Tag: gaming industry

Ubisoft is reportedly talking to Tencent about creating a new business entity to manage Assassin’s Creed and other big games

Ubisoft is reportedly talking…

A Bloomberg report says struggling publisher Ubisoft is looking for investors for a new business venture that will take…
219 hours of XCOM 2 and 20 minutes of Fallout: Size Five Games’ director Dan Marshall takes us through the games on his PC

219 hours of XCOM…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
Possibility Space owners sue NetEase for $900 million over allegations it spread ‘false and defamatory rumors’ of fraud at the studio that ultimately forced it to close

Possibility Space owners sue…

The strange tale of the sudden 2024 closure of Possibility Space has taken another turn, as studio owners Jeff…
2024 was Steam’s ‘best year ever’ of users buying newly released games—but I wouldn’t celebrate the end of the forever game era just yet

2024 was Steam’s ‘best…

Yesterday, Valve published its yearly “Steam Year In Review” blog post, a retrospective highlighting Steam feature additions and customer…
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Valve tracked 1.7 million…

Valve has released the Steam year in review for 2024, in which the platform holder drowns us all in…
Go ahead and complain the discounts aren’t as steep as they used to be, but Steam just had its biggest year ever for seasonal sales

Go ahead and complain…

Valve has posted its annual Steam Year in Review for 2024, which boasts that “2024 was our biggest year…
Pirate Bay co-founder and far-right politician found dead after plane crash

Pirate Bay co-founder and…

The co-founder and financial backer of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundstrom, has died after a plane he…
Saudi Arabia buys Pokémon GO maker for $3

Saudi Arabia buys Pokémon…

Mobile game publisher Scopely, owned by the Saudi royal investment fund, has announced the acquisition of Pokémon GO and…
‘What do you mean real actors?’: Astarion’s VO, who shared an awards category with Idris Elba after Baldur’s Gate 3, remembers the dark ages of mocap

‘What do you mean…

Neil Newbon has made somewhat of a superstar debut after the runaway success of Baldur’s Gate 3—and having spoken…
Lego is going to make its videogames in-house from now on, says it would ‘almost rather overinvest’

Lego is going to…

The world’s largest toymaker, Lego, has told the Financial Times that it intends to build its own videogames in-house…