Tag: gaming industry

Hideo Kojima pulls out of GDC at the last minute

Hideo Kojima pulls out…

Hideo Kojima knows a thing or two about making videogames—he’s made a few you may have heard of, like…
Rebellion CEO seems kind of awed by major studios making massive videogames: ‘How do you organize a game that has 2,000 people working on it?’

Rebellion CEO seems kind…

During a recent, wide-ranging interview with PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley said the studio’s formula for…
Coder faces 10 years’ jailtime for creating a ‘kill switch’ that screwed-up his employers’ systems when he was laid off

Coder faces 10 years’…

A 55 year-old man from Texas has been convicted by a jury of “causing intentional damage to protected computers”…
Rebellion CEO puts the studio’s recent avoidance of layoffs down to control of scope and cost: ‘Sometimes we say, guys, this game’s too big’

Rebellion CEO puts the…

PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens recently spoke to Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley about the studio’s extremely British survival FPS Atomfall,…
Half-a-dozen 2000AD games were in the works before fizzling out: ‘The games you get to see are a tiny representative of the number that get started—sadly’

Half-a-dozen 2000AD games were…

British studio and publisher Rebellion is gearing up for the release of Atomfall, an alt-history Stalker-like with a stiff…
After 31 years in games, Persona director Katsura Hashino just got a ‘Newcomer Award’ and $5,000 from the Japanese government

After 31 years in…

Katsura Hashino has been doing this a while. The designer, most famous for his work as director on Persona…
Nintendo wins major French piracy case with EU-wide consequences: ‘Significant not only for Nintendo, but for the entire games industry’

Nintendo wins major French…

Nintendo has won a lengthy legal battle in the French Supreme Court against the company Dstorage, which owns and…
Legendary 1990s publisher Acclaim is back from the dead, and a pro wrestler famous for clobbering people with a guitar is on its advisory board

Legendary 1990s publisher Acclaim…

If you’re a gamer of a certain age, the name Acclaim will ring some pretty loud bells. It was…
Three women livestreaming on Twitch harassed by man who then goes for them while making repeated death threats: ‘This happens off-camera to women all the time’

Three women livestreaming on…

Three female Twitch streamers midway through a weeklong marathon stream were followed, harassed and then threatened by a man…
Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don’t comply with demands for company data and content removal

Turkish government proposes legislation…

Türkiye’s Family and Social Services Ministry, as part of wider legislation aimed at restricting child social media access, has…