Tag: gaming industry

Sony retreats from PC gaming, robbing us of maybe 4 games

Sony retreats from PC…

It sure sounds like Sony is done sharing its newest toys with the rest of us. Following up on…
It’s official: Steam decrees ‘bullet heaven’ the name of the Vampire Survivors genre

It’s official: Steam decrees…

Yes! Hahaha, yes. I’m in full-on sickos.jpg mode today with the announcement of 17 new tags being added to…
EA’s $55 billion acquisition is the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history

EA’s $55 billion acquisition…

On Monday, news broke that EA, one of the world’s largest publicly-traded game publishers, is being taken private in…
YouTube rolls over and pays $24

YouTube rolls over and…

YouTube has joined the ignominious list of tech companies rushing to settle lawsuits brought by US president Donald Trump.…
Teenager pleads guilty to sending Epic staff death threats: ‘I intended for the messages to be viewed as a threat’

Teenager pleads guilty to…

A teenager from South Dakota has changed his plea to guilty over threatening messages sent to developers at Epic…
Steam week in review: metroidvanias are still coming thick and fast, but has the world moved on?

Steam week in review:…

Did Silksong kill the metroidvania At least two high quality “search action” platformers released on Steam last week, but…
Steam week in review: metroidvanias are still coming thick and fast, but has the world moved on?

Steam week in review:…

Did Silksong kill the metroidvania At least two high quality “search action” platformers released on Steam last week, but…
Ubisoft’s new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a ‘creative house’ that will take over development of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

Ubisoft’s new Tencent-backed company…

The new thing being launched by Ubisoft and Tencent to take control of Ubi’s biggest games now has a…
BioWare’s just waiting for the axe to fall after EA’s $55 billion buyout, say anonymous staff

BioWare’s just waiting for…

EA went private in a Saudi-backed $55 billion deal earlier this week, and pretty much no one with a…
Scott Miller, founder of Apogee, has over 1,000 hours in World of Warcraft and always plays a warrior in any RPG: ‘I like to get right in their face and pound away’

Scott Miller, founder of…

Scott Miller first got into PC gaming with the original IBM PC, having been writing games since 1975 for…