Tag: gaming industry

Staring down the barrel of a rough 2026, Ubisoft’s UK arm says we’re less interested in ‘one time purchase’ games and all about that live service dripfeed

Staring down the barrel…

Ubisoft has decreed that fully-priced games you pay for once are no longer sure bets—and by “decreed”, I mean…
Steam has raked in an estimated $11

Steam has raked in…

It’s easy to feel like the videogame industry is an endless tornado of shattered dreams and hellfire, and that’s…
Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died

Legendary game designer, programmer,…

Game developer Rebecca Heineman has died after being diagnosed with cancer last month. The news was shared to Bluesky…
The Game Awards 2025 nominees are here, and—surprise—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was nominated for every qualifying category

The Game Awards 2025…

With less than a month to go before Geoff Keighley’s combination accolade blitz and advertising bombardment, The Game Awards…
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick says gaming is ‘moving towards PC’ as the industry shifts away from closed systems, but we still don’t have a GTA 6 announcement

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick…

I’ve been around long enough to remember a time when “PC gaming is dying” was something people said without…
‘I’ve had so many projects that have been discontinued lately’: Nier creator Yoko Taro says he’s been working on plenty of games—but they keep getting cancelled before he can announce them

‘I’ve had so many…

As one of the gaming industry’s most treasured oddities, Nier series creator and masked enigma Yoko Taro contends with…
Jailed British hacker who hijacked X accounts including Apple, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama—then used them for a ‘double your money’ Bitcoin scam—has to hand back $5

Jailed British hacker who…

A Brit who hacked multiple high-profile Twitter / X accounts in 2020, and who was extradited to the US…
Matthew Ball was hired to help fix Xbox

Matthew Ball was hired…

A star in the games business Twitter circuit, investor and analyst Matthew Ball has made waves in the industry…
Microsoft responds to racist Xbox layoff conspiracy theory, says CEO Asha Sharma is ‘American born, raised, and educated’

Microsoft responds to racist…

I’ve seen a lot of complaints and concerns about the layoffs at Xbox that put 3,200 people out of…

Microsoft responds to racist…

I’ve seen a lot of complaints and concerns about the layoffs at Xbox that put 3,200 people out of…