog of games…
Take-Two has seemingly laid off an unspecified portion of its AI team, including its Head of Artificial Intelligence

Take-Two has seemingly laid…

Take-Two Interactive has seemingly laid off its Head of Artificial Intelligence, alongside an unspecified portion of its AI team,…
Take-Two has seemingly laid off an unspecified portion of its AI team, including its Head of Artificial Intelligence

Take-Two has seemingly laid…

Take-Two Interactive has seemingly laid off its Head of Artificial Intelligence, alongside an unspecified portion of its AI team,…
A former GameStop exec thought building its Steam competitor would be his ‘forever job,’ but the retailer bet the house on digital distribution being ‘a passing phase’

A former GameStop exec…

Before a career second act at Nightdive Studios, the recently-retired Larry Kuperman‘s big project was Impulse. It was to…
An architect of GameStop’s long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: ‘What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community’

An architect of GameStop’s…

Larry Kuperman made his mark on the industry as part of the team at Nightdive, the games preservation and…
MechWarrior studio Piranha Games lays off 30% of its employees

MechWarrior studio Piranha Games…

Russ Bullock, the CEO of MechWarrior developer Piranha Games, has confirmed that the studio has imposed layoffs, saying that…