Tag: gaming industry

Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware ‘kill switch’ to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison

Disgruntled coder who admitted…

After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis…
Actor Terence Stamp, who played General Zod in Superman and Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, has died

Actor Terence Stamp, who…

As reported by the BBC, the family of Terence Stamp has confirmed that the actor died on Sunday morning…
Cars have had real-life DLC for a while, but now Volkswagen’s gone full pay to win, locking a car’s max horsepower behind a subscription

Cars have had real-life…

Some of the execs at Volkswagen must like Gacha games⁠—so much so that, as reported by Auto Express, you…
Partying with Hololive vtubers is finally possible with an app that is basically VRChat for fans of anime girl streamers

Partying with Hololive vtubers…

Talking in Twitch and YouTube chat just isn’t the same as standing in a crowd watching your favorite vtuber…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, with Top 100 mini mag + A1 poster

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Konami’s epic Unreal Engine 5-powered…
A veteran Final Fantasy programmer hates how indie games deliberately recreate PS1 visual bugs he made ‘many futile efforts’ to fix: ‘I just don’t get what’s so interesting about trying to replicate that’

A veteran Final Fantasy…

First reported by Automaton, veteran programmer Koji Sugimoto (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Final Fantasy 10) criticized modern games’ emulation of…
id Software co-founder John Romero was apparently one week removed from co-founding a completely different icon of PC gaming, but he’d already made plans

id Software co-founder John…

In a recent episode of Nightdive Studios’ Deep Dive podcast, legendary developer John Romero casually revealed a surprising road…
New study shows that Gen Z is spending way less money on videogames than older gamers

New study shows that…

Young people are so strapped for cash that even video games are getting too expensive for them. A June…
A guy in California is suing Microsoft for discontinuing Windows 10, demanding free extended support

A guy in California…

If you’re dreading the end of Windows 10 in October, you’re not alone. One man from San Diego is…
AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we’re just surprised they even offered it in 2025

AOL discontinues its dial-up…

On September 30, AOL’s dial-up hold-outs will need to finally move on to another internet service. AOL announced this…