Tag: gaming industry

Facebook users say they’ve caught the app analyzing their camera roll with Meta AI⁠ without their knowledge—here’s how to make sure it doesn’t happen

Facebook users say they’ve…

You might notice eerily familiar AI-generated images in your Story suggestions on the Facebook app lately—because Facebook has been…
Don’t want to switch to Windows 11? There is one last way to stick with Windows 10 a little longer

Don’t want to switch…

If you’ve been dreading the day Windows 10 officially loses support, coming up in October, you can still buy…
‘AI is no longer optional’: Microsoft is allegedly pressuring employees to use AI tools through manager evaluations

‘AI is no longer…

First reported by Business Insider, a purported internal memo from Julia Liuson, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer…
Valve’s former economist, now a member of parliament in Greece, is being put on trial for promoting drug use because he admitted to taking ecstasy 36 years ago

Valve’s former economist, now…

Yanis Varoufakis is probably the only Greek parliamentarian with a background in the videogame industry, having been the economist-in-residence…
EA’s CEO pulled in $5 million more this year than last, while his employees took home the least money they’ve made since 2022

EA’s CEO pulled in…

Tragic news: despite steering Electronic Arts as CEO since 2013, Andrew Wilson hasn’t had a pay rise in the…
3 months after laying off a bunch of people, Splash Damage has become ‘Splash Damage Group’ and acquired another studio

3 months after laying…

In the latest example of ‘I don’t understand business,’ Splash Damage, which just three months ago made major layoffs…
The ‘Stop Killing Games’ initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: ‘Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it’s dead’

The ‘Stop Killing Games’…

Ross Scott—also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube—has been fighting tooth and nail for almost a full year to…
Resident game industry weirdo Yoko Taro laments that there aren’t as many ‘weird’ people making videogames as there used to be

Resident game industry weirdo…

If there were to ever be a mascot for the videogame industry weirdos (endearing), it’d most certainly be Nier…
New York sues Valve for ‘letting children and adults illegally gamble’ with loot boxes

New York sues Valve…

New York state attorney general Letitia James announced on X and Bluesky today that the state of New York…
Hypnospace Outlaw sequel Dreamsettler has been cancelled: ‘We just way overscoped’

Hypnospace Outlaw sequel Dreamsettler…

In our Hypnospace Outlaw review, Andy Kelly called it “a cyber-detective adventure set within a fictional computer operating system”,…